Shevchenkivskyi District
The Shevchenkivskyi District is an urban district of the city of Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine. It was originally established on 4 April 1937, although in 2001 its area was increased following an annexation of the former Radianskyi and Starokyivskyi districts.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: raion of city in Ukraine with 237,000 residents
- Description: district of Kyiv, Ukraine
- Also known as: “Shevchenkivskyi District, Kyiv”, “Shevchenko Raion”, and “Shevchenkovskiy Rayon”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Saint Sophia Cathedral and Golden Gate.
Saint Sophia Cathedral
Church
Photo: Rbrechko, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Saint Sophia Cathedral in Kyiv, Ukraine, is an architectural monument of Kyivan Rus'. The former cathedral is one of the city's best known landmarks and the first heritage site in Ukraine to be inscribed on the World Heritage List along with the Kyiv Cave Monastery complex.
Golden Gate
Museum
Photo: George Chernilevsky, Public domain.
The Golden Gate of Kyiv was the main gate in the 11th century fortifications of Kyiv, the capital of the Kievan Rus'. It was named in imitation of the Golden Gate of Constantinople.
Babi Yar monument
Monument
Babi Yar or Babyn Yar is a ravine in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv and a site of massacres carried out by Nazi Germany's forces during its campaign against the Soviet Union in World War II.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Obolon and Podil.
Obolon
Suburb
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Obolon is a historical locality which includes a residential area, along with an industrial park within Ukraine's capital Kyiv that is located on its northern side, in an eponymous city district - the Obolonskyi District. Obolon is situated 6 km north of Shevchenkivskyi District.
Podil
Suburb
Podil or Podol, also known in English as the Lower City, is a historic neighborhood in Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine. It is located on a floodplain terrace over the Dnieper between the Kyiv Hills and the lower stream of Pochaina River.
Old Kyiv
Quarter
Old Kyiv is a historical neighborhood of Kyiv. Other names include Upper City, Old Town, and others. It is located at the far eastern portion of the Shevchenkivskyi District.
Shevchenkivskyi District
- Location: Kyiv, Central Ukraine, Ukraine, Eastern Europe, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Vietnamese—“Shevchenkivskyi District” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Շևչենկովսկի ռայոն”
- Belarusian: “Шаўчэнкаўскі раён”
- Catalan: “Xevtxenko”
- Cebuano: “Shevchenkivs’kyy Rayon”
- Chinese: “舍夫琴科區”
- Chinese: “舍甫琴科区”
- Chinese: “舍甫琴科區”
- Chuvash: “Шевченко районĕ”
- Dutch: “Shevchenko Raion”
- Esperanto: “Ŝevĉenkivskij distrikto”
- Estonian: “Ševtšenko rajoon”
- Finnish: “Ševtšenkon piiri”
- French: “raïon de Chevtchenko”
- French: “Raïon de Chevtchenko”
- German: “Rajon Schewtschenko”
- Hebrew: “שבצ’נקו”
- Hungarian: “Sevcsenko kerület”
- Italian: “distretto Ševčenko”
- Italian: “Distretto Ševčenko”
- Italian: “rajon Ševčenko”
- Japanese: “シェウチェーンコ区”
- Japanese: “シェウチェンコ区”
- Japanese: “シェフチェンキフスキー地区”
- Latin: “Raeonus Tsevtzencicus”
- Macedonian: “Шевченковски реон”
- Moksha: “Шэвчэнконь район”
- Northern Frisian: “Schewtschenko (Distrikt)”
- Northern Frisian: “Schewtschenko”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Sjevtjenkivskyj rajon”
- Ossetian: “Шевченкойы район”
- Polish: “Rejon szewczenkiwski”
- Polish: “Rejon szewczenkowski”
- Portuguese: “Shevchenkivskyi”
- Romanian: “Șevcenko”
- Russian: “Шевченковский район Киева”
- Russian: “Шевченковский район”
- Scots: “Shevchenko Raion”
- Slovenian: “Ševčenkov rajon”
- Spanish: “Raion de Shevchenko”
- Spanish: “Raión de Shevchenko”
- Swedish: “Sjevtjenkivskyj rajon”
- Swedish: “Sjevtjenkivskyj-distriktet (Kiev)”
- Swedish: “Sjevtjenkivskyj-distriktet”
- Turkish: “Şevçenko (rayon)”
- Turkish: “Şevçenko”
- Ukrainian: “Shevchenkivs’kyy Rayon”
- Ukrainian: “Shevchenkivskyi Raion”
- Ukrainian: “Шевченківський район (Київ)”
- Ukrainian: “Шевченківський район”
- Ukrainian: “Шевченківський Район”
- Vietnamese: “Shevchenkivskyi”
- Vietnamese: “Shevchenko”
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