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'''Sviatoshyn''' ({{langx|uk|Святошин}} {{IPA|uk|sʲwʲɐˈtɔʃɪn|}}; also {{lang|uk|Святошино}} or {{lang|uk|Святошине}}) 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 grove which was included in the Kyiv city council area in 1919.<ref>[http://pamyatky.kiev.ua/articles/mesta/svyatoshin-dachne-selishche Sviatoshyn summer colony village // Historical report of Kyiv's monuments] - {{langx|uk|Святошин Дачне Селище // Звід Історїї Памяток Києва}}</ref>
== Location == thumb|Beresteiskyi Avenue, Sviatoshyn The neighborhood is located in the North-East of the Dnieper Upland, in the western part of Kyiv.
The suburb is situated on both sides of Kyiv's Prospect Beresteiskyi. The neighborhood borders the Nyvka River<ref>[http://www.irbis-nbuv.gov.ua/cgi-bin/irbis_nbuv/cgiirbis_64.exe?I21DBN=LINK&P21DBN=UJRN&Z21ID=&S21REF=10&S21CNR=20&S21STN=1&S21FMT=ASP_meta&C21COM=S&2_S21P03=FILA=&2_S21STR=rnu_2010_2_13 Hydroecology of the Nyvka River, the current state, and escapes from environmental risks.]<br/> {{langx|uk|Гриб Й. В. - Гідроекологія р. Нивка: сучасний стан та виходи із екологічних ризиків, Ситник Ю. М., Борбат М. О. (2010)}}</ref> in the west. {{Interlanguage link multi|Sviatoshyn Forest Park|uk|3=Святошинський лісопарк}} begins on the opposite side of the river.
The east boundary of the suburb is the Kyiv–Kovel railway. The neighborhoods of {{Interlanguage link multi|Bilychi (Kyiv)|uk|3=Біличі (Київ)}}, {{Interlanguage link multi|Akademmistechko (Kyiv)|uk|3=Академмістечко (масив)|lt=Akademmistechko}}, and {{Interlanguage link multi|Aviamistechko|uk|3=Авіамістечко (Київ)}} are located to the north of Sviatoshyn. The neighborhoods of {{Interlanguage link multi|Mykilska Borshchagivka|uk|3=Микільська Борщагівка|lt=Mykilska}} and Borshchahivka as well as {{Interlanguage link multi|Skarbovyi forest|uk|3=Скарбовий ліс}} and the villages of {{Interlanguage link multi|Zhovtneve (Kyiv)|uk|3=Жовтневе (Київ)|lt=Zhovtneve}} and Petropavlivska Borshchahivka are located to the south.
All of Sviatoshyn's adjacent neighbourhoods and suburbs belong to the Sviatoshynskyi District with the exception of the village of Petropavlivska Borshchahivka, which is in the Bucha Raion.
