Desnianskyi District
Деснянський район
Urban district in Kyiv
Desniansky District as seen from the northern outskirts of Kyiv
Desniansky District as seen from the northern outskirts of Kyiv
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Coat of arms of Desnianskyi District
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Location of Desnianskyi District
Coordinates: 50°31′48″N 30°42′15″E / 50.53000°N 30.70417°E / 50.53000; 30.70417
Country Ukraine
RegionKyiv
Established30.12.1987
Subdivisions
List
  •    — city councils
  •    — settlement councils
  •  — rural councils
  • Number of localities:
       — cities
  •    — urban-type settlements
  •  — villages
  •    — rural settlements
Government
 • GovernorDmytro Ratnikov
Area
 • Total142 km2 (55 sq mi)
Population
 • Total368 500[1]
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Area code38044
Websitehttp://desn.kyivcity.gov.ua

Desnianskyi District (Ukrainian: Деснянський район, romanized: Desnianskyi raion) is an administrative raion (district or borough) of the city of Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine. It is located in the north-eastern part of the city on the Left Bank[b] of the Dnieper River and is the most populous district of Kyiv. It is also the second largest district, with the total area of ca. 14.2 ha.

Desnianskyi District mainly consists of two microdistricts – Troieshchyna and Lisovyi – making it predominantly residential in nature. There is only one clear-cut, (yet small) industrial zone called Kulykove on the border with Dniprovskyi Raion. This fact explains why the district has the lowest number of registered business entities among Kyiv raions.[2] Much like commuter town, therefore, Desnianskyi District has very little commercial or industrial activity beyond a small amount of retail, oriented toward serving the locals. However, it differs from commuter towns in that it forms part of the city proper and is not regarded as suburb in a classical sense. Still, its currently weak transportation links with the major part of the city on the Right Bank make it appear as a "city inside a city", which is especially true for Troieshchyna microdistrict.[3]

History

The first written reference of the lands that today form part of Desnianskyi District dates back to 1667.[4] Until 1927 the area of the raion belonged to the Oster uyezd of the Chernigov Governorate. Since then it became part of the city of Kyiv. In 1932 the area was reorganized under the Petriv (Podil) Raion. It was not until 1987 when the area was reorganized into a separate raion partially out of the neighboring Dnipro Raion and was named as the Vatutin Raion.

Troieshchyna

Residential development of what would become known as Troieshchyna microdistrict started in 1966. However it was not until the completion of Pivnichnyi Bridge (named Moskovskyi Bridge until 2018[5]) in 1976 that the development became genuinely large-scale.[6]

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Notes

a. ^ Resident population as of 1 January 2009.

b. ^ Informally, Kyiv is subdivided into the Right Bank (Ukrainian: Правий Берег) and the Left bank (Ukrainian: Лівий Берег) on the west and east bank of the Dnieper river respectively.

References

  1. ^ Passport of the Desnianskyi District up to 01.01.2021
  2. ^ Vilenchuk, S. R.; Yatsuk, T.B. (eds.) (2009). Kyiv Statistical Yearbook for 2008. Kyiv: Vydavnytstvo Konsultant LLC. p. 58. ISBN 978-966-8459-28-3. ((cite book)): |first2= has generic name (help)
  3. ^ Darmostyuk, Igor (16 July 2007). "Left Bank Republic". Delovaya Stolitsa (in Russian). Vol. 323, no. 29. Kyiv. Archived from the original on 23 July 2011. Retrieved 11 December 2009.
  4. ^ Web-site of Kyiv city government Archived 2011-07-17 at the Wayback Machine (in Ukrainian)
  5. ^ Kyiv's Moscow bridge renamed, UNIAN (22 February 2018)
  6. ^ "Moskovskyi Bridge Commissioned on December 3, 1976" (in Ukrainian). Ukrinform Photo. Retrieved 11 December 2009.

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