Boyarka or Boiarka ( uk, Боярка) is a city in

Fastiv Raion Fastiv Raion () is a raion ( district) in Kyiv Oblast of Ukraine. Its administrative center is the city of Fastiv. Population: . On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, the number of raions of Kyiv Oblast was reduce ...

Kyiv Oblast Kyiv Oblast ( uk, Ки́ївська о́бласть, translit=Kyïvska oblast), also called Kyivshchyna ( uk, Ки́ївщина), is an oblast (province) in central and northern Ukraine. It surrounds, but does not include, the city of Kyiv, w ...

(

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) of

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, about 20 km SW from

Kyiv Kyiv, also spelled Kiev, is the capital and most populous city of Ukraine. It is in north-central Ukraine along the Dnieper, Dnieper River. As of 1 January 2021, its population was 2,962,180, making Kyiv the List of European cities by populat ...

. It hosts the administration of

Boiarka urban hromada Boyarka or Boiarka ( uk, Боярка) is a city in Fastiv Raion of Kyiv Oblast (region) of Ukraine, about 20 km SW from Kyiv. It hosts the administration of Boiarka urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Population: . The populati ...

, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Population: . The population in 2001 was 35,968.

History

There are traces of an old

Kyivan Rus' Kievan Rusʹ, also known as Kyivan Rusʹ ( orv, , Rusĭ, or , , ; Old Norse: ''Garðaríki''), was a state in Eastern and Northern Europe from the late 9th to the mid-13th century.John Channon & Robert Hudson, ''Penguin Historical Atlas o ...

settlement, including the remains of an ancient cemetery. The railway reached the town in the 1860s, after which it became a favourite resort for artists and writers, including the composer

Mykola Lysenko Mykola Vitaliyovych Lysenko ( uk, Мико́ла Віта́лійович Ли́сенко; 22 March 1842 – 6 November 1912) was a Ukrainian composer, pianist, conductor and ethnomusicologist of the late Romantic period. In his time he was the ...

and the writer

Sholom Aleichem Solomon Naumovich Rabinovich (Соломон Наумович Рабинович), better known under his pen name Sholem Aleichem (Yiddish and he, שלום עליכם, also spelled in Soviet Yiddish, ; Russian and uk, Шо́лом-Але́й ...

. The fictional ''

dacha A dacha ( rus, дача, p=ˈdatɕə, a=ru-dacha.ogg) is a seasonal or year-round second home, often located in the exurbs of post-Soviet countries, including Russia. A cottage (, ') or shack serving as a family's main or only home, or an out ...

'' settlement of Boyberik, where events of Aleichem's tales of '' Tevye the Milkman'' take place, is based on Boyarka. Until 18 July 2020, Boiarka belonged to

Kyiv-Sviatoshyn Raion Kyiv-Sviatoshyn Raion () was a raion (district) in Kyiv Oblast of Ukraine, adjacent to the city of Kyiv which served as the administrative center for the raion. The city of Kyiv itself did not belong to the raion. The raion was abolished on 18 J ...

. The raion was abolished that day as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Kyiv Oblast to seven. The area of Kyiv-Sviatoshyn Raion was split between Bucha, Fastiv, and

Obukhiv Raion Obukhiv Raion () is a raion ( district) in Kyiv Oblast of Ukraine. Its administrative center is Obukhiv. Population: . On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, the number of raions of Kyiv Oblast was reduced to seven ...

s, with Boiarka being transferred to Fastiv Raion.

Present-day

The Kyiv Oblast

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is located in Boyarka. The town is also the location of the Boyarka

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Centre, owned by the company

Naftogaz Naftogaz of Ukraine ( uk, НАК "Нафтогаз України", ''Naftogaz Ukrayiny''; literally "Petro-Gas of Ukraine") is the largest national oil and gas company of Ukraine. It is a state-owned company

, which provides

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services for gas-flow meters.Brochure ''Metrological Centre NJSC "Naftogaz of Ukraine" '', Kiev, 2009 During the years 2005 to 2007, the town hosted the now-defunct football club,

FC Inter Boyarka Inter Boyarka was a Ukrainian football club that last played in Boyarka, Kyiv Oblast during Ukrainian Second League 2006-07 season. The club was led by Volodymyr Smovzh and Borys Rudenko. History The club is considered to be a descendant of ...

Sport

Boyarka has a team called

, that in 2001 was also coached by Yukhym Shkolnykov.

Notable people

Sholem Aleichem Solomon Naumovich Rabinovich (Соломон Наумович Рабинович), better known under his pen name Sholem Aleichem ( Yiddish and he, שלום עליכם, also spelled in Soviet Yiddish, ; Russian and uk, Шо́лом-Але́� ...

, writer * Sergei Balenok,

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painter Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a solid surface (called the "matrix" or "support"). The medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush, but other implements, such as knives, sponges, and ...

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* Eugene Hütz, singer and composer *

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, physical chemistry professor * Oleksandra Matviichuk, human rights lawyer * Maks Levin, photographer *

, composer *

Nikolai Ostrovsky Nikolai Alexeevich Ostrovsky (russian: Никола́й Алексе́евич Остро́вский; uk, Мико́ла Олексі́йович Остро́вський; 29 September 1904 – 22 December 1936) was a Soviet socialist realist ...

, writer * Mykola Pymonenko, painter *

Maria Zankovetska Maria Zankovetska ( uk, Марія Заньковецька, ''Mariia Zankovetska''; Maria Kostyantynivna Adasovska; August 4, 1854 – October 4, 1934) was a Ukrainian theater actress. There are some sources that date her birth to August 3, 1860 ...

, actress * Bohdan Yermakov, painter

Sources

*Andriy Ivchenko, ''All About Ukraine'', Kiev, 2007 *''Metrological Centre NJSC "Naftogaz of Ukraine" '', Kiev, 2009

References

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