By roads, the suburb is located: * 13 km<ref>[https://www.google.com/maps/dir/50.456944,30.3725/Kiev,+Ukraine/@50.4657551,30.3849091,12z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m9!4m8!1m0!1m5!1m1!1s0x40d4cf4ee15a4505:0x764931d2170146fe!2m2!1d30.5234!2d50.4501!3e0?hl=en 13 km]</ref> to the Kyiv city centre. * 10 km<ref>[https://www.google.com/maps/dir/50.456944,30.3725/Vokzalna+Street,+1,+Kyiv,+Ukraine/@50.4412878,30.3897079,13z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m8!4m7!1m0!1m5!1m1!1s0x40d4cef28f518f07:0x26f08f6329bb880c!2m2!1d30.4916359!2d50.4405925?hl=en 10 km]</ref> to the city's central station - Kyiv-Pasazhyrskyi Railway Station. * 12 km<ref>[https://www.google.com/maps/dir/50.456944,30.3725/Airport+Kiev+(IEV),+Medova+Street,+2,+Kiev,+Ukraine/@50.4277649,30.3717163,13z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m9!4m8!1m0!1m5!1m1!1s0x40d4c9478d439dcb:0x27666bcb99529f88!2m2!1d30.4445412!2d50.4077911!3e0?hl=en 12 km]</ref> to Kyiv International Airport (Zhuliany) * 44 km<ref>[https://www.google.com/maps/dir/50.456944,30.3725/Kyiv+Boryspil+International+Airport,+Boryspil',+Ukraine/@50.3988947,30.4855129,11z/data=!4m9!4m8!1m0!1m5!1m1!1s0x40d4e8fa667ec5d1:0x690a2c5d49d870da!2m2!1d30.8939274!2d50.338222!3e0?hl=en 44 km]</ref> to the main city's airport, Boryspil International Airport
The core road of Sviatoshyn, Peremohy Avenue, is a part of European route E40, which is the main highway from Kyiv to other European countries. {{ILL|Highway T 1027|uk|Автошлях Т 1027}} goes through the suburb from north to south, and it includes {{ILL|Academician Palladin Avenue|uk|Проспект Академіка Палладіна}} and {{Interlanguage link multi|Great Ring Road (Kyiv)|uk|3=Велика Окружна дорога (Київ)|lt=Great Ring Road}}.
== Name == thumb|The monument of Nikola Sviatosha at the Sviatoshynskyi District council There are two hypotheses of the name of Sviatoshyn existing.
The first one comes from a version that there was a Saint Grove (Sviatyi, {{Lang|uk|Святий гай}}) there which was a sacred place for pagans.
The second version says that the name is derived from the nickname of {{Interlanguage link multi|Nikola Sviatosha|uk|3=Микола Святоша}}, the Prince of Chernigov,<ref name="KERB">"Kyiv, Encyclopaedic reference book". Kyiv. 1981<br/>{{langx|uk|«Київ. Енциклопедичний довідник» УРЕ, Київ-1981}}</ref> who lived in the 12th century. His original name was Sviatoslav and he was a son of Davyd Sviatoslavich and a grandson of the Grand Prince of Kyiv Sviatoslav II. It is alleged that he owned land at neighbouring Borshchahivka.<ref>[http://www.vmurol.com.ua/upload/Stud_jitta/Dozvillya/Ekskursiyni%20programi/2012/Valeriy_Lisenko/1/Nevidomi_ta_malovidomi_storinki_Kieva.pdf Unknown and neglected pages of Kyiv History, page 17 (10) // M. O. Rybakov]<br/>{{langx|uk|Невідомі та маловідомі сторінки історії Києва, М. О. Рибаков}}</ref> In 1106 he donated all his property to the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra and became one of its monks.<ref>[http://litopys.org.ua/paterikon/pat20.htm Kyiv Pechersk Patericon // About Reverend Sviatosha, the Prince of Chernigov]<br />{{langx|uk|Патерик Києво-Печерський. Про преподобного Святошу, князя Чернігівського, Слово 20.}}</ref> He took the monk Christian name Nikola (Nikolai, {{langx|uk|Микола|Mykola}}). Since he was very devout, he was given the informal nickname Sviatosha, which means a pious, godly religious person.
In itself, the Ukrainian word ''"Sviatoshyn''" means ''"Sviatosha's''", that is, something that belongs to Sviatosha.
