Brovarskyi prospect ( uk, Броварський проспект) is a arterial and the longest public roadway in
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 ...
, Ukraine. It stretches from the
Kyiv Metro Bridge over
Dnieper
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The Dnieper () or Dnipro (); , ; . is one of the major transboundary rivers of Europe, rising in the Valdai Hills near Smolensk, Russia, before flowing through Belarus and Ukraine to the Black Sea. It is the longest river of Ukraine and B ...
to the city of
Brovary
Brovary ( uk, Бровари, , yi, בראָוואַר, Brovar) is a city in Kyiv Oblast (Region) in northern Ukraine, an eastern suburb of the country's capital, Kyiv. It is the administrative centre of Brovary Raion (district). Brovary h ...
.
The roadway was created in the second half of the 20th century (1973), previously known as Brovarske highway (
chaussee
''Chaussee'' is an historic term used in German-speaking countries for early, metalled, rural highways, designed by road engineers, as opposed to the hitherto, traditional, unpaved country roads. The term is no longer used in modern road construct ...
).
Most of the roadway is part of the main route (except for the segment between Metro Bridge and vulytsia Bratyslavska). Along the prospect are located several
overpass
An overpass (called an overbridge or flyover in the United Kingdom and some other Commonwealth countries) is a bridge, road, railway or similar structure that crosses over another road or railway. An ''overpass'' and ''underpass'' together form ...
es and bridges. There are also five metro stations of the
Sviatoshynsko–Brovarska line
The Sviatoshynsko–Brovarska line ( uk, Святошинсько-Броварська лінія) is the first line of the Kyiv Metro, dating back to 1960. as well as couple of railway stations.
From the Metro Bridge it passes
Livoberezhnyi Masyv
Livoberezhnyi Masyv ( uk, Лівобережний масив) or commonly known as Livoberezhna ( uk, Лівобережна) is a residential neighborhood of the Ukrainian capital Kyiv. The neighborhood is administratively a part of the Dnipro ...
, continues between
Lisovyi Masyv
Lisovyi masyv ( uk, Лісовий масив literally: ''Forest neighbourhood'') is a neighbourhood ( city superblock) located in the northeast part of the city of Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine.
It is located next to the Bykivnia Forest and the ...
on north side and
Kyiv Sotsmisto with Kyiv Radykal Factory on south side before it dives into
Bykivnia Forest
Bykivnia Forest ( ua, Биківнянський ліс) is an urban forest consisting mostly of pine trees (90%),[Brovary
Brovary ( uk, Бровари, , yi, בראָוואַר, Brovar) is a city in Kyiv Oblast (Region) in northern Ukraine, an eastern suburb of the country's capital, Kyiv. It is the administrative centre of Brovary Raion (district). Brovary h ...]
from Kyiv. Within the Bykivnia Forest, prospect passes an oscillated residential community Bykivnia, better known for its
Bykivnia Graves
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, caption2 = Map of Bykivnia grave site
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, data2 = Kyiv, Ukraine
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, data3 = April 30, 1994 (as a complex).
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memorial park, and a
bird farm
Poultry farming is the form of animal husbandry which raises domesticated birds such as chickens, ducks, turkeys and geese to produce meat or eggs for food. Poultry – mostly chickens – are farmed in great numbers. More than 60 billion chicke ...
"Kyivska".
Before the 20th century it existed as the road that was stretching east of the
Nicholas Chain Bridge
The Nicholas Chain Bridge (or Nikolaevsky Chain Bridge; uk, Миколаївський ланцюговий міст; russian: Николаевский цепной мост) was a chain bridge over the Dnieper that existed from 1855 to 1920 in ...
passing through
Mykilska Slobidka
The Mykilska Slobidka ( uk, Микільська слобідка; russian: Никольская слободка, Nicholas village) was a former sloboda (settlement) located on the left-bank of Dnieper and outskirts of Bykivnia Forest. It was c ...
(Nicholas Village) continuing through big Bykivnia Forest towards Brovary. On the maps of 19th century Bykivnia Forest occupied bigger territories over today's "Lisovyi Masyv" and "Sotsmisto".
External links
Brovarskyi prospect (Броварський проспект) Kyiv Web Encyclopaedia.
Streets in Kyiv
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