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Mariinsky Palace (Ukr. Маріїнський палац) is a two-story palace in Kyiv on the high right bank of the Dnieper. It is located next to the Verkhovna Rada building and is the ceremonial residence of the President of Ukraine. The palace in the Tsar's Garden was founded by order of Empress Elizabeth Petrovna in 1744. The Baroque-style design was developed by her court architect Bartolomeo Rastrelli. Under the supervision of Muscovite Ivan Michurin, as well as a group of other architects, the palace was completed by 1752. The patron did not have time to visit the palace. The first royal person to stay at Mariinsky Palace was Catherine II, who visited Kyiv in 1787. Here, on February 14, she received the Venezuelan political figure Francisco Miranda, the future liberator from the Spanish colonial system[1]. In the late 18th and early 19th centuries, the palace was the residence of the governors-general of the Kyiv Governorate. In 1889, in the Tsar's Garden at Mariinsky Palace D.

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Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine (Ukr. Верховна Рада України; lit. translation — Supreme Council of Ukraine) is the unicameral parliament of Ukraine, consisting of 450 seats (for the list of deputies following the latest elections, see the article "People's Deputies of Ukraine"). Since 2006, deputies have been elected by party lists (a proportional system) for a term of 5 years. In September 2010, the Constitutional Court of Ukraine restored the old version of the constitution, according to which their term of office was reduced to 4 years. However, on February 1, 2011, the Constitution was amended again, and the term of office of parliament was increased to 5 years[3]. "Rada," translated from Ukrainian, means "council" and goes back to the Cossack radas (the Pereiaslav Rada). In Soviet times, the highest legislative body of the Ukrainian SSR was referred to in Russian as the Supreme Council. After gaining independence in August 1991, the name Verkhovna Rada came into widespread use in Russian.

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The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine is the highest body of executive power in Ukraine. The head of the Cabinet of Ministers is the Prime Minister, who is appointed by the President of Ukraine with the consent of a majority of the deputies of the Verkhovna Rada (no fewer than 226). The deputies of the Prime Minister are the First Vice Prime Minister and three Vice Prime Ministers. The Cabinet also includes ministers who head the relevant ministries and a minister "without portfolio" (the Minister of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine) — who does not head a ministry but has the right to vote at government meetings.

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National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) (Ukr. Національний банк України) is the central bank of Ukraine. It is located in the building of the same name at: Kyiv, 9 Instytutska St. The National Bank of Ukraine was created on the basis of the Ukrainian Republican Bank of the State Bank of the USSR together with the adoption on March 20, 1991 by the Verkhovna Rada of the Law of Ukraine "On Banks and Banking Activity." In the early 1990s, Ukraine faced high inflation (10200 % per year) and the monetary system's inability to adapt to market conditions, and during 1994—1996 a large-scale monetary reform was carried out that changed the entire system of monetary circulation in Ukraine for the better. The historic monetary unit, the Ukrainian hryvnia, was restored, and hyperinflation and the decline in production were overcome for a time.

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Administration of the President of Ukraine (Ukr. Адміністрація Президента України) is a government body established by the President of Ukraine to exercise his powers. The task of the Administration is to ensure the exercise by the President of Ukraine of his constitutional powers[1]. The overall management of the Administration is carried out by the Head of the Administration of the President of Ukraine. This body was created on December 13, 1991 by L. Kravchuk under the name "Administration of the President of Ukraine"[2]. In 2005, V. Yushchenko reorganized the Administration of the President of Ukraine into the Secretariat of the President of Ukraine[3]. In 2010, the Administration of the President of Ukraine was renamed again by V. Yanukovych after the liquidation of the Secretariat of the President of Ukraine[4].

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Khreshchatyk (Ukr. Хрещатик) is the main street of Kyiv. Length — 1.3 km, direction — from north to south. It begins at European Square, passes through Independence Square, and ends at Bessarabska Square. The name of the street comes from Khreshchatyi Yar (that is, crossed by transverse ravines). In documents of the 17th century, this entire area was called the Khreshchata Valley.

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Maidan Nezalezhnosti (Ukr. Майдан Незалежності — colloquial version "Maidan"; means "Independence Square") is the central square of Kyiv. It is located between Khreshchatyk, Borysa Hrinchenka, Sofiivska, Mala Zhytomyrska, Mykhailivska, Kostolna, Instytutska, Arkhitektora Horodetskoho streets, and Tarasa Shevchenka Lane. Until the 10th century, the area around today's Maidan was called Perevesyshche and was a swamp. Where Sofiivska Street now begins, there were the Liadski Gates, which led to the Upper City. At the end of the 18th and beginning of the 19th century, the site of the future square was a wasteland with the remains of defensive ramparts opening onto it. The 1868 "Description of Kyiv," compiled by Nikolai Zakrevsky, mentions a market square in the middle of Khreshchatyk, "long known as Goat Swamp." Zakrevsky notes that the market is located "near the place called Goat Swamp."