Kharkiv Sights

Shevchenko Park

#4 of 23 things to do in Kharkiv

#5918 of 51284 things to do in Europe

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Lonely Planet review for Shevchenko Park

Central Shevchenko Park, just south of pl Svobody, is a great place to observe Kharkivites in their element - or win a stuffed animal in one of the myriad arcade games.

From the Lenin statue it's a pleasant walk through the park to the statue of Taras Shevchenko (vul Sumska), of which locals are perhaps overly proud. Yes, it's big and it does portray the heroic poet surrounded by 16 peasants, Cossacks and other Ukrainians representing the national history. However, it's also rather brutalist and is only softened by the park.

 

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