Obolonskyi Raion

Infobox Settlement
name = Obolons’kyi Raion
native_name = Оболонський район
settlement_type = Raion of Kiev

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image_shield = Coat of arms of Obolon.gif
image_caption = Project for the construction of Obolon, 1967.
imagesize = 225px
subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = UKR
subdivision_type1 = City Municipality
subdivision_name1 = flag|Kyiv
seat_type =
seat =
parts_type = Main neighborhoods
parts_style =
parts =
p1 = Obolon itself
p2 = Kurenivka
p3 = Minskyi neighborhood
p4 = Priorka
p5 = Puscha-Vodytsia
leader_party =
leader_title = Council Head
leader_name = Vadym S. Yahodka
established_title =
area_total_km2 = 110.2
population_total = 306000
population_footnotes=
population_density_km2 = 2776
timezone = EET
utc_offset = +2
timezone_DST = EEST
utc_offset_DST = +3
blank_name = Landmarks
blank1_name = Metro stations
blank_info = Obolon CJSC
blank1_info = Petrivka, Obolon, Minska, Heroiv Dnipra
website = http://obolonrda.gov.ua/

Obolonskyi Raion ( _uk. Оболонський район, "Obolons’kyi raion"), is a historical raion (administrative district) of the Ukrainian capital Kiev (Kyiv). Its current population is 290,000 inhabitants.

During Soviet rule of Ukraine, Kiev had 14 administrative districts. After the fall of the USSR, a new law was passed and 10 districts with different borders and new names were created. The "Obolon" district ecompasses the territories from the "Minskyi" district and is still sometimes referred to by that name. The name "Obolon" comes from the Ukrainian word "оболонь" → "болонь" → "болоньє" ("obolon' " → "bolon' " → "bolon'ye"), which roughly translates as "flood plain".

The district was built up in the 1970s as a microdistrict in Kiev on the Obolon sands to satisfy the growth of the city. Due to the composition of the soil at the time, the majority of the buildings were at most 9 stories tall, and few trees were planted when compared to other parts of the city. This and other reasons originally made the district not prestigious.

With the second construction period (2000–2005), the district has seen new, comfortable apartment buildings constructed closer to the Dnipro river and has become an attractive residential area. The new apartments are also more expensive, although still cheaper than in the center of Kiev. The district was connected by metro in the 1980s, with a station "Obolon" opened on November 5, 1980.

A yachting club for both kids and adults was opened in around 1990, and recently many of the Obolon lakes were cleaned up in order to make the area more attractive. The area closer to the Dnieper river is a popular relaxation place for "Kievlyani" (citizens of Kiev).

ee also

* Subdivisions of Kiev

External links

* [http://fotw.fivestarflags.com/ua-kv-md.html Brief history of the Obolon and Minskyi districts]
* [http://www.obolonrda.gov.ua/ obolonrda.gov.ua] - Obolonskyi Raion administration website
* [http://www.metropoliten.kiev.ua/station/station.php?lang=0&station_id=20&line_id=1 Unofficial Kiev Metro site] - Information about the "Obolon" metro station
* [http://wek.kiev.ua/wiki/index.php/%D0%9E%D0%B1%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%8C Оболонь] in [http://wek.kiev.ua/ "Wiki-Encyclopedia Kyiv"]