Lesya Ukrainka Boulevard () is a boulevard in Pecherskyi District of the city of Kyiv, in the area of Pechersk and Cherepanova Hora. It runs from the Bessarabska Square and Shota Rustaveli Street via Baseina Street (of which the boulevard is a continuation), Shovkovychna Street, Hospitalna Street and Mechnikova Street to (part of the Small Ring Road of Kyiv). The boulevard is named in honour of famous poet Lesya Ukrainka (1871–1913, whose pseudonymous surname literally means "Ukrainian woman").
It intersects with Novospitalna Street, Mala Shiyanovska Street, General Almazov Street, Mykhailo Zadniprovsky Street, , John McCain Street, Petra Bolbochana Street, Kurhanivska Street, Verkhnia Street, and . Lesya Ukrainka Boulevard is connected by the Pechersky Bridge to Bastionna Street and Mykhailo Boichuk Street.
History The boulevard appeared in the late 1950s in connection with the start of construction on previously undeveloped areas between Hospitalna and Novohospitalna Streets. The final section was laid on the site of the old Zasarayna Street (вулиць Засара́йної; between Novospitalna Street and the modern Lesia Ukrainka Square), Shchorsa (Щорса; from the current Lesya Ukrainka Square to John McCain Street) and Pecherska (Пече́рської; in 1958), Pecherskyi Boulevard (Печерський бульвар).Resolution of the Bureau of the Kyiv City Committee of the Communist Party of Ukraine and the Executive Committee of the Kyiv City Council of Workers' Deputies dated 15 July 1958 No. 1249 'On the naming and renaming of streets in the city of Kyiv' // State Archives of Kyiv. F. R-1. Op. 4. Case 958. Pages 246–260. The current name Lesya Ukrainka Boulevard was given to it in 1961.Decision of the Executive Committee of the Kyiv City Council of Workers' Deputies dated 21 November 1961 No. 2259 'On the naming and renaming of streets, squares and parks of the city' // State Archives of Kyiv. F. R-1. Op. 8. Case 42. Pages 224–231.
In August 2011, major repairs were carried out on the boulevard's roadway as part of the city's preparations for Euro 2012.
Buildings of historical or architectural value № 25. Formerly a cadet school, now Ivan Bohun Military High School; 1915–1916. № 18А. Caponier of the 3rd polygon; 1844. № 25. The headmaster's house; 1914–1916. № 25. Stables of the indoor riding arena of the Oleksiyivsky Cadet Corps; 1914–1916. № 25-А. Indoor riding arena of the Oleksiyivsky Cadet Corps; 1914–1916. № 27/2. Officers' residential buildingв; 1914–1916. № 25. 1974 Alexander Suvorov memorial, Imperial Russian general . Dismantled in 2019 as part of the . № 36-Б. On 28 October 2015, Australian artist Guido van Helten completed a 12-day project to paint a giant mural of a girl in an embroidered shirt on the façade of an 18-storey residential building. The mural is 43 metres high. This is the artist's largest work not only in Ukraine, but also in Europe.
Institutions and establishments (буд. № 7). Secondary general education school № 84 (буд. № 32-А)
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References
Sources Web encyclopedia of Kyiv. Streets of Kyiv: a handbook. Compiled by A. M. Syhalov and others. Kyiv: Reklama [Advertising], 1975. p. 95.
Lesya Ukrainka Boulevard. In: Streets of Kyiv: Official Handbook. Appendix to the decision of the Kyiv City Council dated 22 January 2015 No. 34/899 “On approval of the official handbook “Streets of Kyiv City””. p. 131. Archived from the original source on 6 October 2021. Photomemories. Kyiv, which is not there: An annotated album of photos from 1977–1988 / author of photos V. Galaiba ; authors-compilers: M. Vinogradova and others. — K .: Golovkiivarkhitektura; NDITIAM, 2000. 408 p. : ill. ISBN 966-7452-27-1. Kyiv: An Encyclopedic Handbook. Editor. A. V. Kudrytsky. Kyiv: publishing house Ukrainian Soviet Encyclopedia, 1982. p. 573. (in Russian)