Sofiivska Borshchahivka (Ukrainian: Софіївська Борщагівка) is a village in Bucha Raion, Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine. It belongs to Borshchahivka rural hromada.[1]
Sofiivska Borshchahivka is a suburb of Kyiv, separated from the city by the Kiltseva Road. It borders Petropavlivska Borshchahivka to the north and Vyshneve to the south.
Name
The first part of the name means "Sophia" (adj.) and comes from Saint Sophia Cathedral, which owned the territory of the village.
Sofiivska Borshchahivka was known since 16th century as the property of Saint Sophia Cathedral. In 1590, Michael Rohoza, the Metropolitan of Kyiv, granted a charter to "the peasant Yefym Oleshkovych" for "leasehold possession of the land" belonging to St. Sophia Cathedral.[3] From 1937 to 2020, the village was a part of the Kyiv-Sviatoshyn Raion, until its dissolution. Since then, Sofiivska Borshchahivka is a part of Bucha Raion.
On 29 September 2018, the Metropolitan bishop of Pereiaslav and Bila Tserkva Epiphanius consecrated the Church of Holy Martyrs Faith, Hope and Love and Their Mother Sophia.[5]
Demographics
According to the 2001 Ukrainian census, the population is 6,569 people.[6] In 2022, the population was estimated to be 25,882 people, which makes Sofiivska Borshchahivka the largest village in Ukraine.[2]
Notable people
Hryhorii Shupyk (1915–1992), Soviet military pilot
Serhii Budnyk (born 1965), Ukrainian lawyer and police general
Serhii Ilchenko (1982–2015), sergeant of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