=== Spelling === thumb|Sviatoshyn Pond
The ethnographer {{Interlanguage link multi|Lavrentii Pokhylevych|uk|3=Похилевич Лаврентій Іванович}} in his work "{{Interlanguage link multi|Tales of inhabited areas of the Kyiv province|uk|3=Сказання про населені місцевості Київської губернії}}" mentioned this place as "a woodland called ''Sviatoshyn''" in 1884.<ref>[http://www.myslenedrevo.com.ua/ru/EStore/Local/1864Poxylevych.html Tales of inhabited areas of the Kyiv province 1884, page 15 (23)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170426140737/http://www.myslenedrevo.com.ua/ru/EStore/Local/1864Poxylevych.html |date=26 April 2017 }}<br />{{langx|ru|Сказанія о населенныхъ мѣстностяхъ Кіевской губерніи}}</ref> There is also a document called "The report of the Committee to facilitate accomplishment of the villa area in the locality ''Sviatoshyn'' of the Kyiv province and district. Kyiv, 1903".<ref>[http://search.rsl.ru/ru/record/01003973643 The report of the Committee to facilitate accomplishment of the villa areas in the locality '''''Sviatoshyn''''' of the Kyiv province and district]<br /> {{langx|ru|Отчет Комитета Общества содействия благоустройству дачной местности в урочище "Святошин" Киевской губернии и уезда... - Search RSL}}</ref> At the beginning of the 20th century, the village was called ''Sviatoshyn'' (''{{Lang|ru|Святошинъ}}'' in the {{Interlanguage link multi|Pre-reform Russian orthography|uk|3=Русская дореформенная орфография}}).<ref>[http://www.etomesto.ru/shubert-map/22-9/?h=14035&v=77245 Military Topographic Map of the Russian Empire 1846-1863]<br />{{langx|ru|Военно-топографическая карта Российской Империи 1846-1863 гг.}}</ref><ref>[http://www.retroua.com/%d0%ba%d0%b8%d0%b5%d0%b2/378-%d1%82%d1%80%d0%b0%d0%bc%d0%b2%d0%b0%d0%b9-%d0%bd%d0%b0-%d1%81%d0%b2%d1%8f%d1%82%d0%be%d1%88%d0%b8%d0%bd%d0%be/ Old photographs of Sviatoshyno // Photos of Kyiv on a map]<br />{{langx|ru|Старые фотографии Святошино, Фото Киева на карте, Киев - retroua.com}}</ref>
In the Soviet era there was a trend to change names of settlements, especially small ones, by putting the suffix "''-o''". Since the 1930s on all maps of Kyiv in both Russian and Ukrainian, the suburb was marked as ''Sviatoshyno'' (''{{Lang|ru|Святошино}}'').<ref>[http://svyatoshin.kiev.ua/category/6 Sviatoshyn (Kyiv, Ukraine) - Maps of land - descriptions, photos]<br />{{langx|ru|Святошин (Киев, Украина) - Карты местности - описания, фото}}</ref> Settlement names with the suffix "''-o''" are more typical of Russian language than Ukrainian, so sometimes the name ''Sviatoshyne'' (''{{Lang|uk|Святошине}}'') was used in Ukrainian spelling despite there being a ''Sviatoshyn'' (''{{Lang|uk|Святошин}}'') article included in {{Interlanguage link multi|Kyiv (Encyclopedic reference book)|uk|3=Київ (енциклопедичний довідник)}} that was published by the Ukrainian Soviet Encyclopedia editorial office.<ref>Kyiv: the encyclopedic reference book / ed. A.V. Kudrytskyi - 2nd ed. - K.: Ch. Ed. Ukrainian Soviet Encyclopedia, 1985. - 760 pages // 555 page<br />{{langx|ru|Киев: энциклопедический справочник / под ред. А. В. Кудрицкого — 2-е изд. — К. : Гл. ред. Украинской Советской Энциклопедии, 1985. — 760 с., ил.}}</ref><ref>[http://izbornyk.org.ua/encycl/euii208.htm Vol 7], Encyclopedia of Ukraine<br />{{langx|uk|Енциклопедія українознавства. Словникова частина. Том 7}}</ref>
