# Subdivisions of Kyiv > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Subdivisions_of_Kyiv > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Subdivisions_of_Kyiv.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subdivisions_of_Kyiv > Source revision: 1324659153 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Urban districts of Kyiv}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022|cs1-dates=y}} '''Subdivisions of [Kyiv](/source/Kyiv)''', the capital city of [Ukraine](/source/Ukraine), include formal administrative subdivisions known as [urban districts](/source/Urban_districts_of_Ukraine) (raions) and also more specific, informal subdivisions referred to as historical neighborhoods. The city is divided in half by the river [Dnipro](/source/Dnieper), and therefore creates two important portions of the capital city. The so-called "Left-bank of Kyiv", as in reference to the river [Dnipro](/source/Dnieper), and which is the newer half of the city, plus the "Right-bank of Kyiv", which includes the original or historic [City of Kyiv](/source/Kyiv). ==History of subdivision== The first known formal subdivisions of [Kyiv](/source/Kyiv) date back to the year 1810, when the city was subdivided into four sections: [Pechersk](/source/Pechersk%2C_Kyiv), Starokyiv ([Old Kyiv](/source/Old_Kyiv)), and the first and second sections of [Podil](/source/Podil). In 1833–1834 according to [Tsar](/source/Tsar) [Nicholas I](/source/Nicholas_I_of_Russia)'s decree, Kyiv was subdivided into six police districts; later being increased to ten. As of 1917, there were eight district councils (called a Duma or Dumas), and which were later reorganized by [Pavlo Skoropadskyi](/source/Pavlo_Skoropadskyi) into 17 raions. In 1924, the [Bolshevik](/source/Bolshevik)s reorganized them into six larger, party-administrated districts, with various sub-districts under the administration of [Hryhoriy Hrynko](/source/Hryhoriy_Hrynko). Districts of the city that start with the letter "D" are located on the left bank of the river [Dnipro](/source/Dnieper), and until 1927 were part of the [Chernigov Governorate](/source/Chernigov_Governorate) with [Darnytsia](/source/Darnytsia) being the first to be incorporated into the city limits in that same year. During the Soviet era, as the city was expanding, the number of districts had also gradually increased. Districts were commonly named for Soviet party leaders, and as political situations changed and some of the leaders were overturned by the other, district names therefore also changed. The last district reform took place in 2001, when the number of districts was decreased from 14 to 10. Under [Oleksandr Omelchenko](/source/Oleksandr_Omelchenko) ([mayor](/source/Mayor_of_Kyiv) from 1999 to 2006), there were further plans for the merger of some districts and revision of their boundaries, and the total number of districts had been planned to be decreased from 10 to 7. With the election of the new mayor-elect ([Leonid Chernovetskyi](/source/Leonid_Chernovetskyi)) in 2006, these plans were conducted. ==Districts of Kyiv == [[File:Kyiv map (en).svg|thumb|300px|right|The 10 formal [raion](/source/raion)s ([districts](/source/Urban_districts_of_Ukraine)) of Kyiv.]] {{further|Legal status and local government of Kyiv}} Administratively, the city is divided into [districts](/source/Urban_districts_of_Ukraine) (raions), which have their own units of central and locally elected councils with [jurisdiction](/source/jurisdiction) over a limited scope of affairs.