Pl. Pidkovy – monument to Ivan Pidkova

The idea of installing such a monument arose after an according resolution of the Council of Ministers of the Ukrainian SSR was adopted. The resolution, related to the perpetuation of memorable places connected to the history of the Cossacks, was adopted on 18 September 1965.  

Sculptor Petro Kulyk prepared a statue of Ivan Pidkova for the Republican exhibition "The Artists of Lviv" which took place on November 18, 1981 in Kyiv. After the exhibition, he gave the sculpture as a gift to the city of Lviv. At first, Rynok Square was considered as a location where it could be installed, as the otaman had been executed there in 1578.

In May 1982, after approval by the architectural and artistic council at the Lviv Architectural and Planning Department, the monument was set up on the square which had been named in honor of Ivan Pidkova from 1946. Previously, it was called the Św. Ducha (Holy Spirit) square as there was a small church and a hospital of this dedication, built in the 14^th c. and dismantled in the late 18^th c. In 1978, when a sewer was arranged on this square, archaeological excavations were carried out and parts of an old building's foundations were discovered; today they are partially traced and can be seen in the north-eastern part of the square.