Since the station of the Kyiv Metro, which is the suburb's landmark, was renamed ''Sviatoshyn'' (''Святошин'') station, this variant of suburb spelling has been broadly used. Ukrainian linguists insist on using ''Sviatoshyn'' (''{{Lang|uk|Святошин}}'') as the locality name.<ref>[http://ukrainskamova.com/publ/morfologija_i_pravopis/tvorennja_i_vzhivannja_prisvijnikh_prikmetnikiv/6-1-0-104 Creation and using of possessive adjectives // The Ukrainian language official site]<br />{{langx|uk|Творення і вживання присвійних прикметників // Офіційний сайт Української мови}}</ref><ref>[http://gazeta.ua/articles/events-journal/_nihto-u-sviti-ne-govorit-literaturnoyu-movoyu/470780 Nobody in the world does not speak the literary language // News on Gazeta.ua]<br />{{langx|uk|Ніхто у світі не говорить літературною мовою, Новини на Gazeta.ua}}</ref> In spite of this, sometimes the name ''Sviatoshyno'' (''{{Lang|uk|Святошино}}'') has still been used, even in official documents of the Kyiv City Council.<ref>[http://old.kmr.gov.ua/divinfo.asp-Id=5444.htm Kyiv City Council // Proceedings #5 18.03.2015]<br />{{langx|uk|КИЇВСЬКА МІСЬКА РАДА, Протокол №5 18.03.2015, Постiйнi комiсiї}}</ref>
== History ==
=== Early history === [[File:Sviatoshyn, Zhyvopysna St.JPG|thumb|Zhyvopysna Street, a former name - the 5th prosika (cutting glade)]]
Before the Kievan Rus', Sviatoshyn was a territory of Eastern Polans.<ref>[http://pidruchniki.com/14690715/istoriya/pohodzhennya_rozselennya_ustriy_slovyan The origin, distribution and social order of the Slavs in VI - IX centuries.] - History of Ukraine // Online study materials<br/>{{langx|uk|Походження, розселення та устрій слов'ян у VI - IX ст. - Історія України - Навчальні матеріали онлайн}}</ref>
At the time of the Kievan Rus' and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, the land belonged to the Principality of Kiev.
It is alleged that in the 12th century the owner of this land was {{Interlanguage link multi|Nikola Sviatosha|uk|3=Микола Святоша}} (Sviatoslav), the Prince of Chernigov, who donated it to the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra. Until the beginning of the 17th century, this area belonged to Kyiv's monasteries.<ref>[http://tram.mashke.org/files/AMY/books/Kiev_toponim_2003.pdf Kyiv. The short toponym guide]<br/>{{langx|uk|Пономаренко Л. А., Різник О. О. Київ. Короткий топонімічний довідник. Довідкове видання. — К. : Видавництво «Павлім», 2003. — 124 с. : іл. — {{ISBN|966-686-050-3}}}}</ref>
The first mention of the area name ''Sviatoshyn'' was in 1619, when this land was a part of the Kyiv Voivodeship of the Crown of the Kingdom of Poland of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. At that time, the king, Sigismund III Vasa, determined the metes and bounds of Kyiv's land possession in his charter. In particular, it was said that Kyiv's boundary went "through an oak grove to Sviatoshyn side".<ref name="KERB"/>
At the time of the Cossack Hetmanate, the territory belonged to the Kyiv Regiment (Cossack Hetmanate).
In the 1780s, this land was included in the Kyiv Viceroyalty of the Russian Empire. The Magdeburg rights of Kyiv were revoked, so Sviatoshyn was under state ownership.
=== Dacha village === In 1897, Sviatoshyn, which had been occupied by a pine grove, was divided into 450 lots and leased for 99 years. Soon afterwards, а dacha village (summer colony) was set up there.
