Independence Monument, Monument column in Independence Square, Kyiv, Ukraine.

The Independence Monument is a 61-metre victory column of white Italian marble rising from a white stone pedestal shaped like a Ukrainian Baroque temple, with a dark arched doorway at its base. A spiral staircase runs inside the column. At the top, a gilded bronze Berehynia in flowing robes holds a guelder-rose branch above her head.

The monument was erected in 2001 to mark the tenth anniversary of Ukraine's independence from the Soviet Union. It replaced a former Lenin statue that had previously occupied the same location.

The woman atop the column is Berehynia, a guardian figure in Ukrainian folklore, holding a guelder-rose branch. The branch, kalyna in Ukrainian, appears in folk songs and embroidery as a symbol of maidenhood and the homeland. The white marble pedestal is shaped as a Ukrainian Baroque temple.

The monument sits in central Kyiv's Independence Square and is easily accessible from all sides of the plaza. The open space allows comfortable viewing and walking around the structure from different angles.

The column hides a spiral staircase inside its shaft, a detail few visitors notice from the square. The monument's total height is given as 61 or 62 metres, and the 52-metre column is faced with white Italian marble. In December 2014, Kyiv's chief architect Serhiy Tselovalnyk proposed replacing it with a monument to the Heavenly Hundred.