Boyarka
Boyarka or Boiarka (Ukrainian: Боярка) is a town in Kyiv-Sviatoshyn Raion of Kyiv Oblast (region) of Ukraine, about 20 km SW from Kyiv. Population: 35,312 (2021 est.)[1]. The population in 2001 was 35,968.
Boyarka
Боярка | |
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| Boiarka | |
 One of the older homes on Kreshchatyk street | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
  Boyarka  Boyarka | |
| Coordinates: 50°19′45″N 30°17′19″E | |
| Country |  Ukraine |
| Oblast |  Kyiv Oblast |
| Raion | Kyiv-Sviatoshyn Raion |
| Area | |
| • Total | 13 km2 (5 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 186 m (610 ft) |
| Population (2021) | |
| • Total | 35,312 |
| • Density | 2,700/km2 (7,000/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Postal code | 08150-08157 |
| Area code(s) | +380 4598 |
| Website | www |
History
There are traces of an old Kyivan Rus' settlement, including the remains of an ancient cemetery. The railway reached the town in the 1860s, after which it became a favourite resort for artists and writers, including the composer Mykola Lysenko and the writer Sholom Aleichem. The fictional dacha settlement of Boyberik, where events of Aleichem's tales of Tevye the Milkman take place, is based on Boyarka.[2]
Present-day
The Kyiv Oblast orphanage is located in Boyarka.[3]
The town is also the location of the Boyarka Metrological Centre, owned by the company Naftogaz, which provides calibration services for gas-flow meters.[4]
During the years 2005 to 2007, the town hosted the now-defunct football club, FC Inter Boyarka.
Sport
Boyarka has a team called FC Inter Boyarka, that in 2001 was also coached by Yukhym Shkolnykov.
Notable people
- Sholem Aleichem, writer
- Sergei Balenok, graphic artist, painter, illustrator
- Eugene Hütz, singer and composer
- Maks Levin, photographer
- Mykola Lysenko, composer
- Nikolai Ostrovsky, writer
- Mykola Pymonenko, painter
- Maria Zankovetska, actress
- Bohdan Yermakov, painter
Sources
- Andriy Ivchenko, All About Ukraine, Kiev, 2007
- Metrological Centre NJSC "Naftogaz of Ukraine" , Kiev, 2009
References
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- Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2021 / Number of Present Population of Ukraine, as of January 1, 2021 (PDF) (in Ukrainian and English). Kyiv: State Statistics Service of Ukraine.
- Ivchenko (2007), p. 61
- "Webpage of Life2Orphans". Archived from the original on 2008-05-17. Retrieved 2009-03-26.
- Brochure Metrological Centre NJSC "Naftogaz of Ukraine" , Kiev, 2009
