Boyarka

Boyarka Боярка
City
One of the older homes on Kreshchatyk street
Flag Coat of arms
Boyarka
Boyarka
Coordinates:
Country	Ukraine
Oblast	Kiev Oblast
Raion	Kiev-Sviatoshyn Raion
Area
• Total	13 km2 (5 sq mi)
Elevation	186 m (610 ft)
Population (2010)
• Total	35,968
• Density	2,800/km2 (7,200/sq mi)
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
• Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)
Postal code	08150-08157
Area code(s)	+380 4598
Website	http://www.boyarka-inform.com/

Boyarka (Ukrainian: Боярка) is a town in Kiev-Sviatoshyn Raion of Kiev Oblast (region) of Ukraine, about 20 km SW from Kiev. Population: 35,320 (2013 est.). The population in 2001 was 35,968.

History

There are traces of an old Kievan 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 village of Boyberik, where Aleichem's tales of Tevye the Milkman are located, is based on Boyarka.

Present-day Boyarka

The Kiev Oblast orphanage is located in Boyarka.

The town is also the location of the Boyarka Metrological Centre, owned by the company Naftogaz, which provides calibration services for gas-flow meters.

During the years 2005 to 2007, the town hosted the now extinct football club, FC Inter Boyarka.

Famous people

• Sholem Aleichem, writer
• Eugene Hütz, singer and composer
• Mykola Lysenko, composer
• Nikolai Ostrovsky, writer
• Mykola Pymonenko, painter
• Maria Zankovetska, actress

Skylines

Boyarka

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Sources

• Andriy Ivchenko, All About Ukraine, Kiev, 2007
• Metrological Centre NJSC "Naftogaz of Ukraine" , Kiev, 2009