A grid plan was implemented in the village, which is typical of dacha summer settlements. The core road of Sviatoshyn was Brest-Litovsky highway, now {{Interlanguage link multi|Peremohy Avenue|uk|3=Проспект Перемоги (Київ)}}.[[File:Kyiv 80 Lvivska Street3.jpg|thumb|The former dacha villa of I. Diakov Kyiv mayor (1906–1916, 1918)]]
The villa projects were created by the architects {{Interlanguage link multi|Alexander Krivosheiev|uk|3=Кривошеєв Олександр Степанович}} and {{Interlanguage link multi|Alexander Khoinatsky|uk|3=Хойнацький Олександр Ромуальдович}}. A lot of powerful, influential and rich people had villas there. In particular, Kyiv University professors, three Kyiv mayors, and businessmen (including members of the "sugar magnate" Tereshchenko family) owned villas in the area. The popularity of the villa area was high because of a pine grove, a pond, and a good transport infrastructure. In 1898, a narrow-gauge railway was laid from Kyiv. It was originally used as a horsecar tram line, but later steam tram-cars would also operate there. In 1901, the village was connected to an electricity network, and electric trams were launched on 1 May of that year. In 1902, the Kyiv-Kovel railway, which goes along the east edge of Sviatoshyn, was finished, and the {{Interlanguage link multi|Sviatoshyn Railway Station|uk|3=Святошин (станція)}} was opened.
In 1911, one of Kyiv's oldest movie theatres, {{Interlanguage link multi|Ekran cinema|uk|3=Екран (кінотеатр, Київ)|lt=Ekran}}, was opened at the corner of Brest-Litovsky Highway and the 3rd Prosika. [[File:Továrny secích strojů akc. sp. Vielwerth & Dědina v Kyjevě (Světozor, no. 12, 1924).png|thumb|Machine factories of the Russo-Czech joint-stock company Filvert & Dedina.]] In 1911, the Filvert and Dedina factory was opened beside the railway station, for the production of agricultural machinery.
Between the village and {{Interlanguage link multi|Syrets|uk|3=Сирець}} was Sviatoshyn Airfield, where the pilot Pyotr Nesterov introduced his famous aerobatics flights.
In 1919, the village was included into the Kyiv City Council area.
==== Gallery ==== <gallery style="text-align:center" caption="Old villas"> File:Дачний особняк київського міського голови (1906–1916) І. М. Дьякова.jpg File:Особняк, де у 1944–1945 роках містилася школа Українського штабу партизанського руху 01.JPG File:80-386-0069 Kiev Lvivska 3 001.JPG File:80-386-0071 Kiev Lvivska 18-A 004.JPG File:DSC06711-Львівська,15.JPG File:Дачний будинок селища «Святошин» 2.jpg File:Дачний будинок по просп. Перемоги, 130. Поч. 20 ст.jpg </gallery>
=== Soviet era === [[File:Kyiv 54 Pushynoi Street.jpg|thumb|The former military hospital, 1938, an example of Stalinist architecture]] [[File:Пам'ятник Вернадському В. І. 3.jpg|thumb|The monument of the academician Vernadsky, 1981, at the intersection of Peremohy Avenue and {{Interlanguage link multi|Academician Vernadsky Boulevard|uk|3=Бульвар Академіка Вернадського}}]] thumb|The hotel and restaurant Verkhovyna at Sviatoshyn Pond, 2014
As a result of the Ukrainian–Soviet War (1917–1921) and the Polish–Soviet War (1919–1921), Kyiv and its suburbs were captured by the Red Army. In 1921, the Bolsheviks conducted an administrative subdivision reform and Kyiv was divided into 5 raions (districts). Sviatoshyn was included into the City Council area permanently.
The Bolshevik government conducted the nationalisation policy so that many dacha villas would be expropriated. The best villas were transferred to the state and became trade union sanatoriums, boarding schools and Young Pioneer camps. Other villas and cottages were converted to communal apartments.
