Volodymyrska Street

Volodymyrska Street
Native nameвулиця Володимирська (Ukrainian)
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]
NamesakeVladimir the Great
Length2,900 m (9,500 ft)
LocationOld Kyiv, Nova Zabudova neighborhoods,
Shevchenkivskyi and Holosiivskyi districts,
Kyiv, Ukraine
Postal code01001, 01030, 01033, 01601
Nearest metro station Zoloti Vorota
Teatralna
Universytet
Ploshcha Lva Tolstoho
Olimpiiska
Coordinates50°26′56.2″N 30°30′52.3″E / 50.448944°N 30.514528°E / 50.448944; 30.514528
North endAndriyivskyy 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 endKorolenkivska Street

Volodymyrska Street (Ukrainian: вулиця Володимирська, romanizedvulytsia 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).

  1. ^ Часть оффиціальная [ О наименованіи нѣкоторыхъ улицъ и площадей въ Кіевѣ ] // Кіевлянинъ. — 1869. — № 95. (in Russian) (ArchivedURL)
  2. ^ Протокол заседания Пленума горсовета от 11 января 1922 года № 13, п. 1 «О переименовании Б. Владимирской улицы в ул. имени Короленко» // Kyiv State Archive (in Russian) (ArchivedURL)