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Obolon Raion (Ukrainian: Оболонський район, Obolons’kyi raion), is a municipal raion (administrative district) of the Ukrainian capital Kiev. Obolon Raion encompasses territories far beyond of its historical neighborhood with the same name. Its current population is 290,000 inhabitants. It was formed on March 3, 1975 and initially called as Minsk Raion. In 2001 it was decided to rename the raion to its historical name of the region.
During Soviet rule of Ukraine, Kiev had 14 administrative districts. In early 21st century, a new law was passed and the raions were reorganized into 10 raions with different borders and new names.
The Obolon district ecompasses the territories of the former Minsk district and is still sometimes referred to by that name. It also includes the former town of Pushcha-Vodytsia that used to be part of the Podil Raion. The name Obolon comes from the Old-Ukrainian word оболонь → болонь → болоньє (obolon' → bolon' → bolon'ye), which roughly translates as "flood plain" or an area that is being engulfed by water. The district was built up in the 1970s as a microdistrict in Kiev on the Obolon sands to satisfy the growth of the city. Due to the composition of the soil at the time, the majority of the buildings were at most nine-stories tall, and few trees were planted when compared to other parts of the city. That and few other reasons originally made the district not prestigious.
Obolon (Obolonskyi District) Kyiv, Ukraine (Kiev)
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Obolon. Sunrise. Timelapse
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Киев ночью. Район Оболонь.Kiev at night. Area Obolon.
Kiev Metro, Obolon Station
Киев. Район Оболонь .Kiev. Area Obolon.
Obolon Residences construction process - cam1
Ukraine, Kiev Enduro training near Obolon 3.2012
Kiev. Obolon riverside. The largest ukrainian flag. Оболонська набережна. Найбільший прапор України
Оболонская набережная - Obolon embankment
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Киев, 4К, Украина, Оболонь, Днепр осень 2015