A 24 Kanal story collects old toponyms that survive inside Kyiv's modern district map and explains what those names once described. The piece draws on historical references and the city tourist portal to show how place‑names preserve earlier uses of the land.
Examples include Khreschatik, whose name comes from the old Khreschaty Yar ravine; Obolon, once low river meadows and floodplain hayfields; and Shulyavka, recorded as "Shelvov Borok," a low forest that later hosted a metropolitan summer residence. Tatarka recalls Nizhny Novgorod Tatar settlers who arrived in the 1860s, while Kurenivka likely reflects wintering Cossack kurens. Solomyanka began as a suburb and developed after the 1868–1870 railway works. The Zvirynets area preserves medieval Zvirynets caves with inscriptions dated to the first half of the 13th century.
Readers can use these names when exploring Kyiv or checking historical maps; the original compilation is in the linked 24 Kanal piece.