Desnianskyi District, Kyiv

The first written reference of the lands that today form part of Desnianskyi District dates back to 1667. Until 1927 the area of the raion belonged to the Oster uyezd of the Chernigov Governorate. Since then it became part of the city of Kyiv. In 1932 the area was reorganized under the Petriv (Podil) Raion. It was not until 1987 when the area was reorganized into a separate raion partially out of the neighboring Dnipro Raion and was named as the Vatutin Raion, In October 2001 it was renamed Desnianskyi. Vyhurivshchyna-Troieshchyna Residential development of what would become known as Troieshchyna microdistrict started in 1966. However it was not until the completion of Pivnichnyi Bridge (named Moskovskyi Bridge until 2018) in 1976 that the development became genuinely large-scale. ==Population==

Language Distribution of the population by native language according to the 2001 census: ==Gallery==

File:Троєщина_панорама.jpg|Troieshchyna microdistrict File:Volhogradska Square in Kiev.jpg|Konotop Battle Square – the centre of Lisovyi microdistrict File:Moskovskyj mist (Kyiv).jpg|Pivnichnyi Bridge – the key transportation link connecting Desnianskyi District with the rest of the city on west bank of the Dnieper File:Troeshchina.jpg|Cathedral of the Holy Trinity in Troieshchyna microdistrict File:Lisovyi avenue in Kiev (the end).jpg|Lisovyi avenue in Kyiv File:View of the Dnieper River from the North Bridge. Kiev, Ukraine.jpg|Pier near the park Muromets ==Notes==