Borshchagovka

Here were located five settlements belonging to the Kiev monasteries - Bratsk, Mikhailovsky, Sofiysky. Borschagovka in the late XVII century in the Kiev Metropolis called the area allocated to the monasteries "on borscht", that is, the fields and garden farms. It is also possible that the name is associated with the river Borschagovka that flowed here (another name is Nivka ). In 1787 in Borschagovka there were 558 inhabitants, in 1887 - 3357, in 1917 - about 6 thousand. In 1770, Bratskaya Borschagovka received the status of a village , due to the construction of a wooden church (not preserved). The rest of Borshchagovka had the status of villages . In 1925, there were 1,364 farms and 6,419 inhabitants in Borschagovka ^[1] .

In 1966–1977, on the site of Nikolskaya Borshchagovka , construction was carried out on a residential area of ​​the same name; in 1971 it was included in the line of the city of Kiev ^[1] . In the 1980s , construction of the Yuzhnoborshagovsky residential area began on the site of Bratskaya Borshchagovka . The territories of the Bratsk and Mikhailovsky Borschagovok were annexed to Kiev earlier. In 1978, Nikolskaya Borschagovka was connected to the center by a high-speed tram line , later the line was extended to South Borschagovka , to ul. Bulgakov.

Currently, Petropavlovsk and Sofia Borschagovka - the village of Kiev-Svyatoshinsky district of Kiev region. ; Nikolskaya Borshchagovka - residential area; on the territory of the Bratsk and Mikhailovsky Borshchagovok , the private sector is still partially preserved, which continues to be demolished and built up with high-rise residential buildings - the Yuzhnoborschagovsky massif is expanding, as well as industrial facilities ( Mikhailovskaya Borshchagovka , near the station Kiev-Volynsky ).

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