Kyivskyi District, Kharkiv

Kyivskyi District is an urban district of the city of Kharkiv, Ukraine, named after the capital city of Ukraine, Kyiv. It is the biggest raion of the city and one of the oldest.

Type: Locality with 182,000 residents
Description: District of Kharkiv, Ukraine
Also known as: “Kaganovichskiy Rayon”, “Kiev Raion”, “Kyiv District”, “Kyiv Raion”, “Kyivskiy Rayon”, “Kyivsky District”, “Kyivsky Raion”, and “Kyivskyi Rayon”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Kingdom Hall and Saltivska.

Kingdom Hall

Church

A Kingdom Hall is a place of worship used by Jehovah's Witnesses. The term was first suggested in 1935 by Joseph Franklin Rutherford, then president of the Watch Tower Society, for a building in Hawaii.

Saltivska

Metro station

Photo: Atilla Corsyuck, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Saltivska is a station on the Kharkiv Metro's Saltivska Line. The station was opened on 24 October 1986. Originally known as Heroiv Pratsi, the station was renamed to Saltivska on 26 July 2024, as part of efforts towards decommunization and derussification.

Studentska

Metro station

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

Studentska is a station on the Kharkiv Metro's Saltivska Line. The station was opened on 24 October 1986. Studentska is situated 3½ km southeast of Kyivskyi District, Kharkiv.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Saltivka and Pivnichna Saltivka.

Saltivka

Suburb

Photo: Nazarij, CC BY 3.0.

Saltivka is a large residential area located in the northeastern region of Kharkiv in eastern Ukraine. It covers most of the eponymous Saltivskyi District with parts extending into the Kyivskyi District and Nemyshlyanskyi District. Saltivka is situated 4½ km southeast of Kyivskyi District, Kharkiv.