Holosiivskyi Raion is an administrative raion (district

Raion

A raion is a type of administrative unit of several post-Soviet countries. The term, which is from French rayon 'honeycomb, department,' describes both a type of a subnational entity and a division of a city, and is commonly translated in English as "district"...

) of the city of Kiev

Kiev

Kiev or Kyiv is the capital and the largest city of Ukraine, located in the north central part of the country on the Dnieper River. The population as of the 2001 census was 2,611,300. However, higher numbers have been cited in the press....

, the capital of Ukraine

Ukraine

Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...

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Holosiivskyi Raion was created as part of a change in the administrative divisions of the capital of Ukraine, which was conducted in September 2001, as per the decision of the Kiev City Council

Kiev City Council

Kiev City Council or Kyivrada is the city council of Kiev municipality, the highest representative body of the city community. The members of city council are directly elected by Kievans and the council is chaired by the Mayor of Kiev .The council meets in a 1950s City Council building...

 on January 1, 2001.

Holosiivskyi Raion is located in the southwestern part of Kiev, bordering the Shevchenkivskyi, Solomianskyi, Pecherskyi, and Darnytskyi

Darnytsia

Darnytsia , is a raion 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, and Boryspil Raion of Kiev Oblast to its east...

 raions of Kiev, and the Kyievo-Sviatoshynskyi

Kyievo-Sviatoshynskyi Raion

Kiev-Sviatoshyn Raion is a raion in Kiev Oblast of Ukraine. Its administrative center is Kiev.-History:The raion was established in 1962. It borders with Borodianka Raion and Vyshhorod Raion to the north, with Vasylkiv Raion and Obukhiv Raion to the south, to the west it has borders with Makariv...

, Obukhivskyi

Obukhivskyi Raion

Obukhiv Raion is a raion in Kiev Oblast of Ukraine. Its administrative center is Obukhiv....

, and Boryspilskyi

Boryspilskyi Raion

Boryspil Raion is an administrative raion in east-central Kiev Oblast of Ukraine. Its administrative center is Boryspil. The raion's area totals 146 km², and has a population of 53,483.-Geography:...

 raions of Kiev Oblast

Kiev Oblast

Kyiv Oblast, sometimes written as Kiev Oblast is an oblast in central Ukraine.The administrative center of the oblast is the city of Kyiv , also being the capital of Ukraine...

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The territory of the raion begins from the famous Khreschatyk

Khreschatyk

Khreshchatyk is the main street of Kiev, Ukraine. The street has a length of 1.2 km. It stretches from the European Square through the Maidan and to Bessarabska Square where the Besarabsky Market is located....

 street, and stretches toward the southwest of Kiev. With this, the raion is somewhat like the southwest entrance into the city. The raion consists of the following historical neighbourhoods of Kiev: Pankovschyna, Predslavyno, Yamky, Saperna Slobidka, Baikovo, Zabaikove, Demiivka, Shyrma, Tsymbalov Yar, Dobryi Put, Holosiiv, Feofaniya

Feofaniya

Feofaniya , Theophania is a historical neighborhood on the southern outskirts of Kiev, the capital of Ukraine. The neighborhood is located in the administrative Holosiivskyi Raion amidst the neighborhoods of Holosiiv, Teremky, Pyrohiv and Khotiv. The park's total area is about...

, Lysa Hora

Lysa Hora

Lysa Hora ; literally "Barren Mount", Featureless Mount, or Bald Mount) is a large woody hill in the Ukrainian capital Kiev , near the confluence of the Dnipro and Lybid' rivers...

, Bahrynova Hora, Myshelovka, Samburky, Kytaevo, Pirogovo, Tserkovschyna, Nyzhna Telychka, Korchevate, Vyta, and Vodnykiv Island.