Yevropeiska Ploshcha (European Square) (Kyiv)

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A square is situated at the north-eastern end of Kyiv's famous Khreschatyk Street and was known by at least 9 different names during the last two hundred years.

Former Names:
• Originally, the square was called the Kinna ('Horse') Square, because its location was used for horse trading.
• After that, the name was changed to the Teatralna ('Theatre') Square - due to the theatre, which was built there by the architect A. Melenskyi.
• When the Yevropeiskyi ('European') Hotel was built by the architect Beretti, the square was renamed to Yevropeyska Square, and this name was returned to it in the post-Soviet times.
• Before the Russian revolution of 1917 the square was called Tsarska, due to the monument of Alexander II tsar of Russia erected there. During that time the square could also be referred to as Aleksandrivska, for the same reason.
• In the Soviet times the square was renamed to the 3rd International's Square.
• Then the square was renamed to Stalin Square.
• And finally, for the most of the post-World War II years the square was named Ploscha Leninskoho Komsomolu ('Lenin's Komsomol' Square).

Attractions:
• Hotel Dnipro.
• UNIAN News Agency building.
• Ukrainskyi Dim ('Ukrainian House') conference and exhibitions hall, which was built in the end of the 1970s as a Lenin Museum.
• National Philharmonic Society of Ukraine (building of 19th century).
• Parliamentary Library of Ukraine.