What is "darnytsia"

Darnytsia , is a raion (administrative district) of the Ukrainian capital Kiev.

It is the southeastern raion of Kiev located on the left bank of Dnieper river. It borders Dnieper to its west with Holosiiv Raion of Kiev is lying across it, Dnipro Raion of Kiev city to its north, Brovary Raion of Kiev Oblast to its east and Boryspil Raion of Kiev Oblast to its east and south. The population of the city raion is estimated around 250,000 inhabitants.

Darnytsia is a widely found Ukrainian geographical name, which would most often stand for:

• Darnytsia, a historical and administrative neighbourhood of Ukraine's capital Kiev
  • Darnytsia, a river in Kiev
  • Darnytsia Railway Station, a large railway station in Kiev.
  • Darnytsia (Kiev Metro), a metro station on the Sviatoshynsko-Brovarska Line of the Kiev Metro.
  • Darnytsia, a Kiev metro-depot
  • Darmytsia, a bus station
  • Darnytsia Pharmaceutical Company CJSC, a major pharmaceutical company in Kiev
  • BG-116 Darnytsia, a ship of the Ukrainian Sea Guard,

- all named particularly after the Kiev's neighborhood.

• Darnytsia, a village in Hannivka community, Bratske Raion

Darnytsia is a station on the Kiev Metro's Sviatoshynsko-Brovarska Line. The station was opened on November 5, 1965 as part of the westwards eastwards expansion of the Brovary radius and is the second one to be fully on the left bank of the Dnieper River. It takes its name from the historic neighbourhood of Kiev, Darnytsia.

Designed by architects I.Maslenkov and V.Bogdanovsky, the station presents itself as a simple surface platform with a pillar-supported concrete canopy, a design that is almost identical to the three other stations that opened along with it and typical for the 1960s public architecture. Originally a terminus, not far from the station is the "Darnytsia" depot which was the first fully operational in Kiev, and also served the Kurenivsko-Chervonoarmiyska Line from 1976 until 1982 when the "Obolon" depot opened.

The Darntsia station is located on the edge of a large park and on the Brovary Avenue. Until recently, only one passenger subway led in and out of the station, until a new western overpass exit was opened on November 28, 2006. This was necessary as the station is one of the busiest on the radius due to the large amount of land transport coming from the northern left-bank districts and the local shopping centre of Darnytsia.