Darnytsia Raion (Ukrainian: Дарницький район, Darnuts'kyi raion), is a raion (administrative district) of the Ukrainian capital Kiev (Kyiv). See rayon for the textile made of processed cellulose. ... 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. ... A monument to St. ...

Although an exact date of establishment of the area is not known, there is evidence that during the 4th and 3rd centuries BC, a Neolithical settlement existed near lake Svyatyscshe (Ukrainian: Святище). During the 9th century, Darnytsia was an important center of the Kievan Rus, where ambassadors and delegations from other powers were housed while waiting to meet the knyaz and offer gifts. This gave the area its name Darnytsia, (derived from Slavic/Ukrainian dar, meaning gift). Kievan Rus′ (Ки́евская Ру́сь, Kievskaya Rus in Russian; Київська Русь, Kyivs’ka Rus’ in Ukrainian) was the early, mostly East Slavic¹ state dominated by the city of Kiev (ru: Ки́ев, Kiev; uk: Ки́їв, Kyiv), from about 880 to the middle of the 12th century. ... Kniaz’ or knyaz is a word found in some Slavic languages. ... The Slavic languages (also called Slavonic languages), a group of closely related languages of the Slavic peoples and a subgroup of Indo-European languages, have speakers in most of Eastern Europe, in much of the Balkans, in parts of Central Europe, and in the northern part of Asia. ...

Until late 19th century, the name Darnytsia was commonly applied to the plain on Left Bank of Dnieper river (Ukrainian: Dnipro) across from the Kiev city center. Up to the Bolshevik Revolution in 1917, the area was legally part of the Governorate of Chernigov (Chernihiv), despite being adjacent to Kiev, also a center of its Guberniya, with the Dnieper river being the official division line. Alternative meaning: Nineteenth Century (periodical) (18th century — 19th century — 20th century — more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 19th century was that century which lasted from 1801-1900 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar. ... Length 2,290 km Elevation of the source -  m Average discharge 1670  m³/s Area watershed 516,300  km² Origin  Russia Mouth  Black Sea Basin countries Russia, Belarus, Ukraine The Dnieper River (also: Dnepr, Dnyapro or Dnipro) is a river (2,290 km length) which flows from Russia through Belarus... The October Revolution, also known as the Bolshevik Revolution, was the second phase of the Russian Revolution, the first having been instigated by the events around the February Revolution. ... Guberniya (also gubernia, guberniia, and gubernya) (Russian: губе́рния) was a major administrative subdivision of the Imperial Russia, usually translated as province or Governorate General. ... Chernihiv (Ukrainian: ), often called by the Old East Slavic and russian name Chernigov (Чернигов) is an ancient city in northern Ukraine, the capital of Chernihiv Oblast (province). ... Length 2,290 km Elevation of the source -  m Average discharge 1670  m³/s Area watershed 516,300  km² Origin  Russia Mouth  Black Sea Basin countries Russia, Belarus, Ukraine The Dnieper River (also: Dnepr, Dnyapro or Dnipro) is a river (2,290 km length) which flows from Russia through Belarus...

While throughout the 19th century the area was progressively becoming more densely populated, the dwellers were technically residing outside of Kiev in village-like (but non-village by status) settlements called Slobidkas (Sloboda, Slobodka in Russian). Certain parts on Darnytsia still bear the names of the Slobidka they displaced (notably Mykilska Slobidka St. Nicholas Settlement). A reference to colonization, or the resulting communities. ... Saint Nicholas, also known as Nikolaus in Germany and Sinterklaas (a contracted form of Sint Nicolaas) in the Netherlands and Flanders, is the common name for the historical Saint Nicholas of Myra, who lived in 4th century Byzantine Anatolia, (now in modern Turkey) and had a reputation for secret gift... A reference to colonization, or the resulting communities. ...

The area urbanised started industrializing between World War I and World War II, after becoming a part of Kiev. Following World War II, the area underwent a major reconstruction and modernisation and became heavily industrialised, with installation of chemical, textile, pharmaceutical and food processing industries. Major infrastructure projects, including heat-and-power co-generation units, railroad stations, highways and Metro lines were accomplished. Several research institutes found their new home here, including three major chemical institutes of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. World War I was primarily a European conflict with many facets: immense human sacrifice, stalemate trench warfare, and the use of new, devastating weapons - tanks, aircraft, machine guns, and poison gas. ... World War II was a truly global conflict with many facets: immense human suffering, fierce indoctrination, and the use of new, extremely devastating weapons such as the atomic bomb. ... A chemical substance is any material substance used in or obtained by a process in chemistry: A chemical compound is a substance consisting of two or more chemical elements that are chemically combined in fixed proportions. ... It has been suggested that Textile manufacturing be merged into this article or section. ... Pharmacology (in Greek: pharmacon is drug, and logos is science) is the study of how chemical substances interfere with living systems. ... Metro is: a general term, synonymous with rapid transit, subway or underground, for an urban underground rail public transit system (see list of rapid transit systems); any of several specific public transport systems, including: Bi-State Development Agency in Missouri and Illinois, d/b/a Metro since 2003 Buffalo Metro... The National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine is the highest state research organization of Ukraine. ...

Today, the term Darnytsia is sometimes broadly (but incorrectly) applied to the entire Left Bank area of Kiev, except the distant areas of Vigurovshina-Troeshina to the North and Poznyaky to the South. Formally, the district underwent many border changes, and today encompasses approximately one third of the Left Bank. A planned district change could make Darnytsia district either expand to encompass half of the Left Bank area, or cease to exist being redistributed between Desna and Dnipro districts.

The Darnytsia neighbourhood boarders are generally understood to be:

• Mykil'ska Slobidka, Rusanivka Island and Bereznyaky to the West
• Voskresinka, Troeshina and Lisovy Massyv to the North
• Bykivnia neigborhood and the town of Bortnichi to the East
• Poznyaky, Osokorky and Kharkivskyi Massyvs to the South