Darnytskyi District is an
urban district of the
Ukrainian capital Kyiv
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.
It is the southeastern district of Kyiv, located on the left bank of the
Dnipro river. It borders the
Holosiivskyi District
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of the city to its west, across the river,
Dniprovskyi District of city to its north, and the
Brovary Raion of the
Kyiv Oblast
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to its east and
Boryspil Raion of
Kyiv Oblast
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to its east and south. The population of the city raion is estimated around 348,000 inhabitants.
Historical background
Although the exact date of establishment of the area is not known, there is evidence that during the 4th and 3rd centuries BC, a Neolithic settlement existed near lake ''Sviatyshche'' (). During the 9th century, Darnytsia was an important centre of the
Kyivan Rus', where ambassadors and delegations from other powers were housed while waiting to meet the ''
kniaz'' and offer gifts. This gave the area its name ''Darnytsia'' (derived from
Slavic/
Ukrainian ''dar'', meaning gift).
While throughout the 19th century the area was progressively becoming more densely populated, the dwellers were technically residing outside of Kyiv in village-like (but non-village by status)
settlements called
slobidkas or
slobodkas. Certain parts of Darnytsia still bear the names of the slobidkas they displaced, notably ''
Mykilska Sloboda'' (St. Nicholas settlement).
Until the late 19th century, the name Darnytsia was commonly applied to the plain on the left bank of Dnipro river across from the Kyiv city center. Up to the
Bolshevik Revolution in 1917, the area was legally part of the
Chernihiv Governorate (
Chernihiv), despite being adjacent to Kyiv, also a center of its Guberniya, with the Dnipro river being the official division line. The village of Nova-Darnytsia and the rest of the area of the today's raion were incorporated into the city of Kyiv in 1927. In 1935 Darnytsia became a separate raion of the city. With establishment of the Kyiv city Darnytsia Raion, villages Pozniaky and Osokorky were merged and liquidated as separate populated localities.
The urbanized area started industrializing between
World War I
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and
World War II
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, after becoming a part of Kyiv. Following World War II, the area underwent a major reconstruction and modernization and became heavily industrialized, with the installation of
chemical
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,
textile
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,
pharmaceutical
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, and food processing industries. Major infrastructure projects, including heat-and-power co-generation units, railroad stations, highways, and
Metro lines were accomplished. Several research institutes found their new home here, including three major chemical institutes of the
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine.
Population
Language
Distribution of the population by native language according to the
2001 census:
Overview
Today, the term ''Darnytsia'' is sometimes broadly (but incorrectly) applied to the entire Left Bank area of Kyiv, except the distant areas of
Vyhurivshchyna-Troieshchyna to the North and
Pozniaky to the South. Formally, the district underwent many border changes, and today encompasses approximately one-third of the Left Bank. A planned district change could make Darnytsia district either expand to encompass half of the Left Bank area or cease to exist being redistributed between
Desnianskyi District and
Dniprovskyi District.
; Neighborhood
The Darnytsia neighborhood borders are generally understood to be:
* Mykilska Slobidka,
Rusanivka Island and
Berezniaky to the West
*
Voskresenka,
Troieshchyna and
Lisovyi masyv to the North
* Bykivnia neighborhood and the town of
Bortnychi to the East
*
Pozniaky,
Osokorky and
Kharkivskyi masyv to the South
See also
*
Subdivisions of Kyiv
*
New Darnytskyi Bridge
*
Concentration camp of Darnytsia
Notes
References
External links
*
darn.kyivcity.gov.ua- Darnytskyi Raion Administration website
*
Дарниця i
''Wiki-Encyclopedia Kyiv''
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Urban districts of Kyiv