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Kirov Square

Kirov Square is a square in Yekaterinburg, Russia located on the eastern end of Prospekt Lenina. The square is named after Sergey Kirov. He was a Bolshevik revolutionary and Soviet communist.

  • Kirov Square is located in a residential area "Vtuzgorodok" Ekaterinburg. The area appeared during the construction of the main building of the Ural Mining Institute in 1916. In 1921, the square was laid out park, which planted hawthorn, larch, birch, oak and maple. In 1953, on an area established bust MP Odintsov.

    Three years later, under the direction of architect G. Schauffler the area has been landscaped and reschedule. At the same time establish a monument to those killed in the Great Patriotic War, a monument to students and teachers, as well as a monument to MS Kirov, in whose honor named area.

    Kirov Square is the edge of Lenin Avenue. It is limited to buildings Yekaterinburg Suvorov Military School and the Ural State Technical University. The total area of ​​the park is 4.3 hectares, 0.15 hectares occupied flowerbeds. On the area planted 839 trees and 974 shrubs.