Pyrohiv (Kiev)
| Музей народної архітектури та побуту України | |
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| Established | 1969 |
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| Location | Kiev,  Ukraine
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| Type | Open-air museum |
| Collection size | 300 architectural exhibits, 70,000 artifacts |
Coordinates: 50°21′16.34″N 30°30′44.03″E / 50.3545389°N 30.5122306°E
Pyrohiv (Ukrainian: Пирогі́в), also known as Pirogov (Russian: Пирого́в), originally a village south of Kiev, is a neighborhood in the southern outskirts of the Ukrainian capital city. It is now home to an outdoor Museum of Folk Architecture and Life of Ukraine.
Although the origin of the toponym is uncertain, pyrohiv is genitive plural form of the Ukrainian word for pie.
Archaeological evidence confirms that the territory of Pyrohiv has been settled at the times of the Bronze Age. Pyrohivka settlement was first mentioned in 1627, as a feudal domain of the Kievan Cave Monastery. The 1720 records mention the village of Pyrozhov. The territory was included within the Kiev administrative boundary in 1957.
Two modern streets now go along the historic road Pyrohiv way (Pyrohivs'kyi Shlyakh): the Stolychne Shose (Capital Motorway) and Novopyrohivska (New Pyrohiv) Street..
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