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Nyvky (Ukrainian:Нивки) is a neighbourhood inKyiv,Ukraine.[1] It belongs toShevchenkivskyi District of Kyiv. It is surrounded bySvyatoshyn (in Sviatoshynskyi District) to the west,Shuliavka to the south-east,Vidradnyi (in Solomianskyi District) to the south,Syrets to the east,Vynohradar, andBerkivtsi.
It is not connected with[clarification needed] theNyvka River, which flows through Kyiv in a westerly direction from Svyatoshyn along the Borshchahivka settlement chain - the opposite direction from Nyvky, which lies to its east.
The nameNyvky is derived from a grain field that was located along the Brest-Litovsky highway (todayProspect Beresteiskyi).
In the 1850s it was the site of thekhutir (hamlet) of Fuzykivka that was established by Fuzyk family from the village of Bilychi (today also a neighborhood of Kyiv). In 1870s, a farmstead and adacha there named "Nyvky" was being rented out.
In the beginning of the 20th century, khutir Nyvky was part of Bilhorodkavolost, Kyiv county (uyezd). It had five homecourts with population of 27, along with three brick shops. At that time Nyvky included also such neighborhoods like Vovcha Hora and Rubezhivka. In 1923 the khutir was merged with the city of Kyiv.
Notable institutions in Nyvky include theNational Pedagogical Dragomanov University, Kyiv Exposition Center, theDynamo Kyiv youth football training academy,[2] Kadetskyi Korpus Liceum, Nyvky City Business Park, and the Verkon factory. It is also home to Nyvky Park, Park Dubky, and Dubovyi Hai Park.
Nykvy metro station (on theSviatoshynsko–Brovarska line) was built here in 1970.Rubezhivskyi train station is located next to Nyvky Park on theSyrets River. Nykvy is also close toSviatoshyn Airfield.
Nyvky has been hit byair strikes in theRussian invasion of Ukraine, beginning 2022. In March 2022, a multiple-missile strike damaged various residential buildings in Nyvky.[3] In September 2024, a missile strike severely damaged Nyvky's Crimean Tatar mosque.[4] Nykvy metro station, like others on theKyiv Metro, has been used as anair raid shelter.[5]
