Brovary is a historic town, first mentioned in 1630. InAt thatthe time there were only 60 or 70 houses in Brovary, but in 1649 a Cossack [[sotnia]] is known to have been formed there. Cossacks took part in the [[Khmelnytsky Uprising]] under [[Bohdan Khmelnytsky]]`'s leadership.
ItsOriginally, the town was called Brovari ({{Lang-uk|Броварі}}), but the name was changed in 1969 to make it [[Russification of Ukraine|more similar to Russian]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2016-11-28 |title=Машина часу. Історія міста Бровари: Швидка комунізація і довга декомунізація |url=https://www.5.ua/suspilstvo/mashyna-chasu-istoriia-mista-brovary-shvydka-komunizatsiia-i-dovha-dekomunizatsiia-132089.html? |website=5 Канал |language=uk}}</ref> The name, translated from Ukrainian, means 'breweries' (and is a loanword from [[Dutch language|Dutch]]). The town got its name after breweries where special beer was made. Travellers who went to [[Kyiv]] often stopped in Brovary, rested, dined and drank the local tasty beer. Many famous people visited Brovary while travelling to Kyiv. A Ukrainian poet, [[Taras Shevchenko]], was among them. He visited this town many times in the period from 1829 to 1847. Nowadays there is a monument to Shevchenko in the place from which Brovary began its history as a town, in its old centre.
===Early 21st century===
International ill-fame came to the city in 2000 after one of its [[apartment block]]s was hit by a stray surface-to-surface [[missile]] launched from a neighbouring army shooting range in Honcharivs'keHoncharivske. Three people were killed.
Prior to the country-wide administrative reform of 17 July 2020, Brovary was incorporated as a [[city of regional significance (Ukraine)|city of oblast significance]], and was not part of [[Brovary Raion]], even though the [[Capital city|administrative centre]] of the raion was located there.
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==Geography==
Brovary is a districtraion centre in Kyiv regionOblast. It is situated 20 kilometers from the capital of Ukraine, Kyiv. Brovary districtRaion lies in the areas of mixed forests. The climate here is moderately continental with the middle temperature -6 C in January and +19 C in July.
