Puscha-Vodytsia is a historic neighbourhood and climate resort in the northwestern part of Kiev

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, the capital of Ukraine

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Puscha-Vodytsia was named in 1724; the name was combined from two Ukrainian words, puscha (пуща) which stands for a dense forest, and Vodytsia (Водиця) the name of a nearby river.

In 1899, a dacha

Dacha

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- or cottage

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-type settlement was founded in the Puscha-Vodytsia forests. Later on, Soviet

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 sanatorium

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s were located in the settlement, as well as in other settlements nearby. In 1981, the village acquired the status of an urban-type settlement

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, subordinate to the Podilskyi Raion

Podil

The Podil or Podilskyi Raion is a historic neighbourhood and an administrative raion in Kiev, the capital of Ukraine. It is one of the oldest neighborhoods of Kiev, the birthplace of the city's trade, commerce and industry...

 (district

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) of Kiev, later subordinated to the Obolon Raion in 2002.

A 1910 church designed by Eduard Bradtman still stands in the city.