PROBLEMS OF PRESERVATION AND REVITALIZATION OF THE TERRITORY OF THE NATURAL MONUMENT – HISTORICAL "KADETSKYI HAI"

Abstract

The article is devoted to the study, preservation and revival of the territory of the historical natural monument – Kadetskyi Hai. This is a unique ecosystem with the river Vershynka, lakes and a large oak grove, which has repeatedly undergone changes. This territory is known from chronicle sources of princely times and is depicted on historical maps, it is described as an important green zone in the suburbs of ancient Kyiv, which played several functions: recreational, economic, residential, military. After 1917, the mass destruction of the green massif of Kadetskyi Hai began, which was intensified by blocks of massive construction in the 1960s. The purpose of the research: to systematize historical information about the Kadetskyi Hai, to identify its features, to identify the problems associated with the process of organizing the remaining green areas today, and to provide proposals for their solution.
 According to the developed proposals, it is necessary to clean up and arrange the bed of the Vershynka River, setting up a sanitary protection zone around it. As an option, it is proposed to move the channel further from the railway track and turn it into a place of rest. Since the part of the “Sputnyk” park in the part of the White Gazebo (Bila Altanka) and the Vershynka River is unorganized and cluttered, it is proposed to organize it.
 The disorder of green zones remains a problem, both in Sputnyk Park and landscaping within residential neighborhoods. In fact, the areas of mass construction of the 1960s have turned into “sleeping neighborhoods” over time, where there is a lack of public service facilities, parking lots, organized recreation areas, sports and children's playgrounds.
 A separate problem is related to the disorganization of green spaces. The authors investigated the greening of the Pershotravnevyi residential area on the territory of the former Kadetskyi Hai. This neighborhood is characterized by a terraced terrain, where medium-story brick houses are located on the upper and lower levels of the natural slope. In the thickness of the slope there is an extensive network of communications, so it remains undeveloped. In recent years, because of the war, slope clearing and removal of self-seeding trees and bushes have not been carried out, so this area has taken on the appearance of a forest park made of deciduous trees.