In the 1930s, Sviatoshyn's St. Nicholas Eastern Orthodox church was demolished.<ref>[http://www.cerkva.info/en/news/diocese-of-kyiv/4531.html A workshop on the revival of St. Nicholas church in Sviatoshyn district. // Ukrainian Orthodox Church – Kyiv Patriarchate (UOC-KP)]<br/>{{langx|uk|Відбулася робоча нарада з відродження Свято-Миколаївського храму в Святошинському районі м. Києва}}</ref> However, on the south-west edge of Sviatoshyn, the Roman Catholic parish of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross remained intact while under Communist rule and became the only refuge for Roman Catholics in the Kyiv region.<ref>[http://www.karmel.org.ua/ua/convents/kyiv-friars Order of Barefoot Carmelites in Kyiv]<br/>{{langx|uk|Орден Босих Кармелітів в Україні — Босі Кармеліти у Києві}}</ref>
In 1941, during the Second World War, the general staff of the Kyiv Fortified Region was situated in present-day Kyiv secondary school No. 140.<ref>[http://school140.edukit.kiev.ua/informaciya_pro_zaklad/istoriya/ History of Kyiv secondary school No. 140]<br/>{{langx|uk|Історія - Cередня загальноосвітня школа № 140 Святошинського району м. Києва}}</ref> There is a complex of monuments located near Soviet soldiers' graves who were killed in the Battle of Kyiv in 1943 at the {{Interlanguage link multi|Sviatoshyn Cemetery|uk|3=Святошинське кладовище}}.
At the end of the 1940s, the ownership of Sviatoshyn Airfield was passed over to an aircraft serial production plant that since 1952 has been headquarters of the state-owned Antonov<nowiki/>company. In 1988, the company produced the largest aircraft in the world, the Antonov An-225 Mriya. Together with the aircraft factory, a new development named {{Interlanguage link multi|Aviamistechko|uk|3=Авіамістечко (масив)|lt=Aviamistechko}} (Aviation town in Ukrainian) began being built next to the north-east edge of Sviatoshyn. This locality is also known as Novosviatoshyn (New Sviatoshyn).
In 1947 the clothing factory Kashtan ("Chestnut") was launched;<ref>[http://esu.com.ua/search_articles.php?id=11476 Kashtan, Kyiv garment factory] - Encyclopedia of Modern Ukraine // © 2014-2016 the NASU Institute of Encyclopaedic Research<br/>{{langx|uk|Каштан Київська швейна фабрика - Енциклопедія Сучасної України // ©2014-2016 Інститут енциклопедичних досліджень НАН України}}</ref> it was one of the biggest producer of male shirts in the USSR.<ref>[http://www.ucci.org.ua/synopsis/dv/2005/dv0506141.ru.html "Dilovyi Visnyk"] (Business Journal), 2005, #6 (133), p. 14, {{ISSN|1680-3310}}<br/>{{langx|ru|«ДЕЛОВОЙ ВЕСТНИК}} (Діловий вісник)», 2005, № 6 (133), с. 14, {{ISSN|1680-3310}}</ref>
In the late 1950s, the new housing estate {{Interlanguage link multi|Akademmistechko (Kyiv)|uk|3=Академмістечко (масив)|lt=Akademmistechko}} was built north of Sviatoshyn. Besides residential buildings, there have been numerous research institutes belonging to the Ukrainian Academy of Sciences located in the town. Therefore, the suburb got the name Akademmistechko ({{langx|uk|Академістечко|lit=Academic town}}).
In 1971, the Sviatoshyn station of the Kyiv Metro opened on the eastern edge of neighbourhood.
In 1982, due to the increasing traffic on Brest-Litovsky Highway, the Sviatoshyn tram line was dismantled.<ref>[http://history.org.ua/JournALL/kraj/kraj_2014_1/5.pdf Stefan Mashkevych // History suburban of Kyiv tram lines. Sviatoshyn tram]<br />{{langx|uk|Стефан Машкевич // Історія приміських трамвайних ліній Києва. Святошинський трамвай}}</ref> To replace the trams, trolleybuses were launched in the neighbourhood.
== Memorial to Chernobyl disaster victims == thumb|Memorial to victims of the Chernobyl tragedy The {{Interlanguage link multi|Memorial to Chernobyl disaster victims|uk|3=Пам'ятний знак жертвам Чорнобильської катастрофи (Київ)|lt=memorial to Chernobyl disaster victims}} is located in a landscape park at the intersection of {{Interlanguage link multi|Chornobylska Street|uk|3=Чорнобильська вулиця (Київ)}} and {{Interlanguage link multi|Peremohy Avenue|uk|3=Проспект Перемоги (Київ)}}. The memorial is devoted to people who were killed or injured as a result of the Chernobyl disaster in 1986.
