Khreshchatyi Park Explained

Khreshchatyi Park (uk|Хрещатий парк) is a city park in Kyiv located next to the European Square, on right bank slopes of Dnipro and along the Volodymyr Descent. It covers area of 11.8ha.

Since 2019, a glass pedestrian bridge has connected the park with Volodymyr Hill.^[1]

Visitor's attractions and landmarks

• National Philharmonic of Ukraine
• National Parliamentary Library of Ukraine
• Arch of Freedom of the Ukrainian People
• Monument to the Magdeburg Rights
• Monument to Mikhail Glinka
• Kyiv Water Museum (Water information center)
• Kyiv State Puppets Theater (previously the Dnipro Stereo-Cinema Theater)

Former landmarks

• Monument to Alexander II of Russia (replaced with Joseph Stalin)
• Monument to Grigory Petrovsky

External links

• Khreshchatyi Park at the Kyiv e-Encyclopedia.
• Khreshchatyi Park at Kievtown.net

50.4531°N 30.5314°W

Notes and References

1. News: Haring . Melinda . A tale of two bridges . 10 October 2022 . Atlantic Council . 30 May 2019.