Freedom Square: Slo Team

1. FREEDOM SQUARE

2. Facts
● Grandest public space in Tallin.
● There is a monument to the War of Independence (unveiled
on Victory Day (23 June) in 2009).
● On the north side of Freedom Square there is a small open
space with a fountain and a bust of Alexander Pushkin.
● Branching out from this square are six streets: Rustaveli
Avenue, Pushkin Street, Leselidze Street, Shalva Dadiani
Street, Galaktion Street, and Leonidze Street.
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3. Different names
● The square was originally named after Ivan
Paskevich.
● At different times the area carried different
names:
Hay Market,
Peter's Square,
Victory Square.

4. History
● Freedom Square was the site of the 1907 Tiflis bank robbery.
● People come here to demonstrate or celebrate:
- demonstration for Georgia's independence (from the Soviet Union).
- the Rose Revolution,
- the U.S. President George W. Bush and Georgian President Mikheil
Saakashvili talked to a crowd of around 100,000 people in celebration of the
60th anniversary of the end of World War II. Someone tried to assassinate Bush
by throwing a live grenade at him.