Sichovykh Striltsiv Street is one of the main arteries of the Shevchenkivskyi district, stretching from Lvivska Square to Lukianivska Square. At the beginning of the 20th century, this road connected two well-known Kyiv marketplaces — the Sennyi and Lukianivskyi markets.
The street originated as part of the ancient Zhytomyr route and, in 1869, became a separate street under the name Lvivska Street, derived from Lvivska Square. In 2015, it received its present name in honor of the Ukrainian Sich Riflemen — military units of the army of the Ukrainian People’s Republic during the Ukrainian struggle for independence of 1917–1921.
Historical evidence confirms that in 1918, the building at No. 24 housed the barracks of the Halychyna-Bukovyna Battalion of the Sich Riflemen. Today, the building bears a memorial plaque dedicated to Colonel Yevhen Konovalets, commander of the Sich Riflemen.
The architecture of the street forms a true anthology of several historical eras. Here one can see Art Nouveau apartment houses from the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Constructivist buildings of the 1930s, and even a mansion built in 1946 for the family of General Nikolai Vatutin on the site of the destroyed Ascension Church at Kudriavske Cemetery.
The building at No. 1/5 — the House of Artists with seven female figures on its façade symbolizing different forms of art — serves as the headquarters of the National Union of Artists of Ukraine.
Meanwhile, the firewall of building No. 75 has displayed since 2015 the world’s largest portrait of Mykhailo Hrushevsky.