Streets and Names

Larysa Rudenko

Larysa Arkhypivna Rudenko was born on January 28, 1918 in the town of Makiyivka in the Donetsk region. When she was 16, she came to the capital of Ukraine and entered the conservatoire. Being a talented girl, she was highly appreciated by her teachers.
The singer was among the most significant representatives of the Ukrainian vocal school and was supervised by Olena Muravyova. Larysa Rudenko was offered to work in Moscow, but she had a strong desire to live and sing in Kyiv. The first part she performed was “The Queen of Spades” by Pyotr Chaykovsky. She had worked in the National Opera House for 30 years and performed about 50 vocal parts.
Among the most popular operas with Larysa Rudenko participation were “Christmas Night” and “Taras Bulba” by Mykola Lysenko, “Boris Godunov” by Musorgsky, “Carmen” by Bize, “Aida” by Verdi. She was also shot in the Naimychka opera-film at Kyiv’s cinema studio.
Larysa Arkhypivna was gifted enough to personify different images: happy and suffering, strong and weak characters. When the singer was giving conserts, her mezzo-soprano would captivate her audience. She also sang folk songs, romances, arias and taught students at Kyiv’s conservatoire and Theater Institute.
The singer died in 1981 and was buried in the Baikove cemetery.

Larysa Rudenko Street

Larysa Rudenko Street appeared on the map of Kyiv in 1993. It starts from the street of Solomiya Krushelnytska and runs until the avenue of Mykola Bazhan. Rudenko Street is connected with the street of Oleksandr Mishuha and Vyshniakivska Street.
This street is one of the most attractive places in the Poznyaky area because in this part of the Darnytsky district one can find many newly built apartment houses, while there are some built in the so-called post-Soviet era. In Rudenko Street alone there are more than a dozen of such post-Soviet buildings, maybe, they are not so beautiful but they reflect our past and we can see the examples of the architecture of our parents’ youth. This is a residential area, therefore there are no industrial enterprises here.
Housing construction goes on in Rudenko Street and one can still see some ongoing construction projects.
Rudenko Street is short – it is a mere 700 meters long. So you can easily pass it through on foot, but you can also catch a public bus or a shuttle taxi bus because this street incorporates a highway.
For your information, these are the numbers of public buses or shuttle taxi buses you can catch there - 407, 492, 225d, 591, 594.
Many young families live in this area, therefore there are many colourful playgrounds for children and one kindergarten. Besides, one school is located here.
If you come here by car, it is easy to find a place to park the car, as there is a specially built parking building, offering 150 parking lots.
In summer or during warm periods of spring or autumn, you may walk along the street planted with green or yellow and red (in autumn) trees, and if you have some spare time, you can visit one of the small cafes located along the street.
If you need to buy some food or medicines in Rudenko Street, you can easily find a small food store or a chemist’s here.
Despite the fact that the architecture of the street looks usual at first sight, one can see some unusual buildings – these are round office buildings occupied by different companies.

Maria Bodnar 10-A Form, 16 years

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