Feofaniia or Teofaniia ( uk, Феофáнія, Теофáнія; also called ''Theophania'') is a park located in the historical neighborhood on a

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near the southern outskirts of Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine. The neighborhood is located in the administrative

Holosiiv Raion Holosiivskyi District ( uk, Голосіївський район, Romanization of Ukrainian, translit.: ''Holosiivs’kyi raion'') is an Urban districts of Ukraine, urban district of the city of Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine. Holosiivskyi Distric ...

( district) amidst the neighborhoods of Holosiiv, Teremky,

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 ...

and

Khotiv Khotiv is a village in Obukhiv Raion of Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Feodosiivska rural hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Khotiv adjoins the boundary of Kyiv in its southwestern outskirts (Holosiivskyi District, Feof ...

. The park's total area is about . The first Soviet computer,

MESM MESM (Ukrainian: MEOM, Мала Електронна Обчислювальна Машина; Russian: МЭСМ, Малая Электронно-Счетная Машина; 'Small Electronic Calculating Machine') was the first universally programm ...

, was built in Feofaniia. Feofaniia was first mentioned in 1471 as ''Lazorivshchyna'' (Лазорівщина), which at the time belonged to an owner named Khodiki. The name is said to derive from a monk named Lazar. In the 17th century, the area was referred to as ''Shakhravshchyna'' (Шахравщина). The modern name ''Feofaniia'' dates back to 1803 when Theophanes Shyianov-Cherniavskyi settled in the area, set aside for charity purposes. During the 1860s, Feofaniia belonged to the

St. Michael's Golden-Domed Monastery St. Michael's Golden-Domed Monastery ( uk, Михайлівський золотоверхий монастир, ) is a monastery in Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine, dedicated to Michael the Archangel. The monastery is located on the edge of the ba ...

in central Kyiv. Buildings built in the area were constructed in the Ukrainian Baroque style, however, they did not survive. In 1919, Feofaniia was converted to the Soviet state farm, and later transformed into the main observatory for the Institute of Botany of the Ukrainian Academy of Science. In 1972, Feofaniia was declared a park, and from 1992—a government designated park, which belongs to the "Feofaniia" conservatory of the

National Academy of Science of Ukraine The National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (NASU; uk, Національна академія наук України, ''Natsional’na akademiya nauk Ukrayiny'', abbr: NAN Ukraine) is a self-governing state-funded organization in Ukraine th ...

. Reconstruction work began on the area in 2004, which, when finished (projected in 2008) will include new landscaping, water and canal features. Located near Feofaniia are the

St. Panteleimon's Convent The Cathedral of St. Panteleimon (Saint Pantaleon, St. Pantaleon) is a large Eastern Orthodox Church, Eastern Orthodox cathedral in the Kyivan neighbourhood of Feofaniia. It shares similarities with the Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, Tallinn and is c ...

, the Nikolay Bogolyubov Institute of Theoretical Physics, and the Government Clinical Hospital "Feofaniia."

Objects of interests

* St. Panteleimon's Cathedral * Feofaniia Clinic ( State Administration of Affairs) * Feofaniia Park ( National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine) * Boholyubov Institute of Theoretical Physics ( National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine) * Main Astronomical Observatory ( National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine) *

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of Scythian times (6th century BC)

References

External links

The Official Site of Feofaniia park
{{Subdivisions of Kyiv Neighborhoods in Kyiv Parks in Kyiv Tourist attractions in Kyiv National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine Holosiivskyi District