Shevchenkivskyi District, Kyiv

Population

Language

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

Attractions

The district also has the local opera house and several universities, such as Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv and Kyiv National Economic University. It also houses the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine on the Volodymyrska Street. Kyiv Zoo, local zoo, is also located here. The other no less important landmarks of the district are historical monuments such as churches and cathedrals: Sophiivs'kyi Cathedral, Volodymyrs'kyi Cathedral, Mykhaylivs’kyi Zolotoverkhyi Monastery, and others. Also place where the Orange Revolution took place, Maydan Nezalezhnosti is in the district and is adjacent to Khreshchatyk street. Other attractions located in the district are Peremohy Square, Besarabskyi Market, Babyn Yar and Kyiv TV Tower.

Location

Main streets are: Khreshchatyk street, Volodymyrska Street, Prospect Beresteiskyi (Shevchenko Boulevard), Dehtiarivska Street, Olena Teliha Street, Melnykov Street, and others. The district borders with Podil to the north; Pecherskyi District, Holosiivskyi District, and Solomianskyi District to the south; and Sviatoshynskyi District to the west.

In June 2008 the Kyiv City Council renamed Kominterna Street (located in this district) to Symon Petliura Street to commemorate the occasion of his 130th birthday anniversary.

In February 2023 Prospect Peremohy was renamed to Prospect Beresteiska by the Kyiv City Council.

Neighborhoods

• Old Kyiv
• Kudryavets
• Soldatska slobidka
• Tatarka
• Lukyanivka
• Shuliavka
• Syrets
• Nyvky

Shuliavska (Shuliavka) includes Ivan Bahrianyi Park (until 2023 called Pushkin Park) and Kyiv Zoo to the north, south of which is the Kyiv Polytechnic, while the Kosmopolit Mall (Cosmo Multimall) and the Shuliavska Metro station lie at its western end. To its northwest lies Nyvky, and Syrets to its north and Lukyanivska in the north-east. It is traversed by Prospect Beresteiskyi one of the major arterial roads of Kyiv.

Twin towns

• Ursus, Warsaw, Poland

Notes

References

References

1. "Рідні мови в об'єднаних територіальних громадах України".
2. [https://archive.today/20120917122420/http://www.ukranews.com/eng/article/204626.html Kyiv Council Renames Kominterna Street Into Petliura Street], [[Ukrainian News Agency]] (18 June 2009)
3. {{in lang. uk [https://www.pravda.com.ua/news/2023/02/9/7388672/ In Kyiv, the avenue and Victory Square were renamed], [[Ukrainska Pravda]] (9 February 2023)
4. (13 July 2023). "Without Pushkin, Krylov and Chkalov: 14 more objects were renamed in Kyiv".