Native name | вулиця Володимирська (Ukrainian) |
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Former name(s) | Andriivska, Sofiivska, Zolota, Universytetska (till 1830s) Desiatynna, Nyznio-Volodymyrska (two streets, 1869-1901)[1] Velyka Volodymyrska (1830s-1869, 1901-1922, 1942-1943) Korolenka (1922-1942)[2] |
Namesake | Vladimir the Great |
Length | 2,900 m (9,500 ft) |
Location | Old Kyiv, Nova Zabudova neighborhoods, Shevchenkivskyi and Holosiivskyi districts, Kyiv, Ukraine |
Postal code | 01001, 01030, 01033, 01601 |
Nearest metro station | Zoloti Vorota Teatralna Universytet Ploshcha Lva Tolstoho Olimpiiska |
Coordinates | 50°26′56.2″N 30°30′52.3″E / 50.448944°N 30.514528°E |
North end | Andriyivskyy Descent and Desiatynna Street |
Major junctions | Velyka Zhytomyrska Street Sofiivska Square Yaroslaviv Val Street and Prorizna Street Bohdan Khmelnytsky Street Taras Shevchenko Boulevard Leo Tolstoy Street Saksahansky Street Zhylianska Street |
South end | Korolenkivska Street |
Volodymyrska Street (Ukrainian: вулиця Володимирська, romanized: vulytsia Volodymyrska) is a street in the center of Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine, which is named after the prince of Kievan Rus' Vladimir the Great and which is one of the oldest streets in the city, and arguably among the oldest constantly inhabited residential street in Europe. There are many educational, culture and government institutions on this street, as well as historical monuments. Four buildings from Volodymyrska Street are depicted on reverses of Ukrainian hryvnia banknotes (Saint Sophia's Cathedral on 2 hryvnias, Tsentralna Rada building on 50 hryvnias, Red University Building on 100 hryvnias and building of the Presidium of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine on 1000 hryvnias).