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Maidan Nezalezhnosti

Independence Square, heart of the Orange Revolution of 2004 and the Revolution of Dignity of 2014.

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Open
Always
Price
Free
Time Needed
1 hour
Address
Maidan Nezalezhnosti, KyivDirections
Getting There
Maidan Nezalezhnosti and Khreshchatyk metro stations.

Why Go

Hundreds of thousands camped here through the winter of 2013 to 2014, and more than a hundred protesters were killed on the streets nearby; memorials to the Heavenly Hundred line Instytutska Street above the square. From here, Khreshchatyk, the city's main boulevard, runs south.

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