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Sofiivska Borshchahivka (Ukrainian: Софіївська Борщагівка) is a village in Bucha Raion, Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine. It belongs to Borshchahivka rural hromada.
Sofiivska Borshchahivka is a suburb of Kyiv, separated from the city by the Kiltseva Road. It borders Petropavlivska Borshchahivka to the north and Vyshneve to the south.




Name


The first part of the name means "Sophia" (adj.) and comes from Saint Sophia Cathedral, which owned the territory of the village.
The second part of the name is shared with the neighboring village Petropavlivska Borshchahivka and Kyiv neighborhood Borshchahivka.




History


The village was founded in 1497.
Sofiivska Borshchahivka was known since 16th century as the property of Saint Sophia Cathedral. In 1590, Michael Rohoza, the Metropolitan of Kyiv, granted a charter to "the peasant Yefym Oleshkovych" for "leasehold possession of the land" belonging to St. Sophia Cathedral. From 1937 to 2020, the village was a part of the Kyiv-Sviatoshyn Raion, until its dissolution. Since then, Sofiivska Borshchahivka is a part of Bucha Raion.
In August 2010, the Kyiv Ukraine Temple, the first Ukrainian temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, was opened in Sofiivska Borshchahivka.

On 29 September 2018, the Metropolitan bishop of Pereiaslav and Bila Tserkva Epiphanius consecrated the Church of Holy Martyrs Faith, Hope and Love and Their Mother Sophia.




Demographics


According to the 2001 Ukrainian census, the population is 6,569 people. In 2022, the population was estimated to be 25,882 people, which makes Sofiivska Borshchahivka the largest village in Ukraine.




Notable people


Hryhorii Shupyk (1915–1992), Soviet military pilot
Serhii Budnyk (born 1965), Ukrainian lawyer and police general
Serhii Ilchenko (1982–2015), sergeant of the Armed Forces of Ukraine




References

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• Sofiivska Borshchahivka
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• Petropavlivska Borshchahivka
• Borshchahivka rural hromada
• Kyiv Ukraine Temple
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• List of temples of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by geographic region
• European route E40 in Ukraine
• Bucha Raion
• The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Ukraine