Lesya Ukrainka Boulevard
Lesya Ukrainka Boulevard in summer | |
| Native name | Бульвар Лесі Українки (Ukrainian) |
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| Namesake | Lesya Ukrainka |
| Length | 2,600 m (8,500 ft) |
| Location | Pechersk, Cherepanova Hora, Pecherskyi District Kyiv, Ukraine |
| Postal code | 01001, 01021, 01133 |
| Coordinates | 50°26′18.9″N 30°31′31.2″E / 50.438583°N 30.525333°E |
Lesya Ukrainka Boulevard (Ukrainian: Бульва́р Ле́сі Украї́нки, romanized: Buljvar Lesi Ukrajinky) is a boulevard in Pecherskyi District of the city of Kyiv, in the area of Pechersk and Cherepanova Hora. It runs from the Bessarabska Square and Shota Rustaveli Street via Baseina Street (of which the boulevard is a continuation), Shovkovychna Street, Hospitalna Street and Mechnikova Street to Mykola Mikhnovsky Boulevard (part of the Small Ring Road of Kyiv). The boulevard is named in honour of famous poet Lesya Ukrainka (1871–1913, whose pseudonymous surname literally means "Ukrainian woman").
It intersects with Novospitalna Street, Mala Shiyanovska Street, General Almazov Street, Mykhailo Zadniprovsky Street, Lesya Ukrainka Square, John McCain Street, Petra Bolbochana Street, Kurhanivska Street, Verkhnia Street, and Maria Pryimachenko Boulevard. Lesya Ukrainka Boulevard is connected by the Pechersky Bridge to Bastionna Street and Mykhailo Boichuk Street.