Rybalskyi Island
The Rybalskyj Island ( Ukrainian Рибальський острів , in German Fischer Island ) is a peninsula in the Dnepr in the Ukrainian capital Kiev . Despite the fact that it is a peninsula, it is commonly called Rybalskyi Island.
location
The area is located in the Kiev city of rajon Podil between the district Podil in the south, the port of Kiev in the west, the Stadtrajon Obolon in the north and the Dnepr in the east. From Rybalskyj Island, the Moscow Bridge leads to the north and the Podil Bridge to the south across the Dnieper.
history
The name of the peninsula comes from the fishing settlement that existed in the 18th and 19th centuries. There was a famous fish market here from the 19th century to the beginning of the 20th century. In the south of the peninsula is an artificial bay that was created for the Kiev port built in 1897. In the 1920s and 30s the peninsula became an industrial area and a shipyard was built in 1928. Since 1992 the military intelligence service of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine and its subordinate military facilities have been on the peninsula.
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See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ Rybalskyi Island in the Kiev Encyclopedia , accessed May 30, 2015
- ↑ Port of Kiev from the Kiev Encyclopedia , accessed May 30, 2015
- ↑ Rybalskyi Island , accessed May 30, 2015
Coordinates: 50 ° 28 ′ 40 ″ N , 30 ° 31 ′ 48 ″ E