Independence Square in Kyiv, Ukraine
The city we go to this time in Streets & Squares is Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine. Previously also known by its Russian name Kiev, situated in the north-central Ukraine along the Dnieper River. A city that at the moment is the center of attention of the whole world.
As always, clicking on the address links leads you to Google Maps, and clicking on the names to the person’s Wikipedia page. But don’t be surprised if there is some renaming of streets in Kyiv - and also other cities in Ukraine - in the near future! This article will be shortly updated. More street names will be added.
Some vocabulary: вул/вулиця (street) - cквер (square). All the addresses are given here in English though.
ANNA YAROSLAVNY STREET - Anne of Kiev (c. 1030-1075) was a Rus' princess who became queen of France in 1051 upon marrying King Henry I. Daughter of Yaroslav the Wise, Grand Prince of Kiev and Prince of Novgorod, and his second wife Ingegerd Olofsdotter of Sweden. StreetView.
HENERALA RODYMTSEVA STREET - Aleksandr Rodimtsev (1905-1977) was a Red Army general, distinguishing in the Battle of Stalingrad. Born in Sharlyk, Orenburg Governorate, Russian Empire. StreetView
IVANA BOIKA STREET (вулиця Івана Бойка) - Ivan Boyko (1910-1975) was a military leader in the Russian army during WW2. Born to a Ukrainian peasant family in Zhornyshche village, Podolian Governorate, Russian Empire.
IVANA FRANKA STREET - Ivan Franko (1856-1916) was a Ukrainian social and literary critic, journalist, political activist, ethnographer, and the author of the first detective novels and modern poetry in the Ukrainian language. Born in Nahuievychi, Austrian Empire. StreetView
KATERYNY BILOKUR STREET - Kateryna Bilokur (1900-1961) was a Ukrainian folk artist who was born in Bohdanivka, Poltava Governorate, Ukraine, Russian Empire. StreetView
MARSHALA ROKOSSOVS’KOHO AVENUE - Konstantin Rokossovsky (1896-1968) Polish-Soviet military commander, Marshal of the Soviet Union & Poland, and Poland’s Defence Minister. Born in Warzaw, Russian Empire. StreetView
MUSLIM MAGOMAYEV SQUARE - Muslim Magomayev (1942-2008) opera and pop singer, called the “Soviet Sinatra”. Born in Baku, Azerbaijan, Soviet Union. StreetView
MYKOLY AMOSOVA STREET - Nikolai Amosov (1913-2002) Russian heart surgeon, inventor and best-selling author. Born in Olkhovo, Novgorod Governorate, Russian Empire. StreetView
OLEKSANDRA BLOKA STREET - Alexander Blok (1880-1921) was a Russian lyrical poet, writer, playwright and literary critic. Born in Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire. StreetView
PETRA BOLBOCHANA STREET - Petro Bolbochan (1883-1919) Ukrainian military leader of Romanian origins. He lead the Crimean operation against the Bolsheviks in order to establish Ukrainian power on Crimea. Born in Yarivka village, Bessarabian Governorate, Russian Empire - StreetView
SOLOMII KRUSHELNYTSKOI STREET - Solomiya Krushelnytska (1872-1952) was a famous Ukrainian opera singer. Born in Bielawińce, Austria-Hungary (now Biliavyntsi, Ukraine). StreetView
TARASA SHEVCHENKA BOULEVARD - Taras Shevchenko (1814-1861) was a Ukrainian poet, artist, folklorist, ethnographer, and a public and political figure. Born in Kiev, then part of Russian Empire. StreetView
VIACHESLAVA CHORNOVOLA STREET - Viacheslav Chornovil (1937-1999) politician/one of the leaders of _Rukh _(the People’s Movement of Ukraine)/paving the way for contemporary Ukraine to regain its independence. Born in Yerky, Ukraine, Soviet Union. StreetView
PS. Information about these place names may be outdated. The real-world conditions may be rapidly changing.
A to Z FROM KYIV
i.e. a list of people born in Kyiv. Just another fun way to know something more about the city. We pick a couple of people for each alphabet, if possible. The numbers you see at the end of each line indicate the year of birth. This list is updated from time to time. And last but not least: the flag of Kyiv!
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B - Mikhail Bulgakov* physician/ writer/playwright (1891) - Leonid Bronevoy* Russian actor (1928) - Oleg Blokhin* football player/manager (1952) - Daria Bilodid* judoka/OB (2000)
D - Nadezhda Durova* first known female officer (in disguise) in the Russian military/autobiographer (1783) - John Demjanjuk* Ukrainian-American accused of being a concentration camp guard (1920)
E - Ilya Ehrenburg* writer/ revolutionary/historian (1891)
F -
G - André Grabar* art historian (1896)
H - Vladimir Horowitz* pianist/ composer (1903) - Milton Horn* Russian-American sculptor/artist/to U.S. at age 6 (1906) - Eugeniusz Horbaczewski* Polish fighter pilot (1917)
J - Milla Jovovich* actress (1975)
K - Viktor Kaspruk* political scientist&analyst/journalist publicist (1955) - Jan Koum* Ukrainian-American computer engineer/co-founder of WhatsApp/to U.S. at age 16 (1976) - Kateryna Kukhar* prima ballerina (1982)
L - Serge Lifar* (b Serhіy Mуkhailovуch Lуfar) Ukrainian-French ballet dancer/ choreographer/director (1905) - Valeriy Lobanovskyi* football player/manager (1939) - Ana Layevska* Ukrainian-Mexican actress/singer/to Mexico at age 9 (1982)
M - Kazimir Malevich* avant-garde artist/w Polish parents (1879) - Louis B. Mayer* co-founder of MGM studios (1884) - Golda Meir* Israeli stateswoman (1898) - Natalya Marchenkova* animator/animation director (1948) - Natalia Matsak* prima ballerina (1982)
N - Vaslav Nijinsky* Polish ballet dancer (1889)
O - Alexander Ostrowski* mathematician (1893)
P -
R -
S - Taras Shevchenko* poet/ folklorist/ethnographer (1814) - Lev Shestov* existentialist/religious philosopher (1866) - Karol Szymanowski* Polish pianist/composer (1882) - Igor Sikorsky* Russian-American aviation pioneer (1889)
T - Viktor Tsybulenko* athlete (javelin)/OG (1930)
U -
V -Artemy Vedel* Ukrainian composer (1767) - Alexander Vertinsky* singer/ composer/cabaret artist (1889)
Y - Ludmila Anatolievna Yaroshevskaya* pianist/composer (1906)
LINKS
https://geographic.org/streetview/ukraine/en/kiev_city/kiev_city.html
https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Category:Streets_in_Kyiv_by_name
Updated 24.2.2023