Khreshchatyk 26

Khreshchatyk 26 (Ukrainian: Хрещатик, 26) is a prominent location on Khreshchatyk Street in Kyiv. It has even been called "the most famous Ukrainian street address."

In 1849, Khreshchatyk 26 housed Kyiv's central Post Office, and in the centuries that followed, it house the first Kyiv Central Telephone Exchange, the National Bank of Ukraine, and the Kyiv Polytechnic Institute. During World War II, after a series of deliberately placed Ukrainian bombs raised most of the other buildings on Khreshchatyk, the walls of this building were some of the few left standing, but the building had largely been destroyed.

In the latter half of the twentieth century, it was the location of the Kyiv Television and Radio Center, which was first opened in 1951, and was the location of the first regular non-experimental television broadcast in the country of Ukraine. In 1992, public television moved to its new headquarters at the Kyiv Television Center. Khreshchatyk 26 still houses some radio and television stations, but today is known more commonly as the House of Ukrainian Radio.