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Old July 29th, 2008, 04:52 PM
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More monumental architecture, Kharkov's Red Square (now Freedom Square)

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Freedom Square (Ukrainian: Площа Свободи, Ploshcha Svobody; Russian: Площадь Свободы, Ploshchad Svobody) in Kharkiv is the third largest city-centre square in Europe.

Originally named (1927-1995) Dzerzhinsky Square after Felix Dzerzhinsky, 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.

The main part of the square is limited to the west by the statue of Lenin, to the east by Sumskaya street, to the north by the hotel Kharkov and to the south by Shevchenko park. It is approximately 690-750 meters long and 96-125 meters wide. The complete square is approximately 11.6 ha. [1].




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