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Verkhovna Rada building, the Glossary

The Verkhovna Rada building (Будинок Верховної Ради, romanized: Budynok Verkhovnoi Rady) is located in the center of Kyiv, in the Pecherskyi District.^[1]

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Government buildings in Ukraine
Hrushevsky Street (Kyiv)
Verkhovna Rada

Avant-corps

An avant-corps (avancorpo or risalto, plural risalti, Risalit, ryzalit), a French term literally meaning "fore-body", is a part of a building, such as a porch or pavilion, that juts out from the corps de logis, often taller than other parts of the building.

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Baroque architecture

Baroque architecture is a highly decorative and theatrical style which appeared in Italy in the early 17th century and gradually spread across Europe.

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Chandelier

A chandelier is an ornamental lighting device, typically with spreading branched supports for multiple lights, designed to be hung from the ceiling.

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Coat of arms of Ukraine

The coat of arms of Ukraine is a blue shield with a golden trident.

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Common sunflower

The common sunflower (Helianthus annuus) is a species of large annual forb of the daisy family Asteraceae.

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Communist propaganda

Communist propaganda is the artistic and social promotion of the ideology of communism, communist worldview, communist society, and interests of the communist movement.

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Decommunization in Ukraine

Decommunization in Ukraine started during the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991 and expanded afterwards.

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Dnieper

The Dnieper, also called Dnepr or Dnipro, is one of the major transboundary rivers of Europe, rising in the Valdai Hills near Smolensk, Russia, before flowing through Belarus and Ukraine to the Black Sea.

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Dome

A dome is an architectural element similar to the hollow upper half of a sphere.

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Eastern Front (World War II)

The Eastern Front, also known as the Great Patriotic War in the Soviet Union and its successor states, and the German–Soviet War in contemporary German and Ukrainian historiographies, was a theatre of World War II fought between the European Axis powers and Allies, including the Soviet Union (USSR) and Poland.

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Emblems of the Soviet Republics

The emblems of the constituent republics of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics all featured predominantly the hammer and sickle and the red star that symbolized communism, as well as a rising sun (although in the case of the Latvian SSR, since the Baltic Sea is west of Latvia, it could be interpreted as a setting sun), surrounded by a wreath of wheat (except the Karelo-Finnish SSR with a wreath of rye).

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Engaged column

An engaged column is an architectural element in which a column is embedded in a wall and partly projecting from the surface of the wall, which may or may not carry a partial structural load.

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Espreso TV

Espreso TV (Еспресо TV) is an Internet television station in Ukraine that started to operate in November 2013.

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Façade

A façade or facade is generally the front part or exterior of a building.

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The first flag of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic (UkSSR) was adopted on 10 March 1919 to serve as the symbol of state of the Ukrainian SSR.

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Flag of Ukraine

The national flag of Ukraine (Derzhavnyi prapor Ukrainy) consists of equally sized horizontal bands of blue and yellow.

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Government of Ukraine

The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine (translit; shortened to CabMin), commonly referred to as the Government of Ukraine (Уряд України, Uriad Ukrainy), is the highest body of state executive power in Ukraine.

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Hrushevsky Street (Kyiv)

Mykhailo Hrushevskyi Street or simply Hrushevskyi Street (translit) is a street in central Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine.

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Intelligentsia

The intelligentsia is a status class composed of the university-educated people of a society who engage in the complex mental labours by which they critique, shape, and lead in the politics, policies, and culture of their society; as such, the intelligentsia consists of scholars, academics, teachers, journalists, and literary writers.

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Kharkiv

Kharkiv (Харків), also known as Kharkov (Харькoв), is the second-largest city in Ukraine.

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Kyiv

Kyiv (also Kiev) is the capital and most populous city of Ukraine.

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Labradorite

Labradorite ((Ca, Na)(Al, Si)4O8) is a calcium-enriched feldspar mineral first identified in Labrador, Canada, which can display an iridescent effect (schiller).

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Lightness

Lightness is a visual perception of the luminance (L) of an object.

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Lypky

Lypky (Липки) is a historic neighborhood of the Ukrainian capital Kyiv located in the administrative Pecherskyi District.

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Mariinskyi Palace

The Mariinskyi Palace (translit) is the official residence of the president of Ukraine. Verkhovna Rada building and Mariinskyi Palace are buildings and structures in Kyiv, government buildings in Ukraine and Hrushevsky Street (Kyiv).

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Mariinskyi Park

Mariinskyi Park (Маріїнський парк) is a park located in Pechersk neighborhood in front of the Supreme Council of Ukraine (Constitution Square), Hrushevsky Street, and Park Road. Verkhovna Rada building and Mariinskyi Park are buildings and structures in Kyiv and Hrushevsky Street (Kyiv).

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Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Ukraine)

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine (translit) is the ministry of the Ukrainian government that oversees the foreign relations of Ukraine.

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Modern history of Ukraine

Ukraine emerged as the concept of a nation, and Ukrainians as a nationality, with the Ukrainian National Revival which began in the late 18th and early 19th century.

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Motif (visual arts)

In art and iconography, a motif is an element of an image.

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Nataliia Chmutina

Nataliia Chmutina (Ukrainian: Наталія Чмутіна; 18 December 1912 – 8 November 2005) was a Ukrainian architect and academician.

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National flag

A national flag is a flag that represents and symbolizes a given nation.

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National symbol

A national symbol is a manifestation of a nation or community to the world, serving as a representation of their identity and values.

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Parliament

In modern politics, and history, a parliament is a legislative body of government.

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Pecherskyi District

Pecherskyi District (Pecherskyi raion) is an urban district of Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine.

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Plafond

A plafond (French for "ceiling"), in a broad sense, is a (flat, vaulted or dome) ceiling.

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Rastrelli (surname)

Rastrelli may refer to the following persons.

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Socle (architecture)

In architecture, a socle is a short plinth used to support a pedestal, sculpture, or column.

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Stalinist architecture

Stalinist architecture, mostly known in the former Eastern Bloc as Stalinist style or socialist classicism, is the architecture of the Soviet Union under the leadership of Joseph Stalin, between 1933 (when Boris Iofan's draft for the Palace of the Soviets was officially approved) and 1955 (when Nikita Khrushchev condemned "excesses" of the past decades and disbanded the Soviet Academy of Architecture).

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Trident

A trident is a three-pronged spear.

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The Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic (Ukrainska Radianska Sotsialistychna Respublika; Ukrainskaya Sovetskaya Sotsialisticheskaya Respublika), abbreviated as the Ukrainian SSR, UkSSR, and also known as Soviet Ukraine or just Ukraine, was one of the constituent republics of the Soviet Union from 1922 until 1991.

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USSR State Prize

The USSR State Prize (Gosudarstvennaya premiya SSSR) was the Soviet Union's state honor.

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Verkhovna Rada

The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine (often as Verkhovna Rada or simply Rada, VR) is the unicameral parliament of Ukraine.

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Volodymyr Zabolotnyi (architect)

Volodymyr Hnatovych Zabolotny (Володимир Гнатович Заболотний; August 13, 1898 – August 3, 1962) was a Soviet and Ukrainian architect, founder of the Academy of Architecture of Ukraine and designer of the Verkhovna Rada building, Government Palace (Kharkiv).

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verkhovna_Rada_building

Also known as Supreme Council building.

Verkhovna Rada building, the Glossary

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Government buildings in Ukraine

Hrushevsky Street (Kyiv)

Verkhovna Rada

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