Boyarka


Boyarka or Boiarka is a town in Kiev-Sviatoshyn Raion of Kiev Oblast of Ukraine, about 20 km SW from Kiev. Population:. The population in 2001 was 35,968.

History

There are traces of an old Kievan Rus' settlement, including the remains of an ancient cemetery. The railway reached the town in the 1860s, after which it became a favourite resort for artists and writers, including the composer Mykola Lysenko and the writer Sholom Aleichem. The fictional village of Boyberik, where Aleichem's tales of Tevye the Milkman are located, is based on Boyarka.

Present-day Boyarka

The Kiev Oblast orphanage is located in Boyarka.
The town is also the location of the Boyarka Metrological Centre, owned by the company Naftogaz, which provides calibration services for gas-flow meters.
During the years 2005 to 2007, the town hosted the now-defunct football club, FC Inter Boyarka.

Sport

Boyarka has a team called FC Inter Boyarka, that in 2001 was also coached by Yukhym Shkolnykov.

Notable people