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

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, the capital of

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. The neighborhood is located in the

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Holosiiv Raion 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 divis ...

(

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

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, 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 in central Kyiv. Buildings built in the area were constructed in the

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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. Reconstruction work began on the area in 2004, which, when finished (projected in 2008) will include new

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, water and canal features. Located near Feofaniia are the St. Panteleimon's Convent, the

Nikolay Bogolyubov Nikolay Nikolayevich Bogolyubov (russian: Никола́й Никола́евич Боголю́бов; 21 August 1909 – 13 February 1992), also transliterated as Bogoliubov and Bogolubov, was a Soviet and Russian mathematician and theoretica ...

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 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 ...

) * Boholyubov Institute of Theoretical Physics (

) * Main Astronomical Observatory (

) * Khotiv hillfort 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