Lesya Ukrainka Boulevard () is a boulevard in Pecherskyi District of the city of Kyiv, in the area of Pechersk and Cherepanova Hora. It runs from the Bessarabska Square and Shota Rustaveli Street via Baseina Street (of which the boulevard is a continuation), Shovkovychna Street, Hospitalna Street and Mechnikova Street to (part of the Small Ring Road of Kyiv). The boulevard is named in honour of famous poet Lesya Ukrainka (1871âÂÂ1913, whose pseudonymous surname literally means "Ukrainian woman").
It intersects with Novospitalna Street, Mala Shiyanovska Street, General Almazov Street, Mykhailo Zadniprovsky Street, , John McCain Street, Petra Bolbochana Street, Kurhanivska Street, Verkhnia Street, and . Lesya Ukrainka Boulevard is connected by the Pechersky Bridge to Bastionna Street and Mykhailo Boichuk Street.
The boulevard appeared in the late 1950s in connection with the start of construction on previously undeveloped areas between Hospitalna and Novohospitalna Streets. The final section was laid on the site of the old Zasarayna Street (òÃÂûøÃÂàÃÂðÃÂðÃÂðÃÂùýþÃÂ; between Novospitalna Street and the modern Lesia Ukrainka Square), Shchorsa (éþÃÂÃÂð; from the current Lesya Ukrainka Square to John McCain Street) and Pecherskoi (ÃÂõÃÂõÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂúþÃÂ; in 1958), Pecherskyi Boulevard (ÃÂõÃÂõÃÂÃÂÃÂúøù ñÃÂûÃÂòðÃÂ). The current name Lesya Ukrainka Boulevard was given to it in 1961.
In August 2011, major repairs were carried out on the boulevard's roadway as part of the city's preparations for Euro 2012.