Freedom Square (Kharkiv)

The Liberty Square (Ukrainian Майдан Свободи / Площа Свободи; Russian Площадь Свободы ) in the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv is one of the largest town squares in Europe.

History

The square in the center of Kharkiv was planned in 1923 to 1925 and completed by 1931. He was originally called Dserschinskiplatz ( Площа Дзержинського ), after the communist Felix Dzerzhinsky professional revolutionary. During the German occupation of the city space 1942 space of the Wehrmacht and of the end of March was called up to the August 23, 1943 Place of the Leibstandarte -SS. After Ukraine became independent in the early 1990s, called the square Independence Square ( Площа Незалежності ) and since 1998 he is called Liberty Square.

Design and development

The course is approximately 690-750 m long, 96-125 m wide and has an area of about 11.5 ha in the north- west is the place of circular shape with a park in the middle while on the southeast side of a right angle, undeveloped area has. At the transition from the circular to the rectangular part of the square is a, inaugurated on 5 November 1963 and a total of 20.2 meter high Lenin monument. The 8.5 -meter-high bronze sculpture of Lenin stands on a pedestal of red granite. On the square, among other things, the main building of the National Wassyl - Karasin University Kharkiv and the Derschprom50.006663336.22702 building is ( Держпром ) [Note 1], who completed 1928, first Soviet 13 - story skyscraper in the style of constructivism. Other buildings on the square were built in the style of Socialist Classicism. The square is dominated by two metro lines of the Metro Kharkov, crossing at the place, approached.