Victory Square
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Victory Square may refer to several places.
- Victory Square, Warsaw, Poland, the name of Pilsudski Square during the Communist era
- Victory Square, VancouverVictory Square, VancouverVictory Square is a park in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The square is bordered by West Hastings Street to the northeast, West Pender Street to the southwest, Cambie Street to the southeast, and Hamilton Street to the northwest...
, Canada - Victory Square, BucharestVictory Square, BucharestVictory 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....
, Romania - Victory Square (Russian: Ploshchad Pobedy) is a common name for central and representative squares in many cities of the former Soviet Union and refers to the Soviet Union victory on the Eastern Front in the 'Great Patriotic War' (see Great Patriotic War (term)Great Patriotic War (term)The term Great Patriotic War , Velíkaya Otéchestvennaya voyná,) is used in Russia and some other states of the former Soviet Union to describe the portion of World War II from 22 June 1941 to 9 May 1945, against Nazi Germany and its allies in the many fronts of Soviet-German war.-History:The term...
).- Victory Square, Moscow, Russia
- Victory Square, MinskVictory Square, MinskVictory Square — square in the centre of the City of Minsk located at the crossing of Independence avenue and Zakharau street. The square is located in the historic centre of Minsk nearby with the museum of the 1st Congress of RSDRP, Main offices of National State TV and Radio and City House of...
, Belarus - Victory Square, Saint PetersburgVictory Square, Saint PetersburgVictory Square in Saint Petersburg, Russia, is named after the Soviet victory in the Great Patriotic War. It is located in the very end of Moskovsky Prospekt near Pulkovo Airport – not in the central part of the city, despite this name being common in the former Soviet cities as a central...
, Russia - Victory Square, KaliningradVictory Square, KaliningradPloshchad Pobedy ) is a central square in Kaliningrad.Up until 1934 the square was named Hansaplatz, and during Nazi Germany the square was known as Adolf-Hitler-Platz. Because the old Königsberg city centre was destroyed during the war, the post-war city developed around Ploshchad Pobedy...
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