However, even then, today's Khreshchatyk and Maidan Nezalezhnosti (Independence Square) were not part of the city. "Maidan Nezalezhnosti was Kozyn Swamp. It was the outskirts of princely Kyiv.

From December 20, Kyiv will open the subway stations Maidan Nezalezhnosti and Khreshchatyk, which were closed since the beginning of the large-scale invasion of Russia. The mayor of the capital Vitali ...

People who had been expecting that signature came out to protest at Independence Square, or Maidan Nezalezhnosti, at the heart of Kyiv. Advertisement. Advertisement. Advertisement.

In 1991, it was renamed Maidan Nezalezhnosti — Independence Square. And in 2013, it was the center of nationwide demonstrations that eventually helped topple the government of President Viktor F ...

Due to the ceremony, the Maidan Nezalezhnosti metro station was briefly closed in the morning. The Kyiv city administration later announced that the station had reopened and was operating normally.

That was the day protests broke out on Kyiv's Maidan Nezalezhnosti -- Independence Square -- after President Viktor Yanukovych unexpectedly bowed to pressure from Moscow and rejected a completed ...

Maidan Nezalezhnosti, also known as just Maidan, is a square in the heart of Kyiv that has been the site of mass protests over the years. In 2014, a movement based there led to a bloody rebellion ...

Kate joined last year's Eurovision champions, Kalush Orchestra, in performing their winning entry, "Stefania" at the iconic Maidan Nezalezhnosti metro station in Kyiv, Ukraine.

The protests were known as Euromaidan, or Maidan Uprising, having grown out of Kyiv's Maidan Nezalezhnosti (Independence Square). (Evgeny Feldman/Wikipedia Commons via Courthouse News) STRASBOURG, ...