Pechersk (Ukrainian: Печерськ) is a historical neighborhood in the city center of Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine.
Its name comes from the caves of Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra (founded in 1051) existing since ancient times.
Construction of Old Cave Castle (the administrative center of Kyiv) began in the 1st half of the 18th century followed by New Pechersk fortress 30 - 40 years later.
Pechersk name can be found in the Raion, Square, Descent, Boulevard (now Lesia Ukrainka Boulevard), Street (no longer exists) and Novopecherska Street (no longer exists).
Now Pechersk preserves monuments of architecture from the Kyivan Rus era and later centuries.