Lukyanivka ( uk, Лук'янівка) is a historical neighborhood in the northwestern part of the city of Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine. It is situated on the right bank of Dnieper, at a short distance from Babi Yar (part of

Kurenivka Kurenivka or Kurenyovka ( uk, Куренівка; russian: Куренёвка, translit.: ''Kurenyovka'') is a historical neighbourhood in Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine. It is located between the neighbourhoods of Podil, Obolon, Priorka, and Sy ...

The Kyiv Metro station located in the neighborhood is Lukianivska, on the Syretsko-Pecherska Line. The area is also known for the

Lukyanivska Prison Lukianivska Prison ( uk, Лук'янівська в'язниця, transliterated: "Luk'janivsjka v'jaznitsja") is a famous historical prison in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv, located in the central Lukianivka neighborhood of the city. It is officiall ...

. The neighborhood was named after a Podil guildmaster and "began to grow after the great flood of 1845 forced many inhabitants to higher ground"; its population in 1874 was 9,806. In the spring of 1911, the body of

Andrei Yushchinsky Menahem Mendel Beilis (sometimes spelled Beiliss; yi, מנחם מענדל בייליס, russian: Менахем Мендель Бейлис; 1874 – 7 July 1934) was a Russian Jews, Russian Jew accused of Blood libel, ritual murder in Kiev in ...

was found in a cave in Lukyanivka, leading to the

Mendel Beilis Menahem Mendel Beilis (sometimes spelled Beiliss; yi, מנחם מענדל בייליס, russian: Менахем Мендель Бейлис; 1874 – 7 July 1934) was a Russian Jew accused of ritual murder in Kiev in the Russian Empire in a not ...

case. The

Kyiv TV Tower The Kyiv TV Tower ( uk, Телевізійна вежа, translit=Televiziyna vezha) is a lattice metal tower on Oranzhereina Street, Kyiv, Ukraine, and is the tallest structure in the country. The tower was built in 1973 while Kyiv was the cap ...

was built on top of the Jewish cemetery in Lukianovka. The cemetery was officially closed in 1966 and Jewish families were given six months to rebury their relatives in the Jewish areas of a new cemetery in the city. Since the relatives of the interred had been killed in the

Babi Yar massacre Babi Yar (russian: Ба́бий Яр) or Babyn Yar ( uk, Бабин Яр) is a ravine in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv and a site of massacres carried out by Nazi Germany's forces during its campaign against the Soviet Union in World War II. The fi ...

, most of the graves were not moved. After the headstones had been destroyed or removed the antenna was built on top of the existing graves.

Historical overview

* 1820 — first mention of Lukyanivka settlement; * 1824 — a mention of Kyiv goldsmith S. Strelbytsky in the outskirts of Lukyanivka; * 1913 — first all-Russian olympiad in sports is held at the Sports Ground.

Notes

Neighborhoods in Kyiv Shevchenkivskyi District, Kyiv {{KyivCity-geo-stub