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The village of Demiivka (now the

Moskovska square) was a Kyiv working neighbourhood, located between

the Lybidska area and Vasylkiv. In the second half of the nineteenth

century it developed dynamically due to its proximity to the train

station. A few big brickyards, refineries, and breweries were

situated there; the village had also its own separate market. In the

photo one can see the Vasylkiv road (now 40-richchia Zhovtnia

street), the wooden church of the Holy Resurrection, and the sugar

refinery (later the Karl Marx confectionery factory; now the Roshen

factory). In the center of the photo, on the horizon line behind the

Lybid river valley, the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra belfry can hardly be

seen. As it was the case on the Trukhaniv island, a large community

of Jews lived there as they had no special permission to settle

within the city limits.</p><p><i>Olga Martyniuk</i></p>