Pushcha-Vodytsia

Pushcha-Vodytsia[a] is a historic neighbourhood, climate resort and a former urban-type settlement (1981-2001) in the northwestern part of Kyiv (Obolon Raion).

Located within a dense forest and away from the urban Kyiv, it is known for number of sanatoriums and state cottages for government officials such as presidents, prime-ministers etc.

The southern border of the neighborhood is considered Hostomelske Highway, the eastern – Minskyi Avenue, the western – the road to the village of Moshchun, Bucha Raion (Kyiv Oblast).

The name was combined from two Slavic words, pushcha (пуща), which stands for a dense forest, and Vodytsia (Водиця), the name of a nearby river (not existing).

In 1793 the argument was decided by the Senate transferring the neighborhood into the possession of the Kyiv city as a cottage settlement Pushcha-Vodytsia, which soon turned into a small khutor.