Obolon, Kyiv

Obolon (Ukrainian: Оболонь [oboˈlɔnʲ] ) is a historical locality which includes a residential area (masyv), along with an industrial park within the Ukraine's capital Kyiv that is located on its northern side, in an eponymous city district - the Obolonskyi District (until 2001 – Minskyi District). In Ukrainian language the word obolon' (оболонь) means a 'low country near a river' (floodplain) or 'flood-meadows' (Ukrainian: заплавні луки). As Obolon's land regularly used to flood by the Dnieper river there were Kyiv city's pasture and haymakings.

Obolon, Kyiv

Obolon (Ukrainian: Оболонь [oboˈlɔnʲ] ) is a historical locality which includes a residential area (masyv), along with an industrial park within the Ukraine's capital Kyiv that is located on its northern side, in an eponymous city district - the Obolonskyi District (until 2001 – Minskyi District). In Ukrainian language the word obolon' (оболонь) means a 'low country near a river' (floodplain) or 'flood-meadows' (Ukrainian: заплавні луки). As Obolon's land regularly used to flood by the Dnieper river there were Kyiv city's pasture and haymakings.