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On the pedestal of black granite on the initiative of the Kharkiv FC Metalist a monument soccer ball.
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Городской сад им. Т.Г.Шевченко
Garden Shevchenko joins one of the oldest streets in the city with the largest area in Europe. More than 200 years ago this area was the outskirts of Kharkiv. The garden was laid out in 1804. Here was an existing natural oak grove. On the upper terrace is a landscape park, at the bottom will find a botanical garden.
Ukrainian: Площа Свободи, Plóshcha Svobodý; Russian: Площадь Свободы, Plóshchad' Svobódy
It is the 6th largest city-centre square in Europe. Originally named (1926–1996) Dzerzhinsky Square after Felix Dzerzhinsky, the founder of the Bolshevik secret police (the Cheka, precursor to the KGB). Since 1991 it has been named Freedom Square. During the brief German occupation, it was named for the German Army in 1942, and in 1943 it was renamed Leibstandard SS Square. The square used to be bordered to the west by the statue of Lenin, but it was removed in September 2014; to the east by Sumska street; to the north by the hotel Kharkiv; and to the south by Shevchenko park. It is approximately 720 metres long and 105 metres wide. An interesting landmark of the square is the Derzhprom building, one of the prime examples of Constructivist architecture. The Queen + Paul Rodgers kicked off their Rock the Cosmos Tour at Freedom Square on September 12, 2008 and gathered an audience of 350,000.
Зоопарк
Kharkiv Zoo is one of the biggest and most famous in Ukraine. It’s in the centre of the city in Shevchenko Park. This zoo occupies a large area of 22 hectares.
There used to be a large statue of Lenin here, but in September 2014, it was toppled by protesters given its significance as a symbol of Soviet occupation. Because of Ukrainian decommunization laws it will not be rebuilt and there are plans for a new alternative centre monument. In its place there is a memorial to soldiers from Kharkiv killed in action in the Donbas War.
Художественная галерея Маэстро
Since 1997 the Gallery actively promotes the art of theater, because along with paintings and drawings in the "Maestro" exhibitions devoted to the theater, arts and crafts, photos.
Галерея АВЭК
A leading non-governmental exhibition area of Kharkiv. Yearly visited by a million people. In the gallery, "AVEC" repeatedly exhibited their work the best masters of Kharkiv. A special place is occupied by the project "Intercultural Dialogue".