Vydubychi (also Vydobychi, Vudobych, Vydobech) () is a historical neighborhood in
Ukrainian capital
Kyiv
Kyiv, also Kiev, is the capital and most populous List of cities in Ukraine, city of Ukraine. Located in the north-central part of the country, it straddles both sides of the Dnieper, Dnieper River. As of 1 January 2022, its population was 2, ...
. Geographically constituting a hill and a valley on the Right (western) Bank of the
Dnipro River, it is now a part of the
Pechersk district of the city.
The real revival of the monastery took place in the second half of the seventeenth century, when the Cossack elders built churches and gave generous gifts for the development of the church. Paul of Aleppo wrote about the enthusiasm that prevailed in Ukraine in the middle of the seventeenth century: "The people are triumphant, they believe in the beginning of a peaceful life and are in a hurry to restore their homes, fortifications, and churches." The traveler witnessed the restoration of St. Michael's Cathedral in Vydubychi. In the 1690s, Starodubsky Colonel Mykhailo Myklashevsky, following the lead of Hetman Ivan Mazepa, who was a great builder and patron of the arts, built St. George's Church, the Savior's Refectory, and a two-story fraternal building in the Vydubychi Monastery. In 1727-1733, Hetman Danylo Apostol built the entrance gate, bell tower, and stone wall around the monastery.
The lower part of Vydubychi has evolved in a giant
intermodal transport hub comprising the
Kyiv Metro
The Kyiv Metro (, ) is a rapid transit system in Kyiv, Ukraine, owned by the Kyiv City Council and operated by the city-owned company Kyivskyi Metropoliten''.'' It was initially opened on 6 November 1960, as a single line with five stations. I ...
, two railway stops
Vydubychi railway station serving east bound trains, the
Kyiv Urban Electric Train and the
Kyiv Boryspil Express, and
Vydubychi-Trypilski serving south bound trains, the Vydubychi bus terminal, two multi-level
grade-separated
In civil engineering (more specifically highway engineering), grade separation is a method of aligning a junction of two or more surface transport axes at different heights ( grades) so that they will not disrupt the traffic flow on other tr ...
interchanges:
motorway interchange and railway interchange. The Vydubychi hub adjoins two
major bridges: the
Pivdennyi Bridge and
New Darnytskyi Bridge.
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The Vydubychi Monastery with its beautiful hill park is located in the neighborhood.
Image:Botsad Vydubychi.jpg,
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References
Neighborhoods in Kyiv
Transport in Kyiv
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