The monument to victims of that tragedy was erected at the initiative of the Chernobyl Disabled Union on 26 April 1994, with funds of the local budget and private donations. The monument was made by sculptor {{Interlanguage link multi|Volodymyr Chepelyk|uk|3=Чепелик Володимир Андрійович}} and architect {{Interlanguage link multi|Mykola Kyslyi|uk|3=Кислий Микола Іванович}}.<ref>[http://svyat.kyivcity.gov.ua/content/memorialnyy-kompleks.html Memorial.] Sviatoshyn Raion government<br/>{{langx|uk|Меморіальний комплекс - Святошинська районна в м.Києві державна адміністрація}}</ref>
In 2001, the St {{Interlanguage link multi|Theodosius of Chernihiv|uk|3=Феодосій Чернігівський}} church and in 2002 the bell tower museum were built at the monument.
In 2011, the memorial avenue "Heroes of Chernobyl" was created at the initiative of "Chernobyl Fire-fighters" NGO.<ref>[http://www.kmu.gov.ua/control/uk/publish/article?art_id=244234629 The memorial avenue "Heroes of Chernobyl" was opened in Kyiv] // Government portal.<br/>{{langx|uk|Урядовий портал // У Києві відкрито меморіальну алею "Героїв Чорнобиля"}}</ref> There were erected seven busts of firemen, heroes of Ukraine and the Soviet Union and installed eight memorial plates in memory of died Chernobyl disaster liquidators.<ref>[http://tyzhden.ua/News/21447 Chernobyl liquidators have been commemorated in Kyiv] // The Ukrainian Week.<br/>{{langx|uk|У Києві пом'янули чорнобильців - Новини - Український тиждень, Тиждень.ua}}</ref>
== Vasyl Stus Garden Square == thumb|Vasyl Stus Garden Square {{Interlanguage link multi|Vasyl Stus Garden Square|uk|3=Сквер імені Василя Стуса (Київ)}} is located at the corner of {{Interlanguage link multi|Academician Palladin Avenue|uk|3=Проспект Академіка Палладіна}} and {{Interlanguage link multi|Peremohy Avenue|uk|3=Проспект Перемоги (Київ)}}. It is named after the poet and political prisoner Vasyl Stus, who was one of the most significant members of the Ukrainian cultural movement of the sixtiers. He was living close by at 62 {{Interlanguage link multi|Lvivska Street|uk|3=Львівська вулиця (Київ)}} from his marriage in 1965 to his first arrest in 1972. The house was demolished in 1979 due to a road interchange being built there.<ref>[http://kyiv.pravda.com.ua/publications/49c2003ecd4f3/ In defense of Vasyl Stus Garden Square] // Ukrainska Pravda<br/>{{langx|uk|На захист скверу імені Василя Стуса // Українська правда - Київ}}</ref>
In 2006, at the initiative of the Ukrainian People's Party and {{Interlanguage link multi|Green World (Ukrainian Ecological Association)|uk|3=Українська екологічна асоціація «Зелений світ»|lt=Green World}},<ref>[https://day.kyiv.ua/en/article/day-after-day/long-path-stus A long path to Stus // ''The Day'' newspaper]</ref> Vasyl Stus garden square was built. The initiative coordinator was Viktor Tkachenko. However, in 2008, the Kyiv City State Administration gave a building permit for the construction of a shopping centre there. The building developer cut down more than 100 trees, including oaks older than 120 years and pines older than 150 years.<ref>[http://www.umoloda.kyiv.ua/number/2481/189/88016/ Kyiv without Stus?] // Ukrayina Moloda<br/>{{langx|uk|Київ без Стуса? // Україна Молода}}</ref> Litigations began between both parties.<ref>[https://cases.legal/en/act-uk1-29754644.html Regulation no - Affairs of the from resolution about software justice, to the particular disputes that in:. - Shramko Yu.T. - 27.2.2013 - Cases.legal // «about appropriation skveru Basil Stus»]</ref>
In 2010, the Kyiv City Council assigned the name Vasyl Stus to the plot. The garden square was opened on Kyiv Day 2015<ref>[http://www.radiosvoboda.org/a/news/27037909.html In Kyiv on the place of the scandalous construction site, Vasyl Stus Garden Square has been opened.] // Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty<br/>{{langx|uk|У Києві на місці скандальної забудови відкрили сквер імені Василя Стуса}}</ref> by the mayor of Kyiv Vitali Klitschko. Vasyl Stus's widow, sister, granddaughter, friends, public activists, and local community residents attended the ceremony.<ref>[http://kiev-ukr.segodnya.ua/kwheretogo/v-kieve-otkryli-skver-imeni-vasiliya-stusa-618826.html Vasyl Stus Garden Square has been opened in Kyiv] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160313024945/http://kiev-ukr.segodnya.ua/kwheretogo/v-kieve-otkryli-skver-imeni-vasiliya-stusa-618826.html |date=13 March 2016 }} (photo, video) // Segodnya<br/>{{langx|uk|У Києві відкрили сквер імені Василя Стуса (фото,відео) - Комунальники встановили лавки, посадили квіти і посіяли траву // СЕГОДНЯ}}</ref>
== Transport == thumb|Zhytomyrska metro station All electric multiple unit trains go through {{Interlanguage link multi|Sviatoshyn Railway Station|uk|3=Святошин (станція)}} when traveling from Kyiv northwest.<ref>[http://swrailway.gov.ua/timetable/eltrain3-7/?sid=85&sid2=&startPicker2=&dateR=0&lng=_en Timetable of the station Sviatoshyn]</ref> Some passenger trains that are traveling to Western Ukraine stop at the station as well.<ref>[http://www.uz.gov.ua/en/passengers/timetable/?station=47125&by_station=1 Timetables :: Passengers] :: The official website of Ukrainian Railways</ref>
The bus station Dachna is located at 142a Peremohy Avenue.<ref>[https://busfor.ua/%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B7%D0%BA%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B4/%D0%9A%D0%B8%D1%97%D0%B2/%D0%90%D0%B2%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%86%D1%96%D1%8F-%D0%94%D0%B0%D1%87%D0%BD%D0%B0-%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%81%D0%BF-%D0%9F%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BC%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%B8-142%D0%90 "Dachna" bus station // Timetable]<br/>{{langx|uk|Автостанція "Дачна" Київ – Розклад автобусів – busfor.ua}}</ref>
The Sviatoshynsko-Brovarska Line of the Kyiv Metro is laid underground. Zhytomyrska metro station, which opened on 24 May 2003, is situated in the centre of Sviatoshyn.
The suburb is connected to other neighborhoods by Kyiv's municipal {{Interlanguage link multi|Buses in Kyiv|uk|3=Київський автобус|lt=buses}} and trolleybuses.<ref>[http://knuj.org/ua/kyiv/index.html?categoryid=65 Routes of buses, trolleybuses, trams, timetables, Kyiv // Portal of journalists.]<br/>{{langx|uk|Маршрути автобусів, тролейбусів, трамваїв, розклад руху, Київ - Портал журналістів}}</ref>
== External links == * [http://svyat.kyivcity.gov.ua/content/menyu-2.html Information about the area - The local government of Sviatoshyn Rayon] // ({{langx|uk|Відомості про район - Святошинська районна в м.Києві державна адміністрація}}) * [http://ukrainaincognita.com/villy/svyatoshynski-dachi Some photos of old Sviatoshyn cottages] // ({{langx|uk|Святошинські дачі, Україна Інкогніта}})
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