Vygurivshchyna-Troyeshchyna, Residential district in northeastern Kyiv, Ukraine.
Vygurivshchyna-Troyeshchyna is a residential district in northeastern Kyiv, Ukraine, formed by rows of multi-story apartment buildings and wide connecting roads. The area extends along several metro stations and includes schools, shopping centers, and public parks linked by a dense network of bus routes.
Engineering works on the massif began in February 1981, after the Northern Bridge opened in 1976; the first residents moved into the fifth microdistrict in July 1983. Architects Yuriy Paskevych and Hryhoriy Slutsky led the general plan, and buildings were experimentally painted with supergraphics meant to form patterns seen from afar. A second phase started in 1987 and a third in 1991. After the Chornobyl disaster, 18,000 affected people were resettled here.
The name combines two historical settlements that merged into one continuous residential zone. Local residents gather in neighborhood parks and small squares between the housing blocks for weekend walks and social meetings.
The district is accessible through several stations on the red metro line and regular bus connections to the city center. Wide sidewalks and flat streets make it easy for pedestrians to navigate between the housing blocks.
The district's apartment blocks were experimentally painted with large-scale supergraphics by Volodymyr Pasyvenko and Volodymyr Pryadka, meant to form a pattern visible from a distance. Until 2017, a stairwell on Radunska Street decorated by an amateur artist, the Fairytale Entrance, was a local landmark.
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