Victory Square
Площа Перемоги
Native nameПлоща Перемоги (Ukrainian)
Former name(s)Victory Square
TypeSquare
LocationNovozavodsky district Chernihiv, Ukraine
Coordinates51°29′13″N 31°16′30″E / 51.48694°N 31.27500°E / 51.48694; 31.27500

Victory Square (Ukrainian: Площа Перемоги; a square in the Novozavodsky district of Chernihiv at the intersection of Victory Avenue and Ivan Mazepa Street.[1][2][3]

History

The square was formed after the Great Patriotic War and is called by its modern name in honor of the victory of the Red Army and the Soviet people over Nazi Germany in the Great Patriotic War of 1941–1945.[4] In 1968, in the center of the square in honor of the 25th anniversary of the liberation of the city, a memorial sign was erected in honor of the Monument to Soldiers Liberators.[5][6][7][8] In September 2018 they repaired the road surface on Victory Square (in the center of which is a post with a T-34 tank – a memorial sign in honor of the development of Chernihiv).[9]

Description

Traffic is not regulated by traffic lights. A public garden is laid out on the square – a protected zone for a historical monument of local significance. There is a memorial in honor of Soviet soldiers-liberators, which is a tank on a pedestal. The sections of Pobeda Avenue and Ivan Mazepa Street adjacent to the square are occupied by multi-storey residential buildings (mainly five, eight and fifteen-storey residential buildings).

Transport

The main Chernihiv–Ovruch railway is located nearby and bus routes number 1, 3, 4, 5, and 7 have two stops: Ploshchad Pobedy on Pobedy Avenue and Ivan Mazepa Street.[10]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Monument "The Tank" in Victory Square. Chernihiv, 1978". www.oldpostcards.biz. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
  2. ↑ "Площадь Победы - Чернигов". www.wikiroutes.info. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
  3. ↑ "Чернигов площадь Победы на карте". www.kartagoroda.com.ua. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
  4. ↑ "The Great Patriotic War, 1941–1945". www.oxfordhandbooks.com. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
  5. ↑ "Monument to soldiers-liberators, Chernigov". www.ua.igotoworld.com. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
  6. ↑ "Пам'ятник воїнам-визволителям, Чернігів". www.ua.igotoworld.com. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
  7. ↑ "Monument to soldiers-liberators, Chernigov". www.igotoworld.com. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
  8. ↑ "просп. Перемоги". www.chernihiv.travel. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
  9. ↑ "УВАГА! 7 та 8 вересня – ремонт дорожнього покриття та об'їзд площі Перемоги в Чернігові". www.chernigiv-rada.gov.ua. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
  10. ↑ "Bus station and stops in Chernihiv". www.getbybus.com. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
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