{{in lang|uk}} [https://interfax.com.ua/news/general/796003.html Elections to Kyiv district councils will take place on October 30 - the decision of the Kyiv City Council], [Interfax-Ukraine](/source/Interfax-Ukraine) (3 February 2022) Between 2010 and 2022{{#tag:ref|In the fall of 2010, then-President [Viktor Yanukovych](/source/Viktor_Yanukovych) signed a law amending [the law on the capital of Ukraine](/source/Legal_status_and_local_government_of_Kyiv), giving the [Kyiv City Council](/source/Kyiv_City_Council) the right to create or not to create district councils, the [Kyiv City Council](/source/Kyiv_City_Council) decided to liquidate the district councils. In February 2022 the Kyiv City Council reinstated the Kyiv district councils (and it set the election date for them on 30 October 2022).|group=nb}} the Kyiv district councils were abolished.{{in lang|uk}} [https://www.radiosvoboda.org/a/news-kyiv-rayrady/31516608.html Klitschko initiates the creation of district councils in Kyiv], [Radio Free Europe](/source/Radio_Free_Europe) (19 October 2021) The last Kyiv district reorganization took place in 2001, and currently Kyiv districts are: * 20px [Darnytskyi District](/source/Darnytskyi_District) (''Дарницький район''; after the Darnytsia neighborhood) * 20px [Desnianskyi District](/source/Desnianskyi_District%2C_Kyiv) (''Деснянський район''; after the [Desna river](/source/Desna_(river))) * 20px [Dniprovskyi District](/source/Dniprovskyi_District%2C_Kyiv) (''Дніпровський район''; after the [Dnieper river](/source/Dnieper)) * 20px [Holosiivskyi District](/source/Holosiivskyi_District) (''Голосіївський район''; after the Holosiiv neighborhood) * 20px [Obolonskyi District](/source/Obolonskyi_District) (''Оболонський район''; after the [Obolon](/source/Obolon%2C_Kyiv) neighborhood) * 20px [Pecherskyi District](/source/Pecherskyi_District) (''Печерський район''; after the [Pechersk](/source/Pechersk%2C_Kyiv) neighborhood) * 20px [Podilskyi District](/source/Podilskyi_District) (''Подільський район''; after the [Podil](/source/Podil) neighborhood) * 20px [Shevchenkivskyi District](/source/Shevchenkivskyi_District%2C_Kyiv) (''Шевченківський район''; after [Taras Shevchenko](/source/Taras_Shevchenko)) * 20px [Solomianskyi District](/source/Solomianskyi_District) (''Солом’янський район''; after the Solomianka neighborhood) * 20px [Sviatoshynskyi District](/source/Sviatoshynskyi_District) (''Святошинський район''; after the [Sviatoshyn](/source/Sviatoshyn) neighborhood) Most of the districts are named after respective historical neighborhoods of the city. ===Former districts=== thumb|Raions in 1937 thumb|Before 2001 * Zaliznychnyi (9 April 1938 – October 2001), most of it became the [Solomianskyi District](/source/Solomianskyi_District) * Zhovtnevyi (~1920s – October 2001), raion was created on the territory of Shuliavka that became famous for the [Uprising of 1905](/source/Shuliavka_Republic), in 1938 [khutor](/source/khutor) Vidradny was incorporated within the raion, later became the [Solomianskyi District](/source/Solomianskyi_District) * Minskyi (? – 3 March 1975), renamed into [Obolon Raion](/source/Obolon_Raion) * Starokyivskyi ( – October 2001), merged with Sovietskyi to form [Shevchenkivskyi District](/source/Shevchenkivskyi_District%2C_Kyiv) * Sovietskyi ( – October 2001), merged with Starokyivskyi to form [Shevchenkivskyi District](/source/Shevchenkivskyi_District%2C_Kyiv) * Leninhradskyi (12 April 1973 – October 2001), formed out parts of Zhovtnevyi, Sovietskyi, and Shevchenkivskyi, later renamed into [Sviatoshyn Raion](/source/Sviatoshyn_Raion) * Shevchenkivskyi (prior to 