A chronicle-old village on the Kyiv Sea
Liutizh
Liutizh is a village on the shore of the Kyiv Reservoir, about 22 kilometres north of Kyiv, and a country residence here means water, forest and space the city cannot give. The village appears in the chronicles under the year 975, with Mezhyhiria and the museum-reserve at Novi Petrivtsi close by.
Character and history
Legend links the name to Liut, son of the warlord Sveneld. Near the village lies the Liutizh archaeological site, an iron-working centre from the first century BC to the first century AD on the Dnipro floodplain. In September 1943 the Liutizh bridgehead was seized here on the right bank; the museum-reserve in neighbouring Novi Petrivtsi keeps that memory.
Location and nature
Liutizh is part of Petrivtsi rural hromada in Vyshhorod district. The reservoir lies to the east, forest and Huta-Mezhyhirska to the west, and Stari Petrivtsi to the south-west. In 2022 the government approved making Mezhyhiria in Novi Petrivtsi a park of national importance.
Homes and who they suit
People come here for a residence rather than a house: large plots by the water, guest houses, private access to the shore. The village has its own Liutizh Lyceum, but for most buyers Liutizh is a country residence for family and guests. The honest drawback: Kyiv is over twenty kilometres away, so a daily commute suits only those happy to drive.
- On the Kyiv Sea shore
- About 22 km from Kyiv
- First chronicled in 975
- Next to Mezhyhiria
See also
Next steps in this district
- District guideCompare: Bucha district guide
- District guideCompare: Lebedivka district guide
