This is Victory Square/Ploshchad Pobedy/Ploshcha Peremohy in the center of Kyiv - Hotel Lybid on the left, Ukraina Shopping Mall on the right, and the Circus is behind me (not in the picture, naturally):
And this is what's (or who's) beneath Victory Square/Ploshchad Pobedy/Ploshcha Peremohy:
(The walk through this underground pass has reminded me of Istanbul's Eminonu/Galata Bridge area.)
Yet i have to walk here twice a day (right from behind the circus) -- this is a damned place, believe me. No matter what direction you choose: a) up to University subway through extincting Shevchenka boulevard; b) straight to «Central» rail terminal (don't try this way by mistake -or- you'll see the retrospective of xx century's dark sides); c) try to survive Airfleet ave. crossing on foot.
ReplyDeleteIn case you've found yourself at Galic (Victory) SQ, here some suggestions of emergency exit:
a) On foot from the eastern corne via Honchara (Chkalowa) ST one may get up to the downtown, namely: Opera theatre, G.Gates, St. Sofia and Michael SQ
b) By occassional trolleybus route #5 in either eastern (Shevchenka park) -or- western (Politechnic institute) direction
c) Route #404 of semi-public transportation to L'va Tolstoho SQ
Your ideas of life after (clinical) death ?
xa, familiar sight. and the smell... is even more memorable
ReplyDeleteBeautiful photos, and these ladies selling flowers or books look like the ones in my country.
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