Petropavlivska Borshchahivka

Petropavlivska Borshchahivka Петропавлівська Борщагівка
Village
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Petropavlivska Borshchahivka Petropavlivska Borshchahivka
Coordinates: 50°26′01.8″N 30°19′42.8″E
Country	Ukraine
Oblast	Kiev Oblast
Raion	Kyiv-Sviatoshyn Raion
First mentioned	1497
Area
• Total	25.03 km2 (9.66 sq mi)
Population  (2001)
• Total	6,485
• Density	260/km2 (670/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code	08130
Area code	+380 4598
Website	http://ppborshchagivka.at.ua/

Petropavlivska Borshchahivka (Ukrainian: Петропавлівська Борщагівка) is a village in Kiev Oblast (province) of Ukraine. Subordinated to Kyiv-Sviatoshyn Raion.

History

According to the Geographical Dictionary of the Kingdom of Poland in 1497 the village was passed by the Grand Duke of Lithuania Alexander Jagiellon to Kiev monasteries.

The name of the village originates from the river ″Borshchahivka″ (today also known as Nyvky) over which the village is located, and the Petropavlivskiy Dominican monastery, which in turn got its name from two apostles: Peter and Paul).

In total around the city of Kiev, there were five villages named as Borshchahivka, three of which today with the city limits of Kiev.

Gallery

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  A village school
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  A pond

See also

• Sofiyivska Borshchahivka, a neighboring village
• Borshchahivka, the Kiev city neighborhood

External links

• Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich – Petropavlivska Borshchahivka in Geographical Dictionary of the Kingdom of Poland (Filip Sulimierski i Władysław Walewski, 1887. — T. VIII : Perepiatycha — Pożajście.)
• Borshchahivka. Website of the Kiev's history.