The Rybalskyi Peninsula ( ), referred to locally as Rybalskyi Island (Рибальський Острів), is a peninsula on the

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, located in the right-bank Podil neighborhood and Kyiv Harbor of the city of

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. It was also a spit serving as a left-bank of the , a historical river that with time transformed into several

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s located in Obolon (see ). The peninsula is now a predominantly industrial area.

History

The peninsula was formed from

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deposits, which served as the left bank of the Pochaina River. Rybalskyi Peninsula takes its name from the fishermen of Podil who once lived on it. In 1897-1899, the peninsula was raised and strengthened, which would later enable it to house a local

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for

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s (engineered by M.Maksymovych), as well as to form the newly built Kyiv Harbor between the peninsula and the Podil riverbank. In 1926-1930, an electrical power station was constructed in the north-western part of the peninsula (engineered by B. Domanskyi and M. Parusnikov), today

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-2 (power and heat producing station). During this time an industrial area developed here. On the banks of the harbor in the Sailors Park, a ship monument to Monitor Zhelezniakov was installed on a pedestal. In 1929 Petrovsky Railway Bridge (now the ) was finally officially opened after 10 year of abandonment. At the end of the 1930s, the Kuznya na Rybalskomu

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factory was reconstructed (it has been owned by the President of

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till 2018, and by Sergiy Tigipko since) . During the

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, the peninsula suffered heavy damage from bombings. After the war, reconstruction began, while new factories and foundations were constructed. The Petrovsky Railway Bridge, shipyard, power station, and others were rebuilt.

Present infrastructure

In 1961, piers of the new Kyiv River Port was built in the Harbor, and in 1963 the Kyiv cable-stayed bridge was constructed to provide road access to the Rybalskyi Peninsula from the center of the city. In 2001 the bridge was closed to vehicle traffic, because of its conditions. In 2009 it was closed completely and eventually was partially disassembled with the construction of the new Kyiv Harbor Bridge. The main compound of the HUR MOU, the military intelligence institution, is located on the Rybalskyi Peninsula.

Development plans

In 2005, plans were released for the perspective reconstruction of the Rybalskyi Peninsula, by the year 2020. Included into the plan are residential and business buildings, underground parking, hotel-office combination buildings, trade centers, and socio-cultural constructions. In addition, the

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station, Sudnobudyvina of the Podilsko-Vyhurivska Line, is currently being constructed on the peninsula, which will provide better access to the peninsula from the city.

References

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