Kyiv - Wikipedia
Kyiