Obolon Raion

Obolonskyi District Оболонський район
Urban district
View on the Obolon bay
Flag Coat of arms
Country	Ukraine
City Municipality	Kiev
Main neighborhoods	List Obolon itself Kurenivka Minskyi neighborhood Priorka Pushcha-Vodytsia
Government
• Council Head	Vadym Yahodka
Area
• Total	110.2 km2 (42.5 sq mi)
Population
• Total	306,000
• Density	2,776/km2 (7,190/sq mi)
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
• Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)
Landmarks	Obolon CJSC
Metro stations	Petrivka, Obolon, Minska, Heroiv Dnipra
Website	obolonrda.gov.ua

Obolonskyi District (Ukrainian: Оболонський район, Obolons'kyi raion) is an urban district of the Ukrainian capital Kiev. Obolonskyi District encompasses territories far beyond of its historical neighborhood sharing the same name. It was formed on 3 March 1975 and initially called as Minskyi District. In 2001 it was renamed to its historical name. Its current population is 290,000 inhabitants.

During Soviet rule of Ukraine, Kiev had 14 administrative districts. In the early 21st century, a new law was passed and the city's administrative division was reorganized into 10 districts with different borders and new names.

The Obolonskyi District encompasses the territories of the former Minskyi District and is still sometimes referred to by that name. It also includes the former town of Pushcha-Vodytsia that used to be part of the Podilskyi District. The name Obolon comes from the Old-Ukrainian word оболонь → болонь → болоньє (obolon' → bolon' → bolon'ye), which roughly translates as "flood plain" or an area that is being engulfed by water. The district was built up in the 1970s as a microdistrict in Kiev on the Obolon sands to satisfy the growth of the city. Due to the composition of the soil at the time, the majority of the buildings were at most nine-stories tall, and few trees were planted when compared to other parts of the city. That and few other reasons originally made the district not very prestigious.

With the second construction period (2000–2005), the district has seen new, comfortable apartment buildings constructed closer to the Dnieper river and has become an attractive residential area. The new apartments are also much more expensive, although still cheaper than in the central parts of Kiev. The district was connected by metro in the 1980s, with a station Obolon opened on 5 November 1980.