Bykivnia

Bykivnia is a suburb in , and has about 2,700 residents. Bykivnia is situated nearby to the quarter , as well as near the locality .
Photo: AlexanderVovck, CC BY-SA 4.0.
  • Type: Suburb with 2,700 residents
  • Description: residential area in the Desnyanskyi district of Kyiv
  • Also known as: “Bykovnia”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Bykivnia graves and Metro station Lisova.

Cemetery
Photo: UAWeBeR, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The are a National Historic Memorial next to the former village of Bykivnia within woodland, Bykivnia Forest. During the Stalinist period in the Soviet Union, it was one of the unmarked mass grave sites where the NKVD, the Soviet secret police, disposed of thousands of murdered "enemies of the Soviet state".

Metro station
Photo: Kut Lyosha, Public domain.
Lisova is the terminus station of the Sviatoshynsko-Brovarska Line on the Kyiv Metro system that serves , the capital of . It opened on 5 December 1979.

Railway station
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is situated 3 km south of Bykivnia.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Radystiv Village and DVRZ.

Quarter
Photo: Аимаина хикари, CC0.
is a quarter.

Suburb
Photo: Аимаина хикари, Public domain.
is a suburb, which is situated 3 km south of Bykivnia.

Suburb
Photo: AnatolyPm, Public domain.
is a neighbourhood located in the northeast part of the city of , the capital of . It is located next to the Bykivnia Forest and the residential neighborhood appeared in 1965–73, originally known as Vodopark. is situated 3 km west of Bykivnia.

Bykivnia

Latitude
50.47599° or 50° 28′ 34″ north
Longitude
30.67046° or 30° 40′ 14″ east
Population
2,700
Elevation
103 metres (338 feet)
Open location code
9G2GFMGC+95
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1308283983
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
8519915
Wiki­data ID
Q1018526
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Ukrainian—“Bykivnia” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Բիկովնյա”
  • Belarusian: “Быкоўня”
  • Dutch: “Bykivnia”
  • French: “Bykivnia”
  • German: “Bykiwnja”
  • Latin: “Bykivnia”
  • Macedonian: “Биковња”
  • Polish: “Bykownia”
  • Portuguese: “Bykivnia”
  • Romanian: “Bîkivnea”
  • Russian: “Биковня”
  • Russian: “Быковня”
  • Spanish: “Bykivnia”
  • Ukrainian: “Bykivnya”
  • Ukrainian: “Биківня (селище)”
  • Ukrainian: “Биківня”

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