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Peter's Alley

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Length
  
390 m (1,280 ft)

east end
  
Park Road

west end
  
Hrushevsky Street

Peter's Alley

Former name(s)
  
1941–1943: Benito Mussolini Strasse (Benito Mussolini)

Location
  
Pechersk Raion, Kyiv, Ukraine

Peter's Alley (Ukrainian: Петрівська алея, Petrivska aleya) is a street in central Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine.

Map of Petrivs'ka Alley, Kyiv, Ukraine

Named after the Russian emperor Peter the Great and the 200 Anniversary of the Battle of Poltava, it is located in the government quarter Lypky neighborhood of the Pechersk Raion. It splits two parks the City Park and the Khreshchaty Park and connects Park Road with Hrushevsky Street.

Established in 1909-12, in 1910 over the alley was built the Park Bridge created by Evgeny Paton.

During the Nazi occupation in 1941-43 it carried a name of Benito Mussolini.

References

Peter's Alley Wikipedia


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