Hrushevsky Street (Kyiv)

Mykhaila Hrushevskoho Street

Hrushevskoho street in Kyiv
Native name	Вулиця Михайла Грушевського Template:Uk icon Error {{native name checker}}: parameter value is malformed (help)
Former name(s)	1919–1934: ulitsa Revoliutsii (October Revolution) 1934–1991: ulitsa Kirova (Sergey Kirov) 1941–1943: vulytsia Hetmana Ivana Mazepy (Ivan Mazepa)
Length	1,540 m (5,050 ft)
Location	Pechersk Raion, Kiev, Ukraine
south end	ploshcha Arsenalna (Arsenal Square)
north end	ploshcha Yevropeiska (European Square)

Mykhaila Hrushevskoho Street or briefly Hrushevskoho Street (Ukrainian: вулиця Михайла Грушевського, vulytsia Mykhaila Hrushevskoho) is a street in central Kiev (Kyiv), the capital of Ukraine. It is located in the government quarter Lypky neighborhood of the Pechersk Raion. The street acts as a border between the Pechersk and Lypky neighborhoods. At the European Square this street connects to Old Kyiv.

It was named after Mykhailo Hrushevskyi, a Ukrainian academician, politician, historian, and statesman. It houses the Supreme Council Building, Government Building and the Parliamentary Library. It is adjacent to Mariinsky Park which contains Constitution Square.

It is one of the main sites of the Euromaidan protests in 2014.

See also

• 2014 Hrushevskoho Street riots

Further reading

• Kudrytskyi, A. V. (1982). Kyiv, A historical overview (in Ukrainian). Kyiv: Ukrainian Soviet Encyclopedia.
• Galina Savchuk, The Streets of Kiev, (Kiev, 1996).