Volodymyrska Street

Volodymyrska Street

Native name	вулиця Володимирська (Ukrainian)
Former name(s)	Andriivska, Sofiivska, Zolota, Universytetska (till 1830s) Desiatynna, Nyznio-Volodymyrska (two streets, 1869-1901)[1] Velyka Volodymyrska (1830s-1869, 1901-1922, 1942-1943) Korolenka (1922-1942)[2]
Namesake	Vladimir the Great
Length	2,900 m (9,500 ft)
Location	Old Kyiv, Nova Zabudova neighborhoods, Shevchenkivskyi and Holosiivskyi districts, Kyiv, Ukraine
Postal code	01001, 01030, 01033, 01601
Nearest metro station	Zoloti Vorota Teatralna Universytet Ploshcha Lva Tolstoho Olimpiiska
Coordinates	50°26′56.2″N 30°30′52.3″E / 50.448944°N 30.514528°E / 50.448944; 30.514528
North end	Andriyivskyy Descent and Desiatynna Street
Major junctions	Velyka Zhytomyrska Street Sofiivska Square Yaroslaviv Val Street and Prorizna Street Bohdan Khmelnytsky Street Taras Shevchenko Boulevard Leo Tolstoy Street Saksahansky Street Zhylianska Street
South end	Korolenkivska Street

Volodymyrska Street (Ukrainian: вулиця Володимирська, romanized: vulytsia Volodymyrska) is a street in the center of Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine, which is named after the prince of Kievan Rus' Vladimir the Great and which is one of the oldest streets in the city, and arguably among the oldest constantly inhabited residential street in Europe. There are many educational, culture and government institutions on this street, as well as historical monuments. Four buildings from Volodymyrska Street are depicted on reverses of Ukrainian hryvnia banknotes (Saint Sophia's Cathedral on 2 hryvnias, Tsentralna Rada building on 50 hryvnias, Red University Building on 100 hryvnias and building of the Presidium of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine on 1000 hryvnias).