Glory Square is one of the oldest places in Kyiv, the first mention of which dates back to the times of Kyivan Rus: there was one of the eight city markets here – this is how markets and fairs were called then. The square received its first official name in 1693, when the St. Nicholas Military Cathedral was built here. Later it was named “Volodymyrskaya”, “Soborna”, and only in 1965 did it become Glory Square – in honor of the park located nearby. Unfortunately, the cathedral has not survived: the communists demolished it in 1934, and in 2009 a memorial sign was installed on that place.
Today the square is a nodal point of one of the most popular tourist routes of Pechersk. From here, it is within easy reach of the Park of Eternal Glory with the Eternal Flame and the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra, the Motherland Monument, and the Memorial to the Victims of the Holodomor. The hills surrounding the square offer picturesque views of the Dnieper and the left bank — and it is these views, along with the rich history of the place, that attract both tourists and Kyiv residents.