Prolisky () is a settlement on the eastern edge of the city of

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, in

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. It belongs to Prystolychna rural hromada, one of the

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s of Ukraine. The name of the village is derived from the Ukrainian word "Пролісок", which can be translated as "snowdrop" or "

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Local government

The local council is located in Shchaslyve, a neighboring village located on the opposite side of the Boryspil Highway, which connects Kyiv and the

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and is part of Highway M-03, Kyiv-Kharkiv. Several big projects have been planned in the area because of the

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, including the construction of the new Business Park "Prolisky" and the Boryspil Plaza. The area is home to the Ukrainian soccer club FC Knyazha Shchaslyve. The new Master Plan of the development of the local council area projects the growth of the population in Prolisky-Schalyve to 14,200 people.

Economy

The Boryspil Autoplant Closed Joint Stock Company, the PrivatLeasing Company (

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), a branch of the Joint Stock Bank "Pivdennyj", and АМАКО (American Machinery Company) are located in Prolisky. The village main employers include also the Open Joint Stock Company Dnipronaftoprodukt, several customs business companies, and a hypermarket

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Education

The Institute of Animal Breeding and Genetics of the Ukrainian National Academy of Agricultural Sciences is located in the nearby village Chubynske.

Culture

Recreational areas in Prolisky include a pine forest mixed with birch groves. A riding center and the 10 hectares landscape reserve with oak grove are located in Chubynske. The recently built Ukrainian Orthodox Church of All Saints, Kyiv Patriarchate, is located in Prolisky (see

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Transportation

The Heorhiy Kirpa train station in the Darnytsia rayon of Kyiv is located 1.5 km from the village. Boryspilska is the closest subway station on the Syretsko–Pecherska line of the

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, reachable by

marshrutka ''Marshrutnoye taksi''Villages in Boryspil Raion