Observatory Street ( Ukrainian: Observatory Vulitsa ) is a street in the Shevchenkovsky district of the city of Kiev , the area of Kudryavets . It runs from Sichovy Sagittarius Street to Boulevard-Kudryavskaya Street .
| Observatory Street | |
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| ukr Observatory Vulitsya | |
 Observatory Street in Kiev (October 2010) | |
| general information | |
| A country | Ukraine |
| City | Kiev |
| Area | Shevchenkovsky |
| Historic District | Kudryavets |
| Length | 450 m |
| Start coordinates | |
| End coordinates | |
| Underground |  Golden Gate " University " " Independence Square " |
| Trolleybus routes | 16, 18 ( along Sichovy Sagittarius Street ) |
| Bus routes | 7 (along Boulevard-Kudryavskaya street ) |
| Route taxi | 159, 527, 574 ( along Sichovy Sagittarius Street ); 165, 181, 439 (along Boulevard-Kudryavskaya street ) |
| Former names | Observative Lane |
| Name in honor | Astronomical Observatory of Kiev University |
| Postcode | 04053 |
| Motion | bilateral |
Content
History
In the days of Kievan Rus, this area was part of the trade and craft settlement Kopyrev end . According to the annals, it was part of the Shchekavitsky hills, so some historians assume that the chronicle Shchekavitsa is the very hill on which the observatory stands and the Kiev prince Oleg was supposedly buried here in 912.
Intensive settlement of Lukyanovka , Kudryavts and, in particular, Observatory Street began in 1845 after a catastrophic rainfall on Podil . In the 1930s, a number of constructivism-style buildings were built on Observatory Street (Nos. 9, 23).
Name Origin
The street got its name in the middle of the XIX century, in honor of the observatory of Kiev University , which was built in 1841-1845. At first it was called Observatory Lane .
Important Institutions
Observatory, 3 - Astronomical Observatory of Kiev National University. T. Shevchenko.
On Observatory Street was the Transfiguration of the Savior Church of the XIX century, destroyed in the 1930s.
Famous People Associated with Observatory Street
The writers Wanda Vasilevskaya and A. E. Korneychuk lived in building No. 6. Academician of the Academy of Sciences of the Ukrainian SSR D. A. Grave lived in building No. 9, and astronomer M. P. Dichenko in No. 16.
Literature
- Vulitsі Kiev: dovnik: [ ukr. ] / as amended by A.V. Kudritsky . - K .: Ukrainian encyclopedia im. M.P. Bazhan , 1995 .-- S. 154. - ISBN 5-88500-070-0 .
- Kiev : encyclopedic reference / ed. A.V. Kudritsky . - 2nd ed. - K .: The main edition of the Ukrainian Soviet Encyclopedia, 1985. - S. 437–438.
Links
- Observatory street on the Yandex.Panorama service.
- Fontany Catherine, Dmitry Lavrov. As in "Kiev Switzerland" astronomers looked at the stars . // " Today " 228 (1872). - 2004. - October 9. Date of treatment November 30, 2012.