Şoseaua Kiseleff is a major road in Bucharest

Bucharest

Bucharest is the capital municipality, cultural, industrial, and financial centre of Romania. It is the largest city in Romania, located in the southeast of the country, at , and lies on the banks of the Dâmbovița River....

 that runs as a northward continuation of Calea Victoriei

Calea Victoriei

Calea Victoriei is a major avenue in central Bucharest. It leads from Splaiul Independenţei to the north and then northwest up to Piaţa Victoriei, where Şoseaua Kiseleff continues north....

. The road was created in 1832 by Pavel Kiselyov

Pavel Kiselyov

Count Pavel Dmitrievich Kiselyov or Kiseleff is generally regarded as the most brilliant Russian reformer during Nicholas I's generally conservative reign.- Early military career :...

, the commander of the Russian occupation troops in Wallachia

Wallachia

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 and Moldavia

Moldavia

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. The name was converted from Kiselyov to Kiseleff, using the French

French language

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  transliteration

Transliteration

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 of Russian

Russian language

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 names at the time.

Nowadays, Piaţa Victoriei

Victory Square, Bucharest

Victory Square is a major intersection in central Bucharest, where Calea Victoriei, Lascăr Catargiu Boulevard, Iancu de Hunedoara Boulevard, Kiseleff Boulevard, Ion Mihalache Boulevard and Nicolae Titulescu Boulevard cross....

 and Piaţa Presei Libere

Casa Presei Libere

Casa Presei Libere is a building in northern Bucharest, Romania, the tallest in the city between 1956 and 2007.A horse race track was built in 1905 on the future site of Casa Presei Libere...

 stand at its two extreme points, with numerous museums, parks (Kiseleff and Herăstrău

Herastrau Park

Herăstrău Park is a large park on the northern side of Bucharest, Romania, around Lake Herăstrău.The park has an area of about 1.1 km², of which 0.7 km² is the lake. Initially, the area was full of marshes, but these were drained between 1930 and 1935, and the park was opened in 1936...

), grand residences, and Arcul de Triumf

Arcul de Triumf

Arcul de Triumf is a triumphal arch located in the northern part of Bucharest, on the Kiseleff Road.The first, wooden, triumphal arch was built hurriedly, after Romania gained its independence , so that the victorious troops could march under it...

 in between. The area was not affected by Ceauşescu's systematization plans and it has many pre-World War II

World War II

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 houses.

Notable buildings on this road include:

• The Museum of the Romanian Peasant
  Museum of the Romanian Peasant
  The Museum of the Romanian Peasant is a museum in Bucharest, Romania, with a collection of textiles , icons, ceramics, and other artifacts of Romanian peasant life...
  
  
• The Geology Museum
  Geology Museum (Romania)
  The National Geology Museum is hosted by the building built in 1906 for the Geological Institute of Romania. The building was designed by the Victor Ştefănescu using the neo-Brâncovenesc style, and was declared an architectural monument. The museum hosts a collection of 80,000 samples of rocks,...
  
  
• The Grigore Antipa Natural History Museum
• The Village Museum
  Village Museum
  The Village Museum is an open-air ethnographic museum located in the Herăstrău Park , showcasing traditional Romanian village life. The museum extends to over 100,000 m2, and contains 272 authentic peasant farms and houses from all over Romania.It was created in 1936 by Dimitrie Gusti, Victor Ion...
  
  
• The headquarters of the Social Democratic Party
  Social Democratic Party (Romania)
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• Palatul Prinţului Moştenitor, currently the headquarters of ING Bank
  ING Group
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   Romania
• The embassies of Belarus
  Belarus
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  , Peru
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  , Canada
  Canada
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   and Russia
  Russia
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   and the residence of the United States
  United States
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  ambassador