Holosiivskyi District

"Holosiivskyi" redirects here. For National Park, see Holosiivskyi National Nature Park.

Holosiivskyi District Голосіївський район
Urban district in Kyiv
Flag Coat of arms
Country	Ukraine
Oblast	Kyiv City Municipality
Government
• Mayor	Serhiy Sadovoi
Area
• Total	156.35 km2 (60.37 sq mi)
Population
• Total	205,300
• Density	1,311/km2 (3,400/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Landmarks	National Expocenter of Ukraine, Museum of Folk Architecture and Life, Baikove Cemetery
Metro stations	Lybidska, Palats "Ukrayina", Olimpiiska
Website	golos.kyivcity.gov.ua

Holosiivskyi District (Ukrainian: Голосіївський район, romanized: Holosiivskyi raion) is an urban district of the city of Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine.

Holosiivskyi District was created during changing of administrative divisions of the capital of Ukraine, which was conducted in September 2001, as per the decision of the Kyiv City Council on January 1, 2001.

Holosiivskyi District is located in the southwestern part of Kyiv, bordering Shevchenkivskyi, Solomianskyi, Pecherskyi, and Darnytskyi districts of Kyiv, and Bucha, Obukhiv, and Boryspil raions of Kyiv Oblast.

The territory of the raion begins from the famous Khreshchatyk street and stretches toward the southwest of Kyiv. Considering this, the raion is somewhat like the southwest entrance into the city. The raion consists of the following historical neighborhoods of Kyiv: Pankivshchyna, Predslavyno, Yamky, Saperna Slobidka, Baikovo, Zabaikove, Demiivka, Shyrma, Tsymbalov Yar, Dobryi Put, Holosiiv, Feofaniya, Lysa Hora, Bahrynova Hora, Myshelovka, Samburky, Kytaevo, Pyrohiv, Tserkovshchyna, Nyzhnia Telychka, Korchevate, Vyta, Teremky, and Vodnykiv Island.

Population

Language

Distribution of the population by native language according to the 2001 census:

Language	Number	Percentage
Ukrainian	151 475	75.93%
Russian	44 232	22.17%
Other[a]	3 787	1.90%
Total	199 494	100.00%

a Those who did not indicate their native language or indicated a language that was native to less than 1% of the local population.

Gallery

• 
  Velyka Vasylkivska Street in Holosiivsky District
• 
  Traffic junction on Lybidska Square
• 
  Entrance to Lybidska metro station
• 
  The Pyrohiv museum is located within the raion

External links

• Holosiivskyi District Administration website (in Ukrainian)
• Голосіїв Archived 2007-08-09 at the Wayback Machine in Wiki-Encyclopedia Kyiv Archived 2007-11-07 at the Wayback Machine (in Ukrainian)