Karl Marx Avenue

Before starting our main trip along the Karl Marx Avenue, I would like to tell you about this prospect itself. To begin with, it’s important to say that this street is the longest street in Ukraine. The length is 5 kilometres and it begins from the Monument  of Glory and ends at the railway station. The Karl Marx Avenue - is the central street of Dnepropetrovsk, both in administrative, cultural and commercial sense.
The Karl Marx Avenue is one of the oldest highways of the city. It started to be formed from the end of 1780th simultaneously with Ekaterinoslav foundation of Dnepropetrovsk. So the historical name of this street is Ekaterininsky Avenue. But the central streets of the city were renamed during the Soviet time in honor of the outstanding revolutionaries and now they have=it has the name of Karl Marx. It is a very beautiful, wide and long parkway, which stretches east to west through the central part of the city. It was founded in the XVIII century and parts of its buildings are the actual decoration of the city. In the nucleus of the city there is the Zhovtneva square, on which the majestic Cathedral takes place= is located that was founded by order of Katherine II in 1787. On the square, there are some remarkable buildings: the Museum of History, Diorama "Battle for the Dnieper River” during the Second World War, and also a beautiful park in which you can rest in the hot summer. Walking down the hill to the Dnieper River, you will arrive to the large Taras Shevchenko Park (which is on the right bank of the river) and to Monastyrskiy Island. This island is one of the most interesting places in the city. The compact "old town" does not exist in Dnipropetrovsk anymore. Many historic buildings and churches were destroyed in the Second World War and in Stalin's communist times in the 1930s. However all of Central Avenue, some street-blocks on the main hill (the Nagornaya part) between Pushkina Prospekt and Embankment, and sections near Globy and Shevchenka parks have been untouched for 150 years. An evening walk through those parts of the city is very pleasurable... 
The Karl Marx Prospekt is the main trade artery of the city. There are plenty of shops and cafes of different size and for different income levels. The abundance of trade points can be observed also in several streets and squares contiguous to the Karl Marx Prospekt in the area around the Central Department Store - the biggest market place in the city. 
There are a lot of interesting things to say about Dnepropetrovsk and the Karl Marx Avenue, so you will discover more information from my colleagues.