Dyukivsky Garden in Odesa Has Been Returned to the City

The court ruled in favor of the Odesa City Council in its dispute with the limited liability company “Katyusha” and ordered the termination of the lease agreement for a plot of land in “Dyukivsky Garden” Park.

According to the press service of the Odesa City Hall, the municipal enterprise “Miskzelentrest” is now responsible for maintaining this area.

“The next step was a commission inspection of the park’s water bodies. Experts found that the ponds, which are privately owned by Green-Nova LLC, were in unsatisfactory sanitary condition. The owner was issued an official order to bring the facility and the surrounding area up to standard,” the city hall stated.

The municipality also stated that despite repeated requests and notifications from the city, the work carried out by the business owner did not resolve the identified violations. In light of this, the Department of Ecology and Recreational Area Development of the Odesa City Council forwarded the case materials to the State Environmental Inspectorate and the prosecutor’s office to take appropriate action.

Dyukivsky Gardenis located at the junction of two quite colorful historic districts of Odesa: Moldavanka and Slobidka. Many stories are associated with this area. In 1789, it was right here, in Vodyana Balka, that Ribas and his Cossack regiments spent the night before the assault on Khadzhibey on September 14. Historical sources also mention a spring with fresh water that the Cossacks used to quench their thirst on the eve of the Battle of Khadzhibey. These springs still exist in the park today and supply water to the ponds within its grounds.

In June, Odessa’s acting mayor, Ihor Koval, ordered the allocation of funds for the maintenance and reconstruction of “Dyukivsky Garden Park,” a park of local significance that serves as a monument to landscape architecture. The funds in question came from the Odessa City Environmental Protection Fund and amounted to 522 thousand hryvnias.

In 2024, the Odesa City Council filed a lawsuit demanding the termination of the lease agreement, which had been signed in October 2010 for a term of 49 years. City officials claimed at the time that “Katyusha” Center LLC owed the city 8.4 million hryvnias. This amount also included inflation-related losses and late fees. In addition,the city councilinsisted that the plot be returned in the same condition in which it was transferred to the lessee and demanded that “Katyusha” Center LLC pay over 106,000 hryvnias in court fees.

According todatafrom the YouControl analytical system, the company’s owners have changed several times. Initially, the founders included Russian citizens Alexei and Kristina Lambini. Currently, the owner and founder of the company isYevgen Rastivsky from the Zhytomyr region, in whose name approximately 100 other companies are also registered.

Кирило Бойко

Dyukivsky Garden in Odesa Has Been Returned to the City

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