Nyvky
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Nyvky (Ukrainian: Нивки) is a neighbourhood in Kyiv, Ukraine.[1] It belongs to Shevchenkivskyi District of Kyiv. It is surrounded by Svyatoshyn (in Sviatoshynskyi District) to the west, Shuliavka to the south-east, Vidradnyi (in Solomianskyi District) to the south, Syrets to the east, Vynohradar, and Berkivtsi.
It is not connected with[clarification needed] the Nyvka 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 name Nyvky is derived from a grain field that was located along the Brest-Litovsky highway (today Prospect Beresteiskyi).
History
In the 1850s it was the site of the khutir (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 a dacha there named "Nyvky" was being rented out.
In the beginning of the 20th century, khutir Nyvky was part of Bilhorodka volost, 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.
