The previous name of the square, used through the communist era, was the Square of Red Army Soldiers (Náměstí Krasnoarmějců from the year 1948, before this was the name Rejdiště,according riding hall, standing in those places) commemorating Soviet soldiers killed during their liberation of Prague in May 1945.
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The Prague Half Marathon has a looped course format which has its race start and end point on Jan Palach Square near the Rudolfinum.