Holosiivskyi National Nature Park  The Holosiivskyi National Nature Park is a protected remnant of forest surrounded by the urban area of the city of Kiev, Ukraine. It is located on the Kiev hills, in the Dniester-Dnieper forest-steppe province, North-Dnieper lowland and steppe zone of Left-Bank Dnieper province, in Holosiivskyi District. Its total area is 4525.52 hectares, of which 1879.43 hectares are in permanent use. It is managed by the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of Ukraine. A variety of landscapes, significant biodiversity, lakes and wetlands, plus historical, cultural and ethnographic monuments define a high importance of the park’s area for scientific research, monitoring of ecosystems and conservation, as well as use by locals of ecological trails. The park consists of several spatially disconnected forests located in the southern part of the city of Kiev The park area belongs to the forest-steppe zone, with its main area covered by forest - 4232.8 hectares (more than 90% of the territory). Wetlands make up 66.2 ha, and the remaining 45.9 ha is water. As a toponym it is first mentioned in 1541 as a domain of the Kiev Cave Monastery. In 1617 there was a khutir Holosiivskyi. The area is located between such Kiev neighborhoods like Demiivka, Teremky, Feofania, Mysholovka, Dobryi Shlyakh, Pyrohiv, Samburky, and Kytayiv. Following the Soviet persecutions against religion, at the former monastic areas was established a local agrarian institute, previously part of the Kiev Polytechnic (today National University of Life and Environmental Sciences of Ukraine). In 1950s-1960s on some territory of the Holosiiv Woods were created Expocenter of Ukraine and Rylskyi Holosiiv City Park. Later there were built several institutions of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. Its southwestern parts were developed into separate Feofania neighborhood, which was known as a settlement of the St. Michael Kiev Monastery. Feofania is separated from Holosiiv by the European route E40 which between Pyrohiv and Vita-Lytovska passes the main ridge of Kiev Hills and turns north towards the city's centre along the Dnieper embankment. The park is on the eastern edge of the "Central European mixed forests" ecoregion, meeting the western reaches of the "East European forest steppe" ecoregion.