2001) * Sviatoshynskyi (1918 – 1973), created by an administrative reform of [Pavlo Skoropadskyi](/source/Pavlo_Skoropadskyi), was incorporated into Leninhradskyi in 1973 * Moskovskyi (1921 – October 2001), reorganized as [Holosiivskyi District](/source/Holosiivskyi_District) * Kharkivskyi (? – 2004), became part of [Darnytskyi District](/source/Darnytskyi_District) ==Informal subdivision== ===The Right Bank and the Left Bank=== The natural first level of subdivision of the city is into the Right Bank and the Left Bank of the [Dnieper River](/source/Dnieper_River) (a few large islands belong to the left-bank ''raions''). The Right Bank ({{langx|uk|Правий Берег, Pravyi Bereh}}), located on the western side of the river, contains the older portions of the city, as well as the majority of Kyiv's business and governmental institutions. The eastern Left Bank ({{langx|uk|Лівий Берег, Livyi Bereh}}), incorporated into the city only in the twentieth century, is predominantly [residential](/source/residential_area). There are large industrial and green areas in both the Right Bank and the Left Bank. The terms "Right Bank" and, especially, "Left Bank" are recognized in the names of Kyiv's infrastructure, e.g. [Livoberezhna](/source/Livoberezhna_(Kyiv_Metro)) metro station. ===Historical neighborhoods=== Residents widely recognize a system of the non-formal historical neighborhoods. Such neighborhoods count in dozens, however, constituting a kind of [hierarchy](/source/hierarchy), since most of them have lost their distinctive [topographic](/source/topography) limits. The names of the oldest neighborhoods go back to the [Middle Ages](/source/Middle_Ages), and sometimes pose a great [linguistic](/source/linguistics) interest. The newest whole-built developments bear numeric designations or residential [marketing](/source/marketing) names. Most notable informal historical neighborhoods of Kyiv include:
'''Right Bank''' (west): {| |- | *Akademmistechko (''Академмістечко'') *Berkovets (''Берковець'') *Bilychi (''Біличі)'' *[Borshchahivka](/source/Borshchahivka) (''Борщагівка'') *Chokolivka (''Чоколівка'') *Demiivka (''Деміївка'') *Dorohozhychi (''Дорогожичі'') *Feofaniia (''Феофанія'') *Galagany (''Ґалаґани'') *Holosiiv (''Голосіїв'') *Karavaievi Dachi (''Караваєві дачі'') *Khresty (''Хрести'') *Klov (''Клов'') *[Koncha-Zaspa](/source/Koncha-Zaspa) (''Конча-Заспа'') *Korchuvate (''Корчувате'') *[Kurenivka](/source/Kurenivka) (''Куренівка'') *Kytaiv (''Китаїв'') *[Lukianivka](/source/Lukianivka_(neighborhood)) (''Лук’янівка'') *[Lypky](/source/Lypky) (''Липки'') *Minskyi Masyv (''Мінський масив'') *Mostytskyi Masyv (''Мостицький масив'') *Mysholovka (''Мишоловка'') *[Nova Zabudova](/source/Nova_Zabudova) (''Нова забудова'') *Novobilychi (''Новобіличі'') *[Nyvky](/source/Nyvky) (''Нивки'') *[Obolon](/source/Obolon_Raion) (''Оболонь'') *[Old Kyiv](/source/Old_Kyiv) (''Старий Київ'') *Oleksandrivska Slobidka (''Олександрівська слобідка'') *Pankivshchyna (''Паньківщина'') *[Pechersk](/source/Pechersk%2C_Kyiv) (''Печерськ'') *Pershotravnevyi Masyv (''Першотравневий масив'') | *Petrivka (''Петрівка'') *[Podil](/source/Podil) (''Поділ'') *Priorka (''Пріорка'') *[Pushcha-Vodytsia](/source/Pushcha-Vodytsia) (''Пуща-Водиця'') *[Pyrohiv](/source/Pyrohiv) (''Пирогів'') *[Rybalskyi Ostriv](/source/Rybalskyi_Peninsula) (''Рибальський острів'') *Rubezhivka (''Рубежівка'') *Saperna Slobidka (''Саперна слобідка'') *Shuliavka (''Шулявка'') *Shyrma (''Ширма'') *Solomianka (''Солом’янка'') *Sovky (''Совки'') *[Sviatoshyn](/source/Sviatoshyn) (''Святошин'') *Synioozernyi