Troieshchyna

Bird's-eye view of Troieshchyna, looking westwards from the edge of Kyiv. The city's Dnipro River and right-bank are seen in the background.
Typical skyline of Troieshchyna as seen from the light rail's Myloslavska Street Station.

Troieshchyna (Ukrainian: Троєщина, lit. 'Trinity', pronounced [troˈjɛʃt͡ʃɪnɐ]), also known as Vyhurivshchyna-Troieshchyna or Vygurivshchyna-Troieshchyna[citation needed] since 1997 (Ukrainian: Вигурівщина-Троєщина, pronounced [wɪˈɦur⁽ʲ⁾iu̯ʃt͡ʃɪnɐ troˈjɛʃt͡ʃɪnɐ]; Ukrainian: Виґурівщина-Троєщина[citation needed], pronounced [wɪˈgur⁽ʲ⁾iu̯ʃt͡ʃɪnɐ troˈjɛʃt͡ʃɪnɐ]), is a large neighbourhood of Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine. Troieshchyna is an outskirt located on the city's northern left bank and is administratively part of the Desnianskyi District.

Overview

The neighbourhood is a large whole-planned bedroom district housing the population of at least 240,000 residents[1] but also includes a small industrial area. Troieshchyna only became part of Kyiv municipality in 1988; prior to that it was a village of Kyiv Oblast which still exists on the edge of the new neighborhood.

The area suffers from inadequate transport links to the rest of the city. Kyiv City authorities have at one point decided on extending the Kyiv Metro system to Troieshchyna, either through the proposed Livoberezhna line or the Podilsko–Vyhurivska line which is currently under construction. However, the cost of building a new metro line was too high, and the proposal was scrapped in favor of modernizing an existing light rail system.[2] But in 2018 construction of new bridge for metro continues.

References

Footnotes
  1. ^ "Livoberezhna Line (planned construction)". Kyiv Metropoliten (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on 8 April 2014. Retrieved 7 April 2014.
  2. ^ Киевские власти передумали строить метро на Троещину [Kyiv authorities have decided not to build a metro to Troieshchyna]. Ukrainska Pravda (in Russian). 7 April 2014. Retrieved 7 April 2014.
Further reading
  • "Main Page". Troieschyna, Desnianskyi Raion. Informational-Recreational Site (in Russian). Archived from the original on 8 April 2014. Retrieved 7 April 2014.
  • "Troieshchyna". WWW Encyclopedia Kyiv (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 7 April 2014.

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