Protasiv Yar

For other uses, see Protasiv Yar (disambiguation).

Protasiv Yar Протасів Яр
Neighborhood of Kyiv
Coordinates: 50°25′23″N 30°30′0″E
Country	Ukraine
City	Kyiv
District	Solomianskyi and Holosiivskyi District

Protasiv Yar (Ukrainian: Протасів Яр) is a historical neighborhood located in Solomianskyi and Holosiivskyi (districts) of Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine. It is located between Baikova and Batyieva Mountains. Protasiv Yar railway station is located in the lower part of the neighborhood, close to Lybid River.

Yar means gully, and Protas is a male name, supposedly of a local villager or a former owner of the area.

The forest area estimates approximately 30 ha.^[1] The local activists fought to protect this area from illegal construction for several years; in 2018 Roman Ratushnyi founded Save Protasiv Yar initiative, which was later institutionalised.^[2] In July 2022, the Kyiv City Council supported the decision to create a landscape reserve on both slopes of Protasiv Yar in Kyiv.^[3]

References

1. "Chronology of attacks on Protasiv Yar activists". Центр Протидії Корупції (in Ukrainian). 11 August 2019.
2. Velianyk, Andriana (9 June 2023). ""Roman would be proud of us": How the Protasiv Yar community continues to fight". svidomi.in.ua. Retrieved 2023-10-06.
3. "A landscape reserve will be created in Protasiv Yar in Kyiv as Ukrainian activist Roman Ratushnyi, killed at war by Russians, dreamed of". We Are Ukraine. 2022-07-14. Retrieved 2023-10-06.