Masyv (''Синьоозерний масив'') *Syrets (''Сирець'') *Tatarka (''Татарка'') *Telychka (''Теличка'') *[Teremky](/source/Teremky) (''Теремки'') *[Vidradnyi](/source/Vidradnyi) (''Відрадний'') *Vita-Lytovska (''Віта-Литовська'') *Vitriani Hory (''Вітряні гори'') *[Vydubychi](/source/Vydubychi) (''Видубичі'') *[Vynohradar](/source/Vynohradar) (''Виноградар'') *Vyshhorodskyi Masyv (''Вишгородський масив'') *Yevbaz (''Євбаз'') *Zahorivshchyna (''Загорівщина'') *Zaliznychnyi Masyv (''Залізничний масив)'' *[Zhuliany](/source/Zhuliany) (''Жуляни'') *[Zvirynets](/source/Zvirynets) (''Звіринець'') |}
'''Left Bank''' (east): *[Berezniaky](/source/Berezniaky) (''Березняки'') *Bortnychi (''Бортничі'') *Bykivnia (''Биківня'') *Chervonyi Khutir (''Червоний Хутір'') *Darnytsia (''Дарниця'') *[Kharkivskyi Masyv](/source/Kharkivskyi_Masyv) (''Харківський масив'') *Kybalchych (''Кибальчич'') *[Lisovyi Masyv](/source/Lisovyi_masyv) (''Лісовий масив'') *[Livoberezhnyi Masyv](/source/Livoberezhnyi_Masyv) (''Лівобережний масив'') *Mykilska Slobidka (''Микільська слобідка'') *[Osokorky](/source/Osokorky) (''Осокорки'') *Pivnichno-Brovarskyi Masyv (''Північно-Броварський масив)'' *[Pozniaky](/source/Pozniaky) (''Позняки'') *Raiduzhnyi Masyv (''Райдужний масив'') *Rembaza (''Рембаза'') *[Rusanivka](/source/Rusanivka) (''Русанівка'') *Rusanivskyi Sady (''Русанівські сади'') *Sotsmisto (''Соцмісто)'' *[Troieshchyna](/source/Troieshchyna) (''Троєщина'') *[Voskresenska](/source/Voskresenka_(Kyiv)) (''Воскресенка'') *Voskresenski Sady (''Воскресенські сади'') *Vyhurivshchyna (''Вигурівщина'')
{{clear}} Lypky and Zvirynets of the [Pecherskyi Raion](/source/Pecherskyi_Raion) are the most expensive areas to live.{{Citation needed|date=March 2024}} Koncha-Zaspa is arguably the most interesting neighborhood name dating back to the times of [Kyivan Rus](/source/Kyivan_Rus). A local legend explaining the name of a locality states the Rus warriors who felt asleep (''zaspaly'') during their watch at the [outpost](/source/outpost_(military)) were killed (''koncheni'') by [Golden Horde](/source/Golden_Horde) invaders. Koncha-Zaspa is now a prestigious area too. ==Practical orientation patterns== Another useful pattern of city division is the [Kyiv Metro](/source/Kyiv_Metro) system. However, metro lines do not cover significant parts of Kyiv, making such orientation very approximate (but easy for newcomers). Sometimes, the system of [''elektrychka'' train](/source/elektrichka) stops are used for the same purpose. Names of well-known shopping malls, restaurants, night clubs are used for orientation purposes as well. The full informal set of addresses in Kyiv (used, for example, in [real estate](/source/real_estate) advertising) would include: * Formal district * Historical neighborhood * Nearest metro station or train stop * Formal address ==Notes== {{Reflist|group=nb}} ==References== {{Reflist}} ==See also== * [History of Kyiv](/source/History_of_Kyiv) * [Administrative divisions of Ukraine](/source/Administrative_divisions_of_Ukraine) ==External links== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20040725113103/http://kmus.privat-online.net/teritorial.html History of Administrative Subdivision of Kyiv], Kyiv City Department of Statistics. {{Subdivisions of Kyiv}} * * * Category:History of Kyiv --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Subdivisions of Kyiv](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subdivisions_of_Kyiv) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subdivisions_of_Kyiv?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.