Boyarka

• Name — Boiarka • Native Name — Боярка • Type — City • Subdivision Type — Country • Subdivision Name — Ukraine • Subdivision Type1 — Oblast • Subdivision Name1 — Kyiv Oblast • Subdivision Type2 — Raion • Subdivision Name2 — Fastiv Raion • Established Date — 16th century • Unit Pref — Metric • Area Total Km2 — 13 • Elevation M — 186 • Population Total — 34394 • Population As Of — 2022 • Population Density Km2 — auto • Time Zone — EET • Utc Offset — +2 • Time Zone Dst — EEST • Utc Offset Dst — +3 • Postal Code Type — Postal code • Postal Code — 08150-08157 • Area Code — +380 4598 • Website — http: www.boyarka-inform.com/ • Subdivision Type3 — Hromada • Subdivision Name3 — Boiarka urban hromada

There are traces of an old Kievan Rus' settlement, including the remains of an ancient cemetery. The railway reached the town in the 1860s, after which it became a favourite resort for artists and writers, including the composer Mykola Lysenko and the writer Sholom Aleichem. The fictional dacha settlement of Boyberik, where events of Aleichem's tales of Tevye the Milkman (later adapted as Fiddler on the Roof) take place, is based on Boiarka. Formerly known as Boyarka-Budayivka, the settlement became known as a base of Sich Riflemen during the Siege of Kyiv in 1918. Until 18 July 2020, Boiarka belonged to Kyiv-Sviatoshyn Raion. The raion was abolished that day as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Kyiv Oblast to seven. The area of Kyiv-Sviatoshyn Raion was split between Bucha, Fastiv, and Obukhiv Raions, with Boiarka being transferred to Fastiv Raion. During the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Russian shelling struck the suburbs of Boiarka during the Battle of Kyiv.

As of the 2001 Ukrainian census, Boiarka had a population of 34,502 inhabitants. The population is ethnically overwhelmingly Ukrainian, but also includes a significant Russian minority. In terms of spoken languages, 86% speak Ukrainian as their first language, while 13% speak Russian as their native language. The exact ethnic and linguistic composition of the city was as follows:

The Kyiv Oblast orphanage is located in Boiarka. The town is also the location of the Boiarka Metrological Centre, owned by the company Naftogaz, which provides calibration services for gas-flow meters. During the years 2005 to 2007, the town hosted the now-defunct football club, FC Inter Boiarka.

Boiarka has a team called FC Inter Boiarka, that in 2001 was also coached by Yukhym Shkolnykov.

• Sholem Aleichem, writer • Sergei Balenok, graphic artist, painter, illustrator • Eugene Hütz, singer and composer • George Kistiakowsky, physical chemistry professor • Maks Levin, photographer • Mykola Lysenko, composer • Oleksandra Matviichuk, human rights lawyer • Maryna Mirzaieva, nationalist and historian • Nikolai Ostrovsky, writer • Mykola Pymonenko, painter • Volodymyr Samiilenko, poet • Bohdan Yermakov, painter • Maria Zankovetska, actress