Borshchahivka ( uk, Борщагі́вка; russian: Борщаго́вка) is a neighborhood located to the west and south-west of
Kyiv
Kyiv, also spelled Kiev, is the capital and most populous city of Ukraine. It is in north-central Ukraine along the Dnieper, Dnieper River. As of 1 January 2021, its population was 2,962,180, making Kyiv the List of European cities by populat ...
, the capital of
Ukraine
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. It is part of the city's
Sviatoshynskyi District
Sviatoshynskyi Raion ( uk, Святошинський район, ''Sviatoshynskyi Raion'') is an urban district in the city of Kyiv located at the western part of city. The district was created in 2001 after renaming the former Leningrad Distric ...
.
The neighborhood is named after a large village that was founded at the site. The contemporary urban look comes from the 1960s and 1970s. The neighborhood is divided into two sections: Mykilska and Pivdenna (''South'') Borshchahivka. A village named
Petropavlivska Borshchahivka
Petropavlivska Borshchahivka ( uk, Петропавлівська Борщагівка) is a village in Bucha Raion of Kyiv Oblast (province) of Ukraine. It belongs to Borshchahivka rural hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.
History
Founded ...
also exists nearby, but it does not belong to Kyiv.
A
fast tram line connects Borshchahivka with Kyiv's
central railway station.
In Polish Slownik geograficzny (Geographic Dictionary), there is a mentioning of locality named as Borzakowszczyzna near
Pyrohiv
Pyrohiv ( uk, Пирогі́в), also known as Pirogov (russian: Пирого́в), originally a village south of Kyiv, is a neighborhood in the southern outskirts of the Ukrainian capital city. It is now home to an outdoor Museum of Folk Archi ...
(Pirogow), which is a property of
Kyiv Cave Monastery. The locality was named after the monasterial scribe Vasyl Borzakiv. At the same time, the dictionary has another term "Borszczhowka" which is described as an old urban place from old princely Ruthenia belonging to
Witold Svidrigiello and later Princely House of
Olelkovich
The House of Olelkovich ( be, Алелькавічы, lt, Olelkaičiai, pl, Olelkowicze, uk, Олельковичі) was a 15th–16th-century princely family from the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. Their main possession was the Duchy of Slutsk–Ka ...
. This Borszczahowka is stretching from the mouth of river Horikhuvatka towards
Ros River
The Ros (; ''Ros’'') is a river in Ukraine, a right tributary of the Dnieper. The Ros finds its source in the village of Ordyntsi in Pohrebyshche Raion, Vinnytsia Oblast. It is long, and has a drainage basin of .[Saltivka
Saltivka ( uk, Салтiвка) is a large residential area located in the northeastern region of Kharkiv in eastern Ukraine. It covers most of the eponymous Saltivskyi District with parts extending into the Kyivskyi District and Nemyshlyansky ...]
External links
Page 338 (Borzakowszczyna) Polish Slownik geograficzny.
Page 324 (Borszczahowka) Polish Slownik geograficzny.
Neighborhoods in Kyiv
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