The Kyiv Main Post Office is a seven-story building with a balcony on columns at the corner of Khreshchatyk and Independence Square, built in 1952–1958 according to the design of Vadym Ladny, Borys Pryymak and Hryhoriy Slutsky. Its facade is decorated with light ceramic tiles, Tuscan and Corinthian pilasters and is designed in a classical style with elements of Ukrainian Baroque. The site has a long postal history: since 1849, the Kyiv Post Office has been located here, and in 1886, the city’s first state telephone exchange opened on its second floor. The previous building, the “Palace of Communications”, was destroyed in the destruction of the center of Kyiv by Soviet saboteurs in September 1941 during the occupation of the city by fascist troops.
The building witnessed tragic and significant events. On August 2, 1989, during repair work, the columns of the portal collapsed, killing 11 people. In the fall of 2004, the columns of the main post office were covered with orange inscriptions by participants of the Orange Revolution, some of which were preserved and preserved under plexiglass. And in the winter of 2014, during the Euromaidan, the “Maidan Post” appeared near the entrance – a unique volunteer service, thanks to which the residents of the tent city could correspond with each other.