Şoseaua Kiseleff

Şoseaua Kiseleff

"Şoseaua Kiseleff" ("Kiseleff Road") is a major road in Bucharest that runs as a northward continuation of Calea Victoriei. The road was created in 1832 by Pavel Kiselyov, the commander of the Russian occupation troops in Wallachia and Moldavia. The name was converted from Kiselyov to Kiseleff, using the French transliteration of Russian names at the time.

Nowadays, Piaţa Victoriei and Piaţa Presei Libere stand at its two extreme points, with numerous museums, parks (Kiseleff and Herăstrău), grand residences, and Arcul de Triumf in between. The area was not affected by Ceauşescu's systematization plans and it has many pre-World War II houses.

Notable buildings on this road include:
*The Museum of the Romanian Peasant
*The Geology Museum
*The Grigore Antipa Natural History Museum
*The Village Museum
*The headquarters of the Social Democratic Party
*Palatul Prinţului Moştenitor, currently the headquarters of ING Bank Romania
*The embassies of Belarus, Peru, and Russia and the residence of the United States ambassador


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