Meschyhirja (residence)

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Meschyhirja ( Ukrainian Межигірʼя ; Russian Межигорье / Meschigorje ) was the private residence of the President of Ukraine , Viktor Yanukovych , who was in office until February 22, 2014 .

The property is located in Novi Petrivtsi, north of the capital Kiev, on the bank of the Dnieper , which is dammed into the Kiev Sea . Meschyhirja Monastery , which was closed in 1918 and demolished in 1935 by decision of the Politburo by 1936, was previously located on the site .

The entire property is about 137 hectares, in the times of the Soviet Union it was owned by the Communist Party of Ukraine , later it was used as the guest house of the Ukrainian state. Yanukovych first lived in the house during his first term as prime minister in 2002 and later rented it at a strikingly low price. According to media reports, Yanukovych later appropriated the state property in an opaque manner and then converted it into a luxurious residence, largely at the expense of the state. He concealed the acquisition of the property behind straw companies abroad.

The property includes a yacht wharf, a shooting range, a zoo, a riding facility and other complexes as well as a private hunting area. Meschyhirja is surrounded by a wall up to five meters high and is part of a flight restriction area. The residence was guarded by the Berkut special unit and protected by anti-aircraft systems. After Yanukovych had fled to Kharkiv on the night of February 22, 2014 , the residence was occupied by protesters from the Euromaidan and declared a “People's Museum of Corruption”, also to prevent vandalism. Hastily disposed documents were found in the pond in front of the residence. A few hundred of them have been fished out of the water and can now be viewed on a dedicated website called Yanukovychleaks.

Web links

Commons : Meschyhirja  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Российские универсальные энциклопедии Брокгауз-Ефрон и Большая Советская Энциклопедия объединенный словник ( Russian ) In: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary . August 14, 2006. Retrieved February 22, 2014.
  2. ↑ Києво-Межигірський монастир (не зберігся) (ХІІ - ХІХ ст.) ( Ukrainian ) In: OKO . September 30, 2005. Archived from the original on June 23, 2013. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved February 22, 2014. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.oko.kiev.ua
  3. ↑ Ukrayinska Pravda exposes president's Mezhygirya deal . Kyiv Post dated May 6, 2010
  4. ↑ All power of the "family" - that of President Yanukovych! , Die Presse April 15, 2013
  5. ↑ Ukraine elections marked by curses, threats and brutality , theguardian.com (October 26, 2012)
  6. ↑ Над Межигір'ям заборонено літати. In: Тиждень.ua. November 16, 2011, accessed February 27, 2013 (Russian).
  7. ↑ Впервые за годы независимости на маяке под Вышгородом появились военные: «Виктораю едоровича охр. Знаете такого? ». ВИДЕО. In: Цензор.НЕТ. December 5, 2012, accessed January 23, 2013 (Russian).
  8. ↑ Януковича в Межигорье защищают боевые группы ПВО. ФОТОрепортаж. In: Цензор.НЕТ. December 6, 2012, accessed January 23, 2013 (Russian).
  9. ↑ Eurasisches Magazin, February 22, 2014 , last accessed on February 22, 2014
  10. ↑ Yanukovychleaks. Retrieved February 26, 2014 .

Coordinates: 50 ° 36 ′ 54 ″  N , 30 ° 28 ′ 28 ″  E