Sviatoshyn
| Sviatoshyn Raion Святошинський район |
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| Country |  Ukraine |
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| Oblast | Kiev City Municipality | |
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| • Total | 110 km2 (40 sq mi) | |
| Population | ||
| • Total | 318.4 | |
| • Density | 2,894/km2 (7,500/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) | |
| • Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) | |
| Metro stations | Akademmistechko, Zhytomyrska, Sviatoshyn | |
| Website | svyatoshin.kyiv-city.gov.ua | |
Sviatoshyn (Ukrainian: Свято́шин, Свято́шино, Свято́шине) is a historical neighborhood of Ukraine's capital Kiev and the larger administrative raion (district) of the city.
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Historical Sviatoshyn [edit]
The name Sviatoshyn is derived from the nickname of Prince Svyatoslav Davydovych of Chernihiv, Svyatosha (meaning godly, religious), who received the neighbourhood (then a distant village) as gift in the 12th century. Literally, the name can be translated as "property of Svyatosha". Later, it became a large suburb to the west of Kiev. Since 1939, Svyatoshyn village is a part of Kiev.
The neighborhood was connected by metro in 1970 when the Sviatoshyn station was opened.
Many industries reside in Svyatoshyn, including the gigantic site of the Antonov aircraft manufacturing and services company complex and the Sviatoshyn Airfield.
Sviatoshyn Raion [edit]
The administrative Sviatoshyn Raion (Ukrainian: Святошинський район, Sviatoshynskyi Raion) includes not only Svyatoshyn proper, but also other adjacent historical neighborhoods like Borshchahivka, some of which are much larger in size. Raion's current population is 360,000 inhabitants.
Kyiv-Svyatoshyn Raion intallations [edit]
The govening bodies of the adjacent Kyiv-Svyatoshyn Raion of the Kiev Oblast are situated in the Sviatoshyn Raion of Kiev as the former oblast raion is purely suburban and lacks a distinctive center settlement.[1]
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References [edit]
- ^ The Kiev Oblast is administratively independent form the Kiev city, but Kiev historically hosts its governing bodies and other institutions.
External links [edit]
- Brief history of the Obolon and Minskyi districts
- (Ukrainian) Sviatoshynskyi Raion administration website
- (Ukrainian) Святошин in Wiki-Encyclopedia Kiev
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