Freedom Square

Freedom Square is the largest city square in , and one of the largest in Europe. The square has two parts: round and rectangular. Three prominent Soviet-era landmarks surround the former section: , the House of Projects, and the House of Cooperation.
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  • Type: Square
  • Description: square in Kharkiv, Ukraine
  • Also known as: “Dataran Dzerzhinsky”, “Dataran Kharkiv”, “Dataran Svobody”, “Dzerzhinsky Square”, “Freedom Square, Kharkiv”, “Harkovan Vapaudenaukio”, “Ploshcha Svobody”, “Ploshchad‘ Svobody”, “Svobody Square”, “Vapauden aukio”, “Площа Свободи”, “Площадь Свободы (Харьков)”, “ꯐ꯭ꯔꯤꯗꯝ ꯁ꯭ꯀ꯭ꯋꯥꯔ”, and “マイダン・スヴォボディ”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: University and Derzhprom.

Metro station
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Universytet is a station on the 's Saltivska Line.

Metro station
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is a station on the 's Oleksiivska Line. is situated 140 metres west of Freedom Square.

Theater building
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The Kharkiv National Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre… is situated 600 metres south of Freedom Square.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Derzhprom and Kharkiv.

Suburb
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The building is an office building located on Freedom Square in , .

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is a major city in the region…

Suburb
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is a suburb.

Freedom Square

Latitude
50.00446° or 50° 0′ 16″ north
Longitude
36.23404° or 36° 14′ 3″ east
Elevation
145 metres (476 feet)
Open location code
9G2R263M+QJ
Geo­Names ID
6721425
Wiki­data ID
Q961993
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Freedom Square” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “ميدان الحرية”
  • Armenian: “Ազատության հրապարակ (Խարկով)”
  • Belarusian: “Плошча Свабоды (Харкаў)”
  • Belarusian: “Плошча Свабоды”
  • Bengali: “স্বাধীনতা চত্বর (খারকিভ)”
  • Bengali: “স্বাধীনতা চত্বর”
  • Catalan: “plaça de la Llibertat”
  • Chinese: “自由广场”
  • Czech: “Náměstí Svobody”
  • Dutch: “Vrijheidsplein”
  • Estonian: “Vabaduse väljak (Harkiv)”
  • Estonian: “Vabaduse väljak”
  • Finnish: “Vapaudenaukio”
  • French: “place de la Liberté”
  • French: “Place de la Liberté”
  • Georgian: “თავისუფლების მოედანი (ხარკივი)”
  • Georgian: “თავისუფლების მოედანი”
  • German: “Freiheitsplatz”
  • Greek: “Πλατεία Ελευθερίας (Χάρκοβο)”
  • Greek: “Πλατεία Ελευθερίας”
  • Hebrew: “כיכר החירות (חרקיב)”
  • Hebrew: “כיכר החירות”
  • Hungarian: “Szabadság tér”
  • Indonesian: “Lapangan Kebebasan (Kharkiv)”
  • Indonesian: “Lapangan Kebebasan”
  • Italian: “piazza della Libertà”
  • Italian: “Piazza della Libertà”
  • Japanese: “自由広場”
  • Korean: “자유광장”
  • Latvian: “Brīvības laukums (Harkiva)”
  • Latvian: “Brīvības laukums”
  • Malay: “Dataran Kebebasan”
  • Manipuri: “ꯅꯤꯡꯇꯝ ꯂꯝꯄꯥꯛ”
  • Persian: “میدان آزادی (خارکوف)”
  • Persian: “میدان آزادی”
  • Polish: “Plac Swobody w Charkowie”
  • Polish: “Plac Wolności w Charkowie”
  • Portuguese: “Praça da Liberdade (Carcóvia)”
  • Portuguese: “Praça da Liberdade”
  • Russian: “Площадь Свободы”
  • Slovenian: “Trg svobode”
  • Spanish: “Plaza de la Libertad”
  • Thai: “จัตุรัสเสรีภาพ”
  • Turkish: “Özgürlük Meydanı”
  • Ukrainian: “Майдан Свободи”

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Places to explore: Shatylivka and Shevchenkivskyi.

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Places to explore: Kharkov and Kharkov Palace.

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