Obolon Raion - Major Neighborhoods

Major Neighborhoods

• Obolon, a residential massif and an industrial zone of the Kiev city. It is located between Dnieper river, Moscow Parkway, Verbova Street, and Dehtiarenko Street.
• Kurenivka, an area towards the downtown of Kiev. In 17th century it used to be a suburb of the Kiev city where the Kiev Cossack Kosh was garrisoned. Its name is derived from one of the cossack's military formations, kurin (company). In 18th century there was built the Petropavlivska Church that in the Soviet times was destroyed and rebuilt under one of the industrial buildings. Kurenivka is also became famous for a massive tragedy of the Kurenivka mudslide in 1961.
• Priorka, it is believed to be settled by monks of the Dominican Order on the road to Vyshhorod. Since 1834 the settlement was incorporated into the Kiev-city.
• Minsk massif, a residential area of Kiev. It is located between Shevchenko Square, Minsk Parkway, Konradyuk Street, Maiorov Street, Panch Street, Polyarna Street. The area also contains "sub-neighborhood" Kyn-Grust which carries an urban legend tied to Yekaterina II and Prince Potemkin who supposedly gave names to all the towns in Ukraine.