Shchekavytska Square

Shchekavytska Square is a square in Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine. Shchekavytska Square is situated near 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”, “Площа Червона Пресня”, “Площадь Красной Пресни”, and “Площадь Красной Пресни (Киев)”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: 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 was a history museum in Kyiv, Ukraine, dedicated to the 1986 Chernobyl disaster and its consequences. The museum occupied an early 20th-century building which formerly housed a fire brigade and was donated in 1992 by the State Fire Protection Guard. 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

Photo: Moahim, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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.