Shota Rustaveli Street, Kyiv


Shota Rustaveli Street is a street in the neighborhood of Besarabka in the Pecherskyi District of Kyiv. It runs from Baseina Street to Zhylianska Street.

History

The street arose in the 1830s in connection with the planning and construction of the area in the valley of the Lybid. At first, it was called Mala Vasylkivska. In 1926, it was renamed Borochov Street, in honor of the Jewish public figure Ber Borochov. It received its current name in 1937 in honor of the medieval Georgian poet Shota Rustaveli.

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