Graf Ignatiev Street usually called Grafa (meaning The Count) is a popular central street in the Bulgaria

Bulgaria

Bulgaria , officially the Republic of Bulgaria , is a parliamentary democracy within a unitary constitutional republic in Southeast Europe. The country borders Romania to the north, Serbia and Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, as well as the Black Sea to the east...

n capital Sofia

Sofia

Sofia is the capital and largest city of Bulgaria and the 12th largest city in the European Union with a population of 1.27 million people. It is located in western Bulgaria, at the foot of Mount Vitosha and approximately at the centre of the Balkan Peninsula.Prehistoric settlements were excavated...

. It was named after the Russia

Russia

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n statesman and diplomat Count Nicholas Pavlovich Ignatiev

Nicholas Pavlovich Ignatiev

Count Nikolay Pavlovich Ignatyev was a Russian statesman and diplomat...

. The street lies between Evlogi Georgiev Boulevard

Evlogi Georgiev Boulevard

Evlogi Georgiev Boulevard is an important boulevard in the Bulgarian capital Sofia. It is named after the Bulgarian entrepreneur Evlogi Georgiev. It begins with its intersection with the Cherni Vrah Boulevard and Fridtjof Nansen Street in the area of the National Palace of Culture...

, after which it is called Dragan Tsankov Boulevard

Dragan Tsankov Boulevard

Dragan Tsvetkov Boulevard is a large boulevard in Bulgaria's capital Sofia. It is named after the Bulgarian politician Dragan Tsankov. It lies between its intersection with the Evlogi Georgiev Boulevard, before which it is called Graf Ignatiev Street, and the juncture with G. M. Dimitrov...

, to the east and Alabin Street near the Vitosha Boulevard

Vitosha Boulevard

Vitosha Boulevard is the main commercial street in the centre of Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria, which is abundant in many posh stores, restaurants and bars. It extends from the St Nedelya Square to the Southern Park...

 to the west. It is crossed by major roads such as Vasil Levski Boulevard

Vasil Levski Boulevard

Vasil Levski Boulevard is a major boulevard in Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria. It lies between the Freight Station Square at the Slivnitsa and Danail Nikolaev Boulevards and the area of the National Palace of Culture...

 and Georgi Rakovski Street

Georgi Rakovski Street

Georgi Rakovski Street , usually called with its old name Rakovska, is an important street in the capital of Bulgaria, Sofia, located in the central area of the city. It is named after the famous Bulgarian revolutionary Georgi Sava Rakovski...

. Several of the landmarks of Sofia are located along the street such as the Patriarch Evtimiy Square

Patriarch Evtimiy Square

Patriarch Evtimiy Square , more popularly known as Popa , is a small urban square and a busy intersection in the centre of Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria...

, Sveti Sedmochislenitsi Church

Sveti Sedmochislenitsi Church

The Sveti Sedmochislenitsi Church is a Bulgarian Orthodox church in Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria. It was created between 1901 and 1902 through the conversion of an abandoned Ottoman mosque, and was inaugurated on 27 July 1903...

, Slaveykov Square

Slaveykov Square

Slaveykov Square is one of the most popular squares in Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria. It is named after Bulgarian writers Petko and Pencho Slaveykov, a father and a son. A sculpture of the two sitting on a bench is one of its main landmarks...

 and Garibaldi Square. There are several tram

Tram

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lines running along the street. On 26 April 2007 the Counsel of the Capital Municipality took decision to make Graf Ignatiev a pedestrian street.