Square of Ukrainian Heroes

Square of Ukrainian Heroes (Ukrainian: Площа Українських Героїв), is a triangular intersection in Kyiv, Ukraine. The three streets circumscribing the square include Hetmana Pavla Skoropadskoho Street, Yevhena Chykalenka Street, and Velyka Vasylkivska Street. The intersection serves as an entry point for Lva Tolstoho station, part of the Kyiv Metro.

Square of Ukrainian Heroes
Square of Ukrainian Heroes is located in Kyiv Oblast
Square of Ukrainian Heroes
Square of Ukrainian Heroes
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The square is a tripoint where Pecherskyi District, Shevchenkivskyi District and Holosiivskyi District meet.

The square acts as the end point for the Equality March, Ukraine's largest LGBT pride parade.[1][2]

References
  1. "TV details Ukraine's "largest ever" Gay Pride". ICTV. Kyiv: BBC Monitoring Former Soviet Union. 2016-06-12 – via ProQuest. This year they decided to hold the Equality March, an event to promote LGBT rights, in the centre of Kyiv, from Volodymyrska Street to Leo Tolstoy Square.
  2. "Ukraine LGBT community plans 5,000-strong march". Interfax-Ukraine News Agency. Kyiv: BBC Monitoring Former Soviet Union. 2017-06-12 – via ProQuest. From the meeting point, they intend to march along Volodymyrska Street, then Leo Tolstoy Street and on to Leo Tolstoy Square.


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