Boyarka or Boiarka ( uk, Боярка) is a city in

Fastiv Raion Fastiv Raion () is a raion (district) in Kyiv Oblast of Ukraine. Its administrative center is the city of Fastiv. Population: . On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, the number of raions of Kyiv Oblast was reduced to s ...

of Kyiv Oblast ( region) of Ukraine, about 20 km SW from Kyiv. It hosts the administration of Boiarka urban hromada, one of the

hromada A hromada ( uk, територіальна громада, lit=territorial community, translit=terytorialna hromada) is a basic unit of administrative division in Ukraine, similar to a municipality. It was established by the Government of Ukra ...

s of Ukraine. Population: . The population in 2001 was 35,968.

History

There are traces of an old Kyivan Rus' settlement, including the remains of an ancient cemetery. The railway reached the town in the 1860s, after which it became a favourite resort for artists and writers, including the composer

Mykola Lysenko , native_name_lang = uk , birth_name = Mykola Vitaliyovych Lysenko , birth_date = 22 March 1842 , birth_place = Hrynky, Poltava Governorate, Russian Empire , death_date = 6 November 1912 (aged 70) , death_place ...

and the writer Sholom Aleichem. The fictional '' dacha'' settlement of Boyberik, where events of Aleichem's tales of '' Tevye the Milkman'' take place, is based on Boyarka. Until 18 July 2020, Boiarka belonged to Kyiv-Sviatoshyn Raion. The raion was abolished that day as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Kyiv Oblast to seven. The area of Kyiv-Sviatoshyn Raion was split between Bucha, Fastiv, and

Obukhiv Raion Obukhiv Raion () is a raion ( district) in Kyiv Oblast of Ukraine. Its administrative center is Obukhiv. Population: . On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, the number of raions of Kyiv Oblast was reduced to seven ...

s, with Boiarka being transferred to Fastiv Raion.

Present-day

The Kyiv Oblast orphanage is located in Boyarka. The town is also the location of the Boyarka

Metrological Metrology is the scientific study of measurement. It establishes a common understanding of units, crucial in linking human activities. Modern metrology has its roots in the French Revolution's political motivation to standardise units in Fra ...

Centre, owned by the company

Naftogaz Naftogaz of Ukraine ( uk, НАК "Нафтогаз України", ''Naftogaz Ukrayiny''; literally "Petro-Gas of Ukraine") is the largest national oil and gas company of Ukraine. It is a state-owned company

, which provides calibration services for gas-flow meters.Brochure ''Metrological Centre NJSC "Naftogaz of Ukraine" '', Kiev, 2009 During the years 2005 to 2007, the town hosted the now-defunct football club, FC Inter Boyarka.

Sport

Boyarka has a team called FC Inter Boyarka, that in 2001 was also coached by

Yukhym Shkolnykov Yukhym Hryhorovych Shkolnykov ( uk, Юхим Григорович Школьников; 31 January 1939 – 3 September 2009) was a Ukrainian coach and Soviet footballer. He was on the original squad of Avanhard Chernihiv, that in 1960 joined t ...

Notable people

* Sholem Aleichem, writer *

Sergei Balenok , native_name_lang = be , birth_name = Сяргей Уладзіміравіч Баленок , birth_date = , birth_place = Boiarka, Kyiv-Sviatoshyn Raion, Kyiv Oblast, Ukrainian Soviet So ...

graphic artist A graphic designer is a professional within the graphic design and graphic arts industry who assembles together images, typography, or motion graphics to create a piece of design. A graphic designer creates the graphics primarily for published, p ...

painter Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a solid surface (called the "matrix" or "support"). The medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush, but other implements, such as knives, sponges, and ai ...

illustrator An illustrator is an artist who specializes in enhancing writing or elucidating concepts by providing a visual representation that corresponds to the content of the associated text or idea. The illustration may be intended to clarify complicat ...

* Eugene Hütz, singer and composer * George Kistiakowsky, physical chemistry professor * Oleksandra Matviichuk, human rights lawyer * Maks Levin, photographer *

, composer * Nikolai Ostrovsky, writer *

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, painter * Maria Zankovetska, actress *

Bohdan Yermakov Bohdan Oleksandrovych Yermakov ( ua, Богдан Олександрович Єрмаков; born 28 March 1985) Ukrainian artist and poet. He is best known for his realistic rural landscapes. Biography Bogdan Yermakov was born in the family ...

, painter

Sources

*Andriy Ivchenko, ''All About Ukraine'', Kiev, 2007 *''Metrological Centre NJSC "Naftogaz of Ukraine" '', Kiev, 2009

References

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