Boyarka
| Boyarka Боярка |
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| Coordinates: 50°19′45″N 30°17′19″E / 50.32917°N 30.28861°ECoordinates: 50°19′45″N 30°17′19″E / 50.32917°N 30.28861°E | |||
| Country | Ukraine | ||
| Oblast | Kiev Oblast | ||
| Raion | Kiev-Sviatoshyn Raion | ||
| Population (2010) | |||
| • Total | 35,968 | ||
| Postal code | 08150-08157 | ||
| Area code(s) | +380 4598 | ||
Boyarka (Ukrainian: Боярка) is a town in Kiev Oblast (region) of Ukraine, about 20 km SW from Kiev. The population in 2001 was 35,968. The town is not to be confused with the village of the same name in the Lysianskyi Rayon.
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[edit] History
There are traces of an old Kievan 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 and the writer Sholom Aleichem. The fictional village of Boyberik, where Aleichem's tales of Tevye the Milkman are located, is based on Boyarka.[1]
[edit] Present-day Boyarka
The Kiev Oblast orphanage is located in Boyarka.[2]
The town is also the location of the Boyarka Metrological Centre, owned by the company Naftogaz, which provides calibration services for gas-flow meters.[3]
During the years 2005 to 2007, the town hosted the now extinct football club, FC Inter Boyarka.
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[edit] Sources
- Andriy Ivchenko, All About Ukraine, Kiev, 2007
- Metrological Centre NJSC "Naftogaz of Ukraine" , Kiev, 2009
[edit] Notes
- ^ Ivchenko (2007), p. 61
- ^ Webpage of Life2Orphans
- ^ Brochure Metrological Centre NJSC "Naftogaz of Ukraine" , Kiev, 2009
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