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Czyste is a neighbourhood, and an area of the City Information System, in the city of Warsaw, Poland, located within the district of Wola.

History
The oldest known mention of Czyste in documentation comes from the 15th century. At the time, it was most likely owned by the descendants of the knight Gotard of Raków. It was founded on area with rich and fertile soil, where the sources of rivers of Drna, and Sadurka, were located.

In 18th century, the main road of Czyste was current Karolkowa Street, which lead from Warsaw to the villages of Szczęśliwice and Rakowiec. After 1780, banker and businessman Karol Schulz (1752–1796) had bought a portion of area of Czyste, where he then located his summer house, which included a villa, and a rich garden, forming landed property known as Karolin and Karolowa Wola. Later, most likely after 1792, the area of Czyste was bought by the Biernacki family. At the time, the main road of the settlement was current.

At the beginning of the 19th century, the area of Czyste was subdivided and sold, which led to its development. Before 1830, in Czyste lived 220 people, and were located 16 households. Between 1845 and 1848, in the Czyste were build railway tracks of the Warsaw–Vienna Railway, which cut the village in half. The northern side, located in the modern area of Czyste, became an suburban area of Wola, while the southern side, located in the modern areas of Old Ochota, and Szczęśliwice, became an suburban area of Ochota. By the end of 19th century, rapid expansion in the area led to Czyste, Koło, Ochota, and Wola merging together. Combined they a population of around 8000 people, and had 520 households and 462 other buildings. Czyste was specialized in farming, and additionally it had several factories located there.

In the second half of the the 19th century, Czyste was the seat of the goverment of the gmina (municipality) of Czyste. In 1912, portion of Czyste was incorporated into Warsaw. On 1 April 1916, almost entire territory of the municipality of Czyste, including Czyste itself, was incorporated into the city of Warsaw.