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Since mid-November 2014, Mezhyhirya ((ウクライナ語:Межигір'я), ''Mežihìr’â'') has been a museum that displays the luxury of its former owner, former President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych,〔(Ukraine: Former President Viktor Yanukovych's Palatial Residence in Mezhyhirya Opens as Museum ), International Business Times (November 17, 2014)〕〔 (Янукович заявляет, что он - законный владелец резиденции «Межгорье» ''Yanukovych said that he - the rightful owner of the residence Mezhyhirya'' ), UNIAN (7 August 2009)〕 The estate is located in the village of Novi Petrivtsi, Vyshhorod Raion.〔 (На "Межигір'я" рушила колона автомобілів: активісти хочуть заблокувати президента ''On the way to the residence of the President of activists stopped by the Berkut'' ), Televiziyna Sluzhba Novyn (1 December 2013)〕〔〔(Euromaidan activists depart for Mezhyhirya residence ), Interfax-Ukraine (6 December 2013) (Traffic on road towards Mezhyhirya residence blocked off by police – media ), Interfax-Ukraine (6 December 2013)〕 Yanukovych lived in it from 2002 to 21 February 2014, when he abandoned the estate during the 2014 Ukrainian revolution.〔Leshchenko, S. ''(Life of the state elite: freebie apartment for Viktor Yanukovych )''. Ukrayinska Pravda. December 29, 2009〕〔 The estate is over and is situated on the banks of the Dnieper river (Kiev Reservoir).〔(Ukraine elections marked by curses, threats and brutality ), theguardian.com (26 October 2012)〕 From 1935 to 2007 Mezhyhirya was a state government residence until it was turned into private property. In 2012 the State Administration of Affairs rented a space from Tantalit for 99,691 hryvnia per year, arranging it for official receptions.〔(Yanukovych will forget way to work? For him was built an office in Mezhyhirya ). Ukrayinska Pravda. February 26, 2012〕〔(For office in Mezhyhirya Yanukovych will pay from the Budget 100 thousand per year to its own company ). Ukrayinska Pravda. March 2, 2012〕〔Leshchenko, S. ''(Viktor Yanukovych: We building new country. Within Mezhyhirya )''. Ukrayinska Pravda. April 7, 2010. Accessed February 15, 2014〕 Internet newspaper ''Ukrayinska Pravda'' in its investigation published a number of documents that confirm a link between those organizations-tenants, family members of Yanukovych and his entourage.〔Leshchenko, S. ''(Is Yanukovich going to legalize Mezhyhirya? )''. Ukrayinska Pravda. July 29, 2010〕 The 140-hectares Mezhyhirya complex is enclosed by a five meter tall fence along the perimeter.〔Serov, I., Homon, D., Kasianova, I. ''(In Mezhyhirya Yanukovych has a zoo, aerodrome, and orangery )''. Segodnya. June 7, 2010〕 On its territory are located a yacht pier, equestrian club, shooting range, tennis court and many other recreational tourism complexes〔Leshchenko, S. ''(Part II )''. Ukrayinska Pravda. April 19, 2010〕 as well as hunting grounds.〔Leshchenko, S. ''(Yanukovych sheltered in Mezhyhirya... the hunting club of deputies-regionalists )''. November 26, 2009〕 The lease of in Mezhyhirya for Yanukovych cost 314 hryvnia per month (2010)〔(Yanukovych rents Mezhyhirya residence for 3 hryvnia per are )''. TSN. June 3, 2010〕 which was about $39.57 according to the exchange rate.〔(US Dollar to Ukraine Hryvnia (USD UAH) for 6 June 2010 (06/06/2010) ). Exchange Rates UK.〕 Another, perhaps even more luxurious residence was under construction near Cape Aya in Crimea at the time of the 2014 Ukrainian Revolution which ousted Yanukovych from office.〔http://www.unian.net/politics/888936-v-kryimu-otkryili-dostup-k-myisu-ayya-gde-stroili-mejigore-2-udar.html〕 Journalists call it "Mezhyhirya №2". The complexes at the site also include an automobile museum displaying some of Yanukoviche's former exotic cars, a golf course, ostrich farm, dog kennel, numerous fountains, man made lakes, a helicopter pad, and a small church. ==History== Until April 10, 1786, the space now occupied by the modern residence was inhabited by the Savior-Transfiguration Monastery, the establishment of which is attributed prior to the period of princely epoch in Kiev, which was liquidated by the Russian Imperial edict of Catherine the Great. A year later, the monastery was set on fire, supposedly on the order of the same Catherine the Great. Ukrainian poet Taras Shevchenko wrote about the incident: "As tsaritsa with Nechesa walked around Kiev and the Mezhyhirya Savior she set on fire at night".〔Shevchenko, T ''(Slipyi (Blind) )''. Collection of works in six tomes. Vol.1: Poetry 1837-1847. Kiev, 2003. 297-313; 723-725.〕 At the end of the 19th century the monastery was restored as a female monastery called "Intercession of the Saints", but in 1923 was once again closed by the Bolsheviks. During 1923–1931 the monastery building was used by as a college for ceramic production. Former cells of the monastery became occupied by a commune of artists-monumentalists. In 1931 the college was moved to Kiev. At the same year the iconostasis of the Savior-Transfiguration Monastery was destroyed.〔Vechersky, V. ''Lost objects of architectural heritage of Ukraine''. Kiev: NDITIAM - Holovkyivarkhitektura, 2002. 103-104〕 Mezhyhirya is also the former summer house of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union's leaders since 1935.〔 During the occupation by Nazi Germany, it was a residence of the Reich Commissar Erich Koch in a palace of the Kiev Military District commander Iona Yakir.〔Lysenko, V. ''(Legends and treasures of the Mezhyhirya Abbey )''. "Collection of regional studies materials". Kiev 2010.〕 Before its privatization by the President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych (at that time Prime Minister of Ukraine), the residence belonged to the State recreation complex Pushcha Vodytsia. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mezhyhirya Residence」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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