Khreshchaty Park

View onto park from Volodymyr Hill Park

Khreshchaty Park (Ukrainian: Хрещатий парк) is a city park in Kiev located next to the European Square, on right bank slopes of Dnieper and along the Volodymyr Descent. It covers area of 11.8 ha (29 acres).

Visitor's attractions and landmarks

• National Philharmonic of Ukraine
• National Parliamentary Library of Ukraine
• People's Friendship Arch
• Monument to the Magdeburg Rights
• Monument to Mikhail Glinka
• Kiev Water Museum (Water information center)
• Kiev 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

Gallery

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  Puppets Theater

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  People's Friendship Arch

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  Water tower (Museum of Water)

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  Water tower (Museum of Water)

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  Arch to the Magdeburg Right's Monument

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  Glinka Monument

External links

• Khreshchaty Park at the Kiev e-Encyclopedia.
• Khreshchaty Park at Kievtown.net

Coordinates: 50°27′11″N 30°31′53″E / 50.4531°N 30.5314°E / 50.4531; 30.5314