<p><br />

The village of Demiivka (now the<br />

Moskovska square) was a Kyiv working neighbourhood, located between<br />

the Lybidska area and Vasylkiv. In the second half of the nineteenth<br />

century it developed dynamically due to its proximity to the train<br />

station. A few big brickyards, refineries, and breweries were<br />

situated there; the village had also its own separate market. In the<br />

photo one can see the Vasylkiv road (now 40-richchia Zhovtnia<br />

street), the wooden church of the Holy Resurrection, and the sugar<br />

refinery (later the Karl Marx confectionery factory; now the Roshen<br />

factory). In the center of the photo, on the horizon line behind the<br />

Lybid river valley, the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra belfry can hardly be<br />

seen. As it was the case on the Trukhaniv island, a large community<br />

of Jews lived there as they had no special permission to settle<br />

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