page_title: Khreshchatyk
section_title: Attractions
hierarchical_section_title: Khreshchatyk / Attractions
caption_attribution_description: This is a photo of a monument in Ukraine, number: 80-391-1388
context_page_description: Khreshchatyk is the main street of Kyiv, Ukraine. The street has a length of 1.2 kilometres. It stretches from the European Square through the Maidan and to Bessarabska Square where the Besarabsky Market is located. Along the street are the offices of the Kiev City Council which contains both the city's council and the state administration, the Main Post Office, the Ministry of Agrarian Policy, the State Committee of Television and Radio Broadcasting, the Central Department Store, the Ukrainian House, and others.
  The entire street was completely destroyed during World War II by the retreating Red Army troops and rebuilt in the neo-classical style of post-war Stalinist architecture. Among prominent buildings that did not survive were the Kiev City Duma, the Kiev Stock Exchange, Hotel Natsional, and the Ginzburg House. The street has been significantly renovated during the modern period of Ukraine's independence. Today, the street is still significant to administrative and business city organizations, as well as a popular tourist attraction.
  As of 2010, Khreshchatyk is included in the Top 20 of most expensive shopping streets in Europe.
context_section_description: Khreshchatyk is a popular attraction for tourists. During weekends and public holidays, the street is closed to road traffic and reserved for pedestrians.
  Khreshchatyk contains many up-market stores, cafés, and restaurants.
  Points of interest situated along Khreshchatyk are the following (south-west to north-east):
  Bessarabska Square, including:
  Besarabsky indoor Market (nineteenth century)
  "Besarabsky Quarter" (shops and offices complex, partly nineteenth century, includes PinchukArtCentre of contemporary art)
  Metrohrad, underground shopping centre
  Central Department Store (TsUM)
  Kiev Passage, a small narrow commercial and residential street
  City Council Building (Kyivrada)
  Maidan Nezalezhnosti, including:
  Central Post Office (Poshtamt)
  National Musical Academy Concert Hall
  Globus underground shopping centre, and the preserved ruins of Medieval Liadski Gate beneath the square
  Hotel Ukrayina (previously called Moskva)
  European Square ("Yevropeyska Square"), including:
  Hotel Dnipro
  UNIAN news agency building
  Ukrainian House (Ukrayinskyi Dim) conference and exhibitions hall
  Kiev Philharmonic building (nineteenth century)
  People's Friendship Arch monument dedicated to the unification of Russia and Ukraine with the signing of the Treaty of Pereyaslav
  Khreshchatyk is a traditional setting for outdoor concerts and festivals, and is frequented by street musicians. Major parades and celebrations are held on Kiev Day (the last Sunday of May), Victory Day (9 May) and Ukrainian Independence Day (24 August).
caption: Kyiv Central Department Store
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