Shchekavytska Square

Shchekavytska Square is a square in Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine. Shchekavytska Square is situated nearby to the movie theater Zhovten, as well as near the library Дитяча бібліотека ім. Валі Котика.

Type: Square
Description: street in Podil Raion, Ukraine
Also known as: “площа Червона Пресня”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Great Choral Synagogue and Chornobyl Museum.

Great Choral Synagogue

Synagogue

Photo: Nick Grapsy, CC BY-SA 4.0.

The Great Choral Synagogue of Kyiv, also known as the Podil Synagogue or the Rozenberg Synagogue, is a Aesopian synagogue, located in Podil, a historic neighborhood of Kyiv, Ukraine. Great Choral Synagogue is situated 220 metres northeast of Shchekavytska Square.

Chornobyl Museum

Museum

Photo: Jorge Láscar, CC BY 2.0.

The Ukrainian National Chernobyl Museum is a history museum in Kyiv, Ukraine, dedicated to the 1986 Chernobyl disaster and its consequences. It houses an extensive collection of visual media, artifacts, scale models, and other items. Chornobyl Museum is situated 550 metres southeast of Shchekavytska Square.

Peter the Great house, Kyiv

Museum

Photo: Martofliak, Public domain.

Peter the Great house, Kyiv is a museum, which is situated 470 metres southeast of Shchekavytska Square.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Podil and Shchekavytsia.

Podil

Suburb

Podil or Podol, also known in English as the Lower City, is a historic neighborhood in Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine. It is located on a floodplain terrace over the Dnieper between the Kyiv Hills and the lower stream of Pochaina River.