Rybalskyi Island (Ukrainian: Рибальський острів, 
Рибальський півострів.ogg (help·info) translit. Rybal’s’kyi ostriv; literally: Fisherman's Island) is a peninsula on the Dnieper River (Dnipro), located in the Right-Bank Podilskyi Raion of the city of Kiev. Although named as an island it is in fact a peninsula and a former spit. It is now a predominantly industrial area.
The peninsula was formed from clay deposits, which served as the left-bank of the Pochaina River. Rybalskyi Peninsula takes its name from the fishermen of Podil who once lived on it. In 1897-1899, the peninsula was raised and strengthened, which would later enable it to house a shipyard, as well as to form the Kiev Harbour between the peninsula and the Podil riverbank.
In 1926-1930, an electrical power station was constructed in the north-western part of the peninsula (engineered by B. Domanseho and M. Parusnykovyi). In the end of the 1930s, the Leninska Kuznia shipbuilding factory was reconstructed.
During the Second World War, the peninsula suffered heavy damage from bombings. After the war, reconstruction began and new factories and foundations were constructed.
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