Ploshcha Svobody, Kharkiv

Ploshcha Svobody (Ukrainian: площа свободи; Russian: Площадь Свободы, Ploshchad Svobody) or Freedom Square in Kharkiv is the largest city-centre square in Europe, and second in the world after Tiananmen Square in China. Vintage view of Kharkov in the 1890s. ... For other uses, see Europe (disambiguation). ... Tiananmen Square (Simplified Chinese: 天安门广场; Traditional Chinese: 天安門廣場; Hanyu Pinyin: ) is the large plaza near the center of Beijing, China, named for the Tiananmen (literally, Gate of Heavenly Peace) which sits to its north, separating it from the Forbidden City. ...

Originally named after Felix Dzerzhinsky square after the founder of the Bolshevik secret police (the Cheka, precursor to the KGB), it was renamed after Ukraine became independent in 1991. Felix Edmundovich Dzerzhinsky (Феликс Эдмундович Дзержинский; September 11, 1877 - July 20, 1926) was a Polish Communist revolutionary, famous as the founder of the Bolshevik secret police, the Cheka, later known by many names. ... Cheka-KGB emblem: sword and shield The Cheka (ЧК - чрезвычайная комиссия) was the first of many Soviet secret police organizations, created by decree on December 20, 1917 by Lenin and led by Felix Edmundovich Dzerzhinsky. ... The KGB emblem and motto: The sword and the shield KGB (transliteration of КГБ) is the Russian-language acronym for State Security Committee, (Russian: (help· info); Komitet Gosudarstvennoy Bezopasnosti). ... 1991 (MCMXCI in Roman) is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

A monumental statue of Lenin was erected in the square in 1964. Vladimir Ilyich Lenin ( Russian: Влади́мир Ильи́ч Ле́нин  listen?), original surname Ulyanov (Улья́нов) ( April 22 (April 10 ( O.S.)), 1870 – January 21, 1924), was a Russian revolutionary, the leader of the Bolshevik party, the first Premier of the Soviet Union, and the founder of the ideology of Leninism. ... For the Nintendo 64 emulator, see 1964 (Emulator). ...