Darnytskyi District ( uk, Дарницький район, ), is an
urban district
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of the
Ukrainian
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capital Kyiv
Kyiv, also spelled Kiev, is the capital and most populous city of Ukraine. It is in north-central Ukraine along the Dnieper River. As of 1 January 2021, its population was 2,962,180, making Kyiv the seventh-most populous city in Europe.
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.
It is the southeastern district of Kyiv located on the left bank of
Dnipro river. It borders the
Holosiivskyi District
Holosiivskyi District ( uk, Голосіївський район, translit.: ''Holosiivs’kyi raion'') is an urban district of the city of Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine.
Holosiivskyi District was created during changing of administrative divisi ...
of the city to its west, across the river,
Dniprovskyi District of city to its north, and the
Brovary Raion
Brovary Raion () is a raion (district) in Kyiv Oblast of Ukraine. Its administrative center is the town of Brovary. Population: .
On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, the number of raions of Kyiv Oblast was reduced ...
of the
Kyiv Oblast
Kyiv Oblast ( uk, Ки́ївська о́бласть, translit=Kyïvska oblast), also called Kyivshchyna ( uk, Ки́ївщина), is an oblast (province) in central and northern Ukraine. It surrounds, but does not include, the city of Kyiv, w ...
to its east and
Boryspil Raion
Boryspil Raion ( uk, Бориспільський район, translit.: ''Boryspil's'kyi raion'') is an administrative raion (district) in east-central Kyiv Oblast of Ukraine. Its administrative center is the city of Boryspil. Population: .
On ...
of
Kyiv Oblast
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to its east and south. The population of the city raion is estimated around 348,000 inhabitants.
Historical background
Although an exact date of establishment of the area is not known, there is evidence that during the 4th and 3rd centuries BC, a Neolithic settlement existed near lake ''Svyatyshche'' ( uk, Святище). During the 9th century, Darnytsia was an important center of the
Kyivan Rus'
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, where ambassadors and delegations from other powers were housed while waiting to meet the ''
kniaz
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'' and offer gifts. This gave the area its name ''Darnytsia'' (derived from
Slavic/
Ukrainian
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''dar'', meaning gift).
While throughout the 19th century the area was progressively becoming more densely populated, the dwellers were technically residing outside of Kyiv in village-like (but non-village by status)
settlements called Slobidkas (Sloboda, ''Slobodka'' in
Russian
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). Certain parts on Darnytsia still bear the names of the Slobidka they displaced (notably ''
Mykilska Sloboda
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 ...
''
St. Nicholas
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Settlement
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).
Until the late 19th century, the name Darnytsia was commonly applied to the plain on the left bank of Dnipro river across from the Kyiv city center. Up to the
Bolshevik Revolution
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in 1917, the area was legally part of the
Chernigov Governorate
The Chernigov Governorate (russian: Черниговская губерния; translit.: ''Chernigovskaya guberniya''; ), also known as the Government of Chernigov, was a guberniya in the historical Left-bank Ukraine region of the Russian ...
(
Chernihiv
Chernihiv ( uk, Черні́гів, , russian: Черни́гов, ; pl, Czernihów, ; la, Czernihovia), is a city and municipality in northern Ukraine, which serves as the administrative center of Chernihiv Oblast and Chernihiv Raion within ...
), despite being adjacent to Kyiv, also a center of its Guberniya, with the Dnipro river being the official division line. The village of Nova-Darnytsia and the rest of the area of the today's raion were incorporated into the city of Kyiv in 1927. In 1935 Darnytsia became a separate raion of the city. With establishment of the Kyiv city Darnytsia Raion, villages Pozniaky and Osokorky were merged and liquidated as separate populated localities.
The urbanized area started industrializing between
World War I
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and
World War II
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, after becoming a part of Kyiv. Following World War II, the area underwent a major reconstruction and modernization and became heavily industrialized, with the installation of
chemical
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,
textile
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,
pharmaceutical
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and food processing industries. Major infrastructure projects, including heat-and-power co-generation units, railroad stations, highways and
Metro
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lines were accomplished. Several research institutes found their new home here, including three major chemical institutes of the
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
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.
Overview
Today, the term ''Darnytsia'' is sometimes broadly (but incorrectly) applied to the entire Left Bank area of Kyiv, except the distant areas of
Vyhurivschyna-Troieshchyna to the North and
Pozniaky to the South. Formally, the district underwent many border changes, and today encompasses approximately one-third of the Left Bank. A planned district change could make Darnytsia district either expand to encompass half of the Left Bank area or cease to exist being redistributed between
Desnianskyi District and
Dniprovskyi District.
; Neighborhood
The Darnytsia neighborhood borders are generally understood to be:
* Mykil'ska Slobidka,
Rusanivka
Rusanivka ( uk, Русанівка; russian: Русановка, translit.: Rusanovka) is a man-made island and neighbourhood surrounded by a canal, the ''Rusanivs'kyi Kanal''. The canal is an artificial distributary of the Dnieper River. The ri ...
Island and
Berezniaky to the West
*
Voskresenka,
Troyeshchyna and
Lisovyi masyv to the North
*
Bykivnia neighborhood and the town of
Bortnychi to the East
*
Pozniaky,
Osokorky and
Kharkivskyi masyvs to the South
See also
*
Subdivisions of Kyiv
*
New Darnytskyi Bridge
The New Darnytskyi Bridge () is a combined road and railroad bridge in Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine. It spans across the Dnieper River connecting the left and right banks of the city, the Darnytsia and Holosiiv districts of Kyiv, respectively. ...
References
External links
*
darn.kyivcity.gov.ua- Darnytskyi Raion Administration website
*
Дарницяi
''Wiki-Encyclopedia Kyiv''
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Urban districts of Kyiv