Brovary (Ukrainian Бровари) is a city in Ukraine's Kyivs'ka oblast', close to the capital city of Kyiv. It is also a center of Brovars'kyi raion (district). Brovary is connected to the world by railways and highways. A city is an urban area, differentiated from a town, village, or hamlet by size, population density, importance, or legal status. ... Kyivs’ka oblast’ (Київська область in Ukrainian) is an oblast (province) in northern Ukraine. ... In politics a capital (also called capital city or political capital — although the latter phrase has an alternative meaning based on an alternative meaning of capital) is the principal city or town associated with its government. ... Kiev (Київ, Kyiv, in Ukrainian; Киев, Kiev, in Russian) is the capital and largest city of Ukraine, located in the north central part of the country on the Dnieper river. ... Districts are a form of local government in several countries. ... A highway is a major road within a city, or linking several cities together. ...

Brovary is an ancient town, firstly mentioned in 1630. Its name means "brewers". Events February 22 - Native American Quadequine introduces Popcorn to English colonists. ...

Now it is Ukraine's shoe-making capital with dozens of such companies located here. shoe for right foot A shoe is a piece of footwear for humans, less than a boot and more than a slipper. ...

Brovary is also an important sport center of Ukraine. Several world and olympic champions were born and/or began their career here. Olympic can refer to: sister ship with RMS Titanic, see RMS Olympic sport event, see Olympic Games Olympic Peninsula in the U.S. state of Washington Olympic Airways is an airline based in Greece Olympic Airlines is the successor of the Greek airline Olympic Airways Olympic Stadium, Berlin This is... This article needs cleanup. ...

International ill-fame came to the city in 2000 after one of its apartment blocks was hit by a stray surface-to-surface missile launched from a neighboring army shooting range in Honcharivs'ke. Three people were killed. 2000 is a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A tower block, block of flats or apartment block is a high_rise apartment building. ... A missile (British English: miss-isle; U.S. English: missl) is, in general, a projectile—that is, something thrown or otherwise propelled. ... A nations army is its military, or more specifically, all of its land forces. ...

See also

Military of Ukraine Organization Ukraines military consists of Armed Forces of Ukraine (Ukrainian: Збройні сили України, ЗСУ, Zbroyni Syly Ukrainy) and few other independent militarized insititutions. ...

External links

• Missile blasts Ukraine flats (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/723004.stm) (BBC).