Protasiv Yar () is a historical neighborhood located in
Solomianskyi and
Holosiivskyi (
districts
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) of
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, ...
, the capital of
Ukraine
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. It is located between Baikova and
Batyieva Mountains.
Protasiv Yar railway station is located in the lower part of the neighborhood, close to
Lybid River
The Lybid () is a small river in Kyiv, Ukraine. A right tributary of the Dnieper, it flows within the "Right Bank" (original) part of the city, just to the west of the historic center. The Lybid has played an important role in shaping Kyiv's ur ...
.
''Yar'' means
gully
A gully is a landform
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, and ''Protas'' is a male name, supposedly of a local villager or a former owner of the area.
The forest area estimates approximately 30 ha. The local activists fought to protect this area from illegal construction for several years; in 2018
Roman Ratushnyi
Roman Ratushny (, call sign: ''Seneca''; 5 July 1997 – 9 June 2022) was a Ukraine, Ukrainian journalist and public activist. Ratushnyi was one of the first participants in the 2014 "Revolution of Dignity". In 2018, he founded an initiative ...
founded Save Protasiv Yar initiative, which was later institutionalised. In July 2022, the Kyiv City Council supported the decision to create a landscape reserve on both slopes of Protasiv Yar in Kyiv.
References
{{Subdivisions of Kyiv
Neighborhoods in Kyiv