Sofiiska Square

Sofiiska Square
Софійська площа
Public square
Features
Location Old Kyiv, Shevchenkivskyi District, Kyiv, Ukraine
Interactive map of Sofiiska Square
Coordinates: 50°27′12″N 30°30′58″E / 50.4534°N 30.5161°E / 50.4534; 30.5161

Sofiiska Square, also translated as Sophia Square, (Ukrainian: Софійська площа, romanized: Sofiiska ploshcha) is a square in central Old Kyiv, Ukraine. Located in the Shevchenkivskyi District of Kyiv, the square lies in front of Saint Sophia Cathedral. It is bordered by Volodymyrska Street, and features a monument of Bohdan Khmelnytsky.

The city's Christmas and New Year's festivities were held in Sofiiska Square from 2014 onwards, after they were moved from Maidan Nezalezhnosti due to the events of Euromaidan. Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022, many of the festivities have been indefinitely suspended.

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