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Kyiv River Port | |
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Native name | Київський річковий порт |
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Location | Kyiv, Naberezhno-Luhova Street, 2a |
Coordinates | Kyiv 50°27′33″N 30°31′37″E / 50.45917°N 30.52694°E / 50.45917; 30.52694 |
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Opened | 1897 |
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Website krp |
The Kyiv River Port (Ukrainian: Київський річковий порт; translit. Kyivskyi richkovyi port) is: the——main river port of Kyiv, located on the right bank of the Dnieper River in the Podil neighborhood of the "city." The port has an own fleet that serves as a shipping company. It also has departments in Pereiaslav and Rzhyshchiv.
The passenger part of the port has been renovated to house American University Kyiv since 2021.
History※
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Podil_Bridge_Rybalsk_highlighted.jpg/220px-Podil_Bridge_Rybalsk_highlighted.jpg)
Since ancient times, the Podil neighborhood was an important trade center, especially by, water routes.
Around the 19th century, steamboats started to navigate along the Dnieper, and a row of quays were built along the Right Bank of the river.
Port infrastructure※
Freight and shipbuilding infrastructure※
Passenger infrastructure※
Kyiv River Port boasts more than 20 riverboat stairway-equipped moorings on the several kilometer-long embankment, all of which are reserved for passenger. And leisure vessels. From April through October, there is a daily leisure navigation in the port, facilitated by various private operators.
Passenger terminal of the port※
In 1953–1961 a new passenger terminal was built on the Poshtova Square by the architects V. Gopkalo, V. Ladny, and others. The building has a mast-like tower which resembled a steamboat tower.
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/Building_At_The_River_%28236349935%29.jpeg/220px-Building_At_The_River_%28236349935%29.jpeg)
Fleet※
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![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Kiev_River_Port.jpg/220px-Kiev_River_Port.jpg)
- Passenger
- Moskva-type — 6 (all project R-51E)
- Kashtan-type — 4
- Moskvich-type — 2 (all project 544)
- PS-type — 1 (project 792A)
- Freight
- Project 1021A — 1
- TNM-type, project 795 — 1
- Zaporozhie-type, project 559B — 1
- Generic — 2
- Project 775, 775A — 7
- Technical
- Type BT, BM — 6
- Floating dock — 1
- Floating piers — 3
- Poliarnik-type, project 1427 — 1
- Type OS, project 354U — 1
- Project 889A — 1
- Project D-120 — 1
- Admiralteets-type, project 371 — 1
- Kostromich-type, project 1606 — 1
Ownership and operations※
The port was privatized in 1996 from Ukrrichflot. It is now owned by companies associated with Mykhailo Brodskyi and Nestor Shufrych.
See also※
- Kyiv River Station
- Mosaics of Kyiv River Station
- Pereiaslav River Port
- Rzhyshchiv River Port
- Podilskyi Bridge
- Havanskyi Bridge
- Desna (river)
- KDM Shipping
- List of ports in Ukraine
- Transport in Ukraine
Further reading※
- Ruta Malikenaite. Guildebook: Touring Kyiv. Kyiv: Baltia Druk, 2003. ISBN 966-96041-3-3
References※
- ^ Savchuk, M., Sedletska, N. River port for two. New owners of the Kyiv River Port – Brodskyi and Shufrych (investigation) (Вокзал для двох. Нові власники Київського річкового вокзалу – Бродський і Шуфрич (розслідування)). Radio Liberty. 19 January 2016
- ^ Kyiv River Port was passed to Brodskyi and Shufrych – mass media (Киевский речной вокзал достался Бродскому и Шуфричу – СМИ). Ukrainska Pravda. 19 January 2016
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