Demiivka is a neighborhood located in the Holosiiv Raion of Kiev, the capital of Ukraine. It is located towards the southern part of the city, in between the city's neighborhoods Chorna Hora, Shyrma, and Holosiiv National Park. Through the neighborhood flows Lybid River and the unofficial name of the neighborhood Nyzhnia Lybid. At its eastern edge is located a ridgeline of Kiev Hillsconsisting ofLysa Hora, Chorna Hora, and Bahrynova Hora, past which is located Dnieper. Until the 19th century the area was outside of the Kiev city and was known as Lybidska zemlya which had couple of small villages Verkhnyolybidske and Nyzhnyolybidske. The current name the place assumed sometime in the second half of the 19th century as Demiivka of Khotiv volost. In 1909 the Kiev entrepreneur David Margolin opened in Demiivka a private city tramway company. In 1918 it was included into Kiev and in 1920s through 1960s carried the name of Stalinka. Under such name, the neighborhood is mentioned in the work of Ukrainian writerOles Ulianenko, "Stalinka", which received the juniorShevchenko National Prize. Most of its older building were demolished already in 1970s. The Kiev Central Bus Station and Vernadsky National Library of Ukraine are located in the neighborhood. Demiivka is served by a Holosiivska and Demiivskametro stations of the Kiev Metro's Obolonsko–Teremkivska line. The Kiev Metro in the area was opened in 2010. Beside Kiev underground rail transport, there is also a regular train station Kiev-Demiivskyi. Through the neighborhood passes the European route E95. The Demiivska Square is an important intersection through which passes the E95 route and some major streets that lead to the Pivdennyi Bridge. Across from the National Library is located a building of the Holosiivskyi District State Administration. The neighbor is also home to number of older Kiev industries among which are Kiev Brewing Factory #1, Kiev Roshen Factory, Factory "Kyivhuma", Kiev Artillery Shells Factory, and others.
