Kyiv-Svyatoshinsky region: geographical position, administrative division, climate, history

To the western city border of Kiev adjoin the lands of Kiev-Svyatoshinsky district. The length of this border is 60 kilometers. The administrative center is the city of Kiev. But the city itself is an independent unit and is not part of the district. This is the most densely populated part of the region.

Geographical position

Kyiv-Svyatoshinsky district of the Kiev region is located in a picturesque forest belt, gradually turning into the forest-steppe. On its territory there are small rivers Irpin, Nivka, Bucha. The terrain is slightly hilly. There are many small reservoirs on it, giving it a natural charm.

In the valleys of the Irpen and Bucha rivers, old forests are partially preserved, which in ancient times covered the territory of the district. There are also steppe areas, mostly plowed and used for agricultural crops. The land of the district, which is the suburb of the largest city of Ukraine - Kiev, is used by its population for dacha sites, as a place for recreation and leisure.

Climatic conditions

The climate on the territory of Kiev-Svyatoshinsky district is moderately continental. The winters here are mild and not very cold. The average winter temperature is -3.5 degrees. The coldest time is January. Summer is warm, mild, with an average temperature of 25-28 degrees.

Humidity is relatively high and amounts to 65% in summer and 85% in winter. Precipitation drops to 619 mm per year. The climate as a whole is very comfortable. The lack of large enterprises in the district makes it attractive for living.

Administrative division

The district has 52 settlements in its composition, of which 2 cities of district subordination - Vishnevoe and Boyarka. One village called Chabany and 49 small and large villages of the Kiev-Svyatoshinsky district, included in 25 village councils.

The region is located on the territory of 726 square kilometers, it is only 2.6% of the area of Kiev region. Kievo-Svyatoshinsky district is located in the center of the region, encircling Kiev with a half-ring on the west side. It borders only the urban areas of Kiev and the region. It is surrounded by Vasilkovsky, Boryspil, Vyshgorodsky, Brovarsky, Makarov, Borodyansky, Obukhovsky districts.

Industry and agriculture

There are no significant minerals on the territory of the district. Here, several brick factories were built and operated in the Musicals and Foresters. The direction of industry is represented by the production of building materials. Currently in the area is a large-scale construction of residential houses, elite cottage settlements.

As a suburb of Kiev, the district fulfills the role of supplying the city with food and agricultural products. Horticulture, plant growing, vegetable growing, dairy and meat cattle breeding received a great development.

In the village of Novosyolki of the Kiev-Svyatoshinsky district is located the famous Institute of Horticulture of Ukraine. Here, saplings of elite fruit trees are grown, which grow in many parts of the country.

History

Favorable natural conditions, mild and warm climate, abundance of water, fertile soils have made the territory of the region, including the area, attractive for settlement by people. BC Scythian tribes lived on the lands of the Kiev-Svyatoshinsky district, as evidenced by the ancient settlement in the area of the village of Khotovo.

At the beginning of the first millennium AD, the gradual settlement of the area by early Slavic tribes began. Here lived and the ancestors of Kiev Rus - glade. According to ancient annals, it was in this area that the legendary Belgorod was located, to which historians, in order to avoid confusion, gave the name of Belgorod-Kiev.

As scientists suppose, it was in Belgorod-Kiev that the residence of the Kiev princes was located, and the city was in charge of their heirs. But the Tatar-Mongol invasion, literally erasing from the face of the Earth not one settlement, did not spare Belgorod-Kiev. Nowadays in the territory of the legendary city there is a modern village of Belogorodka.

The history of Kyiv-Svyatoshinsky district is closely connected with the history of Kiev. The formation, prosperity and extinction of Kievan Rus, the invasions of Polish and Lithuanian invaders, the reunification with Russia with a bright page went through the history of the district.

Together with the city, the region survived the occupation by German troops in the First World War, the Revolution of 1917. Civil war, liberation from the Germans, complete devastation in the twenties have left no family in the region unaffected. The subsequent collectivization and industrialization of the 1930s, the excesses of the leadership, affected the population of the district, but also gave their positive results. Industry was revived, agriculture became one of the most advanced in the world.

The occupation of the Nazi invaders during the Great Patriotic War, the heroic struggle of the Ukrainian people in the fraternal peoples of the USSR with the fascists were recorded in gold in the pages of Ukrainian and world history.

Complete devastation and reconstruction in the post-war years, in which all the peoples of the country took part, the prosperity and formation of Ukraine in the USSR as one of the advanced republics in terms of living standards, industrial production, agriculture, science and education was reflected in the development of Kyiv Svyatoshinsky District.