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Boulevard in Pecherskyi District, Kyiv, Ukraine

Lesya Ukrainka Boulevard (Ukrainian: Бульва́р Ле́сі Украї́нки, romanized: Buljvar Lesi Ukrajinky) 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 Mykola Mikhnovsky Boulevard [uk] (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, Lesya Ukrainka Square [uk], John McCain Street, Petra Bolbochana Street, Kurhanivska Street, Verkhnia Street, and Maria Pryimachenko Boulevard [uk]. Lesya Ukrainka Boulevard is connected by the Pechersky Bridge to Bastionna Street and Mykhailo Boichuk Street.

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 Pecherskoi (Пече́рської; in 1958), Pecherskyi Boulevard (Печерський бульвар).^[1] The current name Lesya Ukrainka Boulevard was given to it in 1961.^[2]

In August 2011, major repairs were carried out on the boulevard’s roadway as part of the city’s preparations for Euro 2012.

• № 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 demolition of monuments to Suvorov in Ukraine [uk].
• № 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.^[3]