Voskresenka emerged on the base of former village Voskresenska Slobidka of Oster Povit of
Chernigov Governorate of the Russian empire. One of the earliest owners of this land was the prince and
otaman of the Cossacks of Ukrainian Rus
Ostap Dashkevych of
Orthodox Christian faith, descendant of Prince
Rurik and
Genghis, one of the founders of the Army of Ukrainian Cossacks, defenders of lives and liberties of Ukrainian people of that time. He donated this lands to the Voskresenska Church (Church of Resurrection of Christ) at Podil in Kyiv from which the village got its name.