One of the most distinguishing features are the House of the Weeping Widow and the Lutheran Church of Saint Catherine.In 1812 the street changed its name to Lyuteranskaya (or Liuteranska in Ukrainian) as the German Lutheran congregation built its new church here in 1857.In 1865 the street again changed its name to Annenkovskaya after Nicholas Annenkov, the Governor-General of Kyiv.With the installation of Soviet power in the city, the street was renamed after Friedrich Engels.Once Ukraine finally obtained its independence the street was returned to its original name, even though most of the German population was deported from the area right after World War II.
