Plaza Rosa Luxemburg

Rosa Luxemburg Square is one of the most popular places in Kharkiv. It starts from Constitution Square, crosses University Street in the middle and ends in Proletarian Square in the west. The square was founded at the end of the XVII century. It was a city bazaar, and also held the Assumption and Pokrovskaya fairs. In the south-eastern corner of the square there was a post yard, and near it there was a verst pole. In the XIX century, the Plaza Rosa Luxemburg was built up with one-storey and two-storey commercial buildings.

Since the 1830s, the square was called Pavlovskaya, in honor of the merchant Pavlov’s house that appeared on it. In 1868-1874, the Maly Theatre was located here, a little later the Grand Hotel opened in it. In 1905, 1917 and 1919, meetings and demonstrations were held on the square. In the winter of 1919, the square received its present name.

Currently, among the main attractions of the square can be noted: Central department store, House with a spire, Nine-storey residential building No. 5, as well as Residential house No. 4 with a post office, also known as Peasant House.