Mezhyhirya (residence)

Mezhyhiria
Museum
Major landmark: "Honka" club house
Official name: Pushcha-Vodytsia recreational complex at Mezhyhiria tract
Name origin: Saint Transfiguration Monastery
Nickname: Mezhyhiria
Country	Ukraine
Region	Kiev Oblast
District	Vyshhorod Raion
Municipality	Novi Petrivtsi village
Founded	1935; 82 years ago (1935)
Government	National government property Ukraine (1991-present) Soviet Union (1935-1991)
Owner	Private ownership firms related to the Yanukovych family (2007-2014)
Location of Mezhyhirya

External images

Débarcadère interior

Chandeliers

Portholes

Lavatory

External video

Yanukovych shows Mezhyhirya

Coordinates: 50°36′53.9″N 30°28′27.5″E / 50.614972°N 30.474306°E / 50.614972; 30.474306 The Mezhyhirya Residence (Ukrainian: Межигір'я, pronounced [mɛʐɪˈɦʲirjɐ] Mežihìr’â) is an estate in the Ukraine where Viktor Yanukovych lived when he was Prime Minister and then President of Ukraine and is now a museum displaying Yanukovych's luxurious lifestyle. Yanukovych lived in the estate from 2002 to 21 February 2014, when he fled the country during the 2014 Ukrainian revolution.

The estate was founded as a monastery that functioned off-and-on until closed in 1923 by the Bolsheviks following the establishment of the Soviet Union. From 1935 Mezhyhirya was a state government residence, first under the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and then under an independent Ukraine, until 2007 when it was privatized. In 2012 the State Administration of Affairs rented a space from Tantalit for 99,691 hryvnia per year, arranging it for official receptions. In 2014, it returned to state ownership.