Nyvky () is a neighbourhood in

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, ...

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. It belongs to Shevchenkivskyi District of Kyiv. It is surrounded by

Svyatoshyn Sviatoshyn ( ; also or ) is a historical neighborhood and a suburb of Ukraine's capital Kyiv that is located on the western edge of the city area, in an eponymous municipality. Previously it was a dacha village (summer colony) in a pine gro ...

(in Sviatoshynskyi District) to the west,

Shuliavka The Shevchenkivskyi District is an Urban districts of Ukraine, urban district of the city of Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine. It was Subdivisions of Kyiv, originally established on 4 April 1937, although in 2001 its area was increased following ...

to the south-east,

Vidradnyi Vidradnyi () is a neighbourhood in Kyiv, Ukraine. It belongs to Solomianskyi Raion (district) of Kyiv. The name ''Vidradnyi'' is derived from the khutor with the same name, that has been one of the Kyiv's suburbs in the beginning of the 20th cent ...

(in Solomianskyi District) to the south, Syrets to the east,

Vynohradar Vynohradar (, ) is a historical neighbourhood in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv. Vynohradar is now located in the administrative Shevchenkivskyi District and Podilskyi Raion (district). Main roads in the area include the Prospekts Pravdy, Svobody ...

, and Berkivtsi. It is not connected with the Nyvka River, which flows through Kyiv in a westerly direction from Svyatoshyn along the Borshchahivka settlement chain - the opposite direction from Nyvky, which lies to its east.

Etymology

The name ''Nyvky'' is derived from a grain field that was located along the Brest-Litovsky highway (today

Prospect Beresteiskyi Prospect Beresteiskyi (, , ) is the second longest public roadway ( prospekt) in Kyiv, Ukraine. The roadway was created in the second half of the 20th century (1964) as part of the urbanized area of the Brest-Lytovske highway and was known as Br ...

History

In the 1850s it was the site of the

khutir A khutor ( ; rus, хутор, p=ˈxutər) or khutir (, ) is a type of rural locality in some countries of Eastern Europe; in the past the term mostly referred to a single- homestead settlement.dacha A dacha (Belarusian, Ukrainian language, Ukrainian and rus, дача, p=ˈdatɕə, a=ru-dacha.ogg) is a seasonal or year-round second home, often located in the exurbs of former Soviet Union, post-Soviet countries, including Russia. A cottage (, ...

there named "Nyvky" was being rented out. In the beginning of the 20th century, khutir Nyvky was part of Bilhorodka

volost Volost (; ; ) was a traditional administrative subdivision in Kievan Rus', the Grand Duchy of Moscow, and the Russian Empire. History The '' Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary'' (1890–1907) states that the origins of the concept is unc ...

, Kyiv county (

uyezd An uezd (also spelled uyezd or uiezd; rus, уе́зд ( pre-1918: уѣздъ), p=ʊˈjest), or povit in a Ukrainian context () was a type of administrative subdivision of the Grand Duchy of Moscow, the Tsardom of Russia, the Russian Empire, the R ...

). It had five homecourts with population of 27, along with three brick shops. At that time Nyvky included also such neighborhoods like Vovcha Hora and Rubezhivka. In 1923 the khutir was merged with the city of Kyiv.

Infrastructure

Notable institutions in Nyvky include the

National Pedagogical Dragomanov University The Dragomanov Ukrainian State University is a Ukrainian higher education institution in Kyiv, which has III-IV accreditation level. It is named after Mykhailo Drahomanov. History 1834 – Pedagogical Institute – the future National Pedago ...

, Kyiv Exposition Center, the Dynamo Kyiv youth football training academy, Kadetskyi Korpus Liceum, Nyvky City Business Park, and the Verkon factory. It is also home to Nyvky Park, Park Dubky, and Dubovyi Hai Park. Nykvy metro station (on the

Sviatoshynsko–Brovarska line The Sviatoshynsko–Brovarska line () is the first line of the Kyiv Metro, dating back to 1960. It includes some of the system's more historically significant stations, such as Arsenalna, which at 105.5 meters is the deepest in the world and th ...

) was built here in 1970. Rubezhivskyi train station is located next to Nyvky Park on the Syrets River. Nykvy is also close to

Sviatoshyn Airfield Sviatoshyn Airfield ( Ukrainian Аеродром «Святошин»), formerly known as ''Svyatoshino'', is an industrial airfield in Kyiv, Ukraine, located 11 km northwest of city center. It is part of the Antonov Serial Production Plant ...

In the Russian invasion of Ukraine

Nyvky has been hit by

air strikes An airstrike, air strike, or air raid is an offensive operation carried out by aircraft. Air strikes are delivered from aircraft such as blimps, balloons, fighter aircraft, attack aircraft, bombers, attack helicopters, and drones. The official d ...

in the

Russian invasion of Ukraine On 24 February 2022, , starting the largest and deadliest war in Europe since World War II, in a major escalation of the Russo-Ukrainian War, conflict between the two countries which began in 2014. The fighting has caused hundreds of thou ...

, beginning 2022. In March 2022, a multiple-missile strike damaged various residential buildings in Nyvky. In September 2024, a missile strike severely damaged Nyvky's Crimean Tatar mosque. Nykvy metro station, like others on 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 ...

, has been used as an

air raid shelter Air raid shelters are structures for the protection of non-combatants as well as combatants against enemy attacks from the air. They are similar to bunkers in many regards, although they are not designed to defend against ground attack (but ...

References

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