Lesya Ukrainka Boulevard

Lesya Ukrainka Boulevard
Native nameБульвар Лесі Українки (Ukrainian)
NamesakeLesya Ukrainka
Length2,600 m (8,500 ft)
LocationPechersk, Cherepanova Hora, Pecherskyi District
Kyiv, Ukraine
Postal code01001, 01021, 01133
Coordinates50°26′18.9″N 30°31′31.2″E / 50.438583°N 30.525333°E / 50.438583; 30.525333

Lesya Ukrainka Boulevard (Ukrainian: Бульва́р Ле́сі Украї́нки, romanized: Buljvar Lesi Ukrajinky) is a boulevard in Pecherskyi District of the city of Kyiv, in the area of Pechersk and Cherepanova Hora. It runs from the Bessarabska Square and Shota Rustaveli Street via Basseina Street (of which the boulevard is a continuation), Shovkovychna Street, Hospitalna Street and Mechnikova Street to Mykola Mikhnovsky Boulevard (part of the Small Ring Road of Kyiv). The boulevard is named in honour of famous poet Lesya Ukrainka (1871–1913, whose pseudonymous surname literally means "Ukrainian woman").

It intersects with Novospitalna Street, Mala Shiyanovska Street, General Almazov Street, Mykhailo Zadniprovsky Street, Lesya Ukrainka Square, John McCain Street, Petra Bolbochana Street, Kurhanivska Street, Verkhnia Street, and Maria Pryimachenko Boulevard. Lesya Ukrainka Boulevard is connected by the Pechersky Bridge to Bastionna Street and Mykhailo Boichuk Street.

History

The boulevard appeared in the late 1950s in connection with the start of construction on previously undeveloped areas between Hospitalna and Novohospitalna Streets. The final section was laid on the site of the old Zasarayna Street (вулиць Засара́йної; between Novospitalna Street and the modern Lesia Ukrainka Square), Shchorsa (Щорса; from the current Lesya Ukrainka Square to John McCain Street) and Pecherskoi (Пече́рської; in 1958), Pecherskyi Boulevard (Печерський бульвар).[1] The current name Lesya Ukrainka Boulevard was given to it in 1961.[2]

In August 2011, major repairs were carried out on the boulevard's roadway as part of the city's preparations for Euro 2012.

Buildings of historical or architectural value

  • № 25. Formerly a cadet school, now Ivan Bohun Military High School; 1915–1916.
  • № 18А. Caponier of the 3rd polygon; 1844.
  • № 25. The headmaster's house; 1914–1916.
  • № 25. Stables of the indoor riding arena of the Oleksiyivsky Cadet Corps; 1914–1916.
  • № 25-А. Indoor riding arena of the Oleksiyivsky Cadet Corps; 1914–1916.
  • № 27/2. Officers' residential buildingв; 1914–1916.
  • № 25. 1974 Alexander Suvorov memorial, Imperial Russian general . Dismantled in 2019 as part of the demolition of monuments to Suvorov in Ukraine.
  • № 36-Б. On 28 October 2015, Australian artist Guido van Helten completed a 12-day project to paint a giant mural of a girl in an embroidered shirt on the façade of an 18-storey residential building. The mural is 43 metres high. This is the artist's largest work not only in Ukraine, but also in Europe.[3]

Institutions and establishments

  • Pecherska Central District Library (буд. № 7).
  • Secondary general education school № 84 (буд. № 32-А)
  • The beginning of the boulevard from Baseina Street
    The beginning of the boulevard from Baseina Street
  • Boulevard from the beginning
    Boulevard from the beginning
  • from No. 3 (left) and No. 10 (right)
    from No. 3 (left) and No. 10 (right)
  • Tsar Village
    Tsar Village
  • Round tower (No. 2) of the Vasylkiv fortifications (located at 44 Konovaltsia Street)
    Round tower (No. 2) of the Vasylkiv fortifications (located at 44 Konovaltsia Street)
  • No. 7 Pechersk Central Public District Library
    No. 7 Pechersk Central Public District Library
  • No. 30а – the first house in the K-14 series, 1965.
    No. 30а – the first house in the K-14 series, 1965.
  • Mural by Guido van Helten on building No. 36-B
    Mural by Guido van Helten on building No. 36-B

References

  1. ^ Resolution of the Bureau of the Kyiv City Committee of the Communist Party of Ukraine and the Executive Committee of the Kyiv City Council of Workers' Deputies dated 15 July 1958 No. 1249 'On the naming and renaming of streets in the city of Kyiv' // State Archives of Kyiv. F. R-1. Op. 4. Case 958. Pages 246–260.
  2. ^ Decision of the Executive Committee of the Kyiv City Council of Workers' Deputies dated 21 November 1961 No. 2259 'On the naming and renaming of streets, squares and parks of the city' // State Archives of Kyiv. F. R-1. Op. 8. Case 42. Pages 224–231.
  3. ^ "У Києві завершили мурал із зображенням дівчини у вишиванці" [Mural depicting a girl in an embroidered shirt completed in Kyiv] (in Ukrainian). 5 Kanal. 28 October 2015. Archived from the original on 13 August 2020. Retrieved 9 October 2021.

Sources

  • Web encyclopedia of Kyiv.
  • Streets of Kyiv: a directory / compiled by A. M. Sygalov and others. - K .: Advertising, 1975. - P. 95.
  • Kudrytskyi, Anatolii Viktorovych; Ponomarenko, Leonid Anatolevich; Riznyk, Oleksandr (1995). Вулиці Києва. Довідник [Streets of Kyiv: a directory] (in Ukrainian). Kyiv: Ukrainska Entsyklopediia Imeni M.P. Bazhana. p. 120. ISBN 5-88500-070-0.
  • Lesya Ukrainka Boulevard // Streets of Kyiv: official guide/ Appendix to the decision of the Kyiv City Council dated January 22, 2015 No. 34/899 “On approval of the official directory “Streets of Kyiv City””. — P. 131. [ Archived from the original source on October 6, 2021.]
  • Photomemories. Kyiv, which is not there: An annotated album of photos from 1977–1988 / author of photos V. Galaiba ; authors-compilers: M. Vinogradova and others. — K .: Golovkiivarkhitektura; NDITIAM, 2000. — 408 p. : ill. — ISBN 966-7452-27-1.
  • Kyiv: Encyclopedic Reference Book / editor. AND. IN. Kudrytsky — K. : See ed. Ukrainian Soviet Encyclopedia, 1982. — P. 573. (Russian)
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