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Freedom Square (Kharkiv)

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Ploshcha Svobody, Kharkiv

Ploshcha Svobody (Template:Lang-ua; Template:Lang-ru, Ploshchad Svobody) or Freedom Square in Kharkiv is the largest city-centre square in Europe. It is approximately 670 meters long and 96 meters wide [1]. Contrary to popular belief, it is not the second largest square in the world after Tiananmen Square in China, as the Red Square in Moscow is both wider and longer.

Originally named Felix Dzerzhinsky square after the founder of the Bolshevik secret police (the Cheka, precursor to the KGB), it was renamed after Ukraine became independent in 1991.

A monumental statue of Lenin was erected in the square in 1964.

References

  1. ^ http://www.kharkov.com/news/?p=25]
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