There are traces of an old Kyivan Rus' settlement, including the remains of an ancient cemetery. The railway
Ukrainian composer Mykola Lysenko and Yiddish writer Sholom Aleichem. The fictional dacha settlement of
Boyberik,
where events
of Aleichem's
tales of Tevye the Milkman take place, is based on Boiarka.
Until 18 July 2020, Boiarka belonged to Kyiv-Sviatoshyn Raion. The raion was abolished that day as part of
the
administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Kyiv Oblast to seven. The area of
Kyiv-Sviatoshyn Raion was split between Bucha, Fastiv, and Obukhiv Raions, with Boiarka being transferred to
Fastiv
Raion.
General education school I-III levels 2
It was the headquarters of the Ukrainian Sich Riflemen led by Yevhen Konovalets in
November-December 1918.
The Boiarka Local History Museum is the center of the cultural life of the city and district, it
hosts educational work,
various exhibitions, presentations, and creative meetings.
It is an architectural monument. It is also the oest and most modern spiritual center of the city.
It stands on the site of an ancient Old East Slavic settlement - a hillfort, which got its name from
the
Prytvarka River, which
flows nearby.
