Киевский сквер, Garden square in the Central District of Minsk, Belarus.
Kiev Square is a garden plaza in central Minsk with paved pathways, seating areas, and landscaped green zones. A central fountain serves as a focal point, framed by mature trees that provide shade throughout the space.
The square was laid out in the 1970s and named after the city of Kiev, honouring the delegation of Kyivites who took part in its opening. On 24 March 2019 it hosted the Day of Freedom in Minsk. On 6 August 2020 thousands gathered there for an open day of supplementary education institutions, protesting the cancellation of Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya's campaign rally; two sound engineers who played Viktor Tsoi's song were jailed for 10 days.
The square takes its name from the city of Kiev, and memorial plaques on the main avenue once recorded the delegation of Kiev residents who attended its opening; by 2020 these signs had long been missing. On 24 March 2019 the square hosted Minsk's Day of Freedom. On 6 August 2020 thousands gathered here for an open day of supplementary education institutions, and two sound engineers from the Minsk Palace of Children and Youth were sentenced to 10 days' arrest for playing Viktor Tsoi's song "I Want Change!" to the crowd.
The square lies within Orlovskaya, Azizova and Kakhovskaya streets in Minsk's Central District, with the Kiev cinema closing off Shevchenko Boulevard. Benches, staircases and paths run through the grounds, and the fountain beside the cinema works again since May 2022. Modernisation of the paths, benches and small architectural forms is planned.
A fountain from the 1980s sat inactive for decades before undergoing complete restoration and reopening in 2022. This revival returned the water feature to working condition and made it a visible element of the square once again.
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