Maidan Nezalezhnosti is the central square of Kiev, the capital city of Ukraine. One of the main city squares, it is located on the Khreschatyk Street. The square has been known under many different names, but it became known simply as the Maidan due to the political events that took place there in 2004 after the Ukrainian accession to independence. "Maidan" literally translates from Ukrainian as square; coming from the Arabic word "meydan" which means area or square. It received its current name in 1991 in the aftermath of the Ukrainian accession to independence. Nezalezhnist commemorates... the Ukrainian independence achieved in 1991 in the aftermath of the collapse of the Soviet Union. Until the 10th century, the square as well as the rest of Khrestshchatyk was called Perevisyshch. Where began the Sofiivska vulytsia that led to the High City there stood one of the three main gates of the Old Kyiv , the Lyadski Gates .
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| City: | Kiev |
| Latitude: | 50.45 |
| Longitude: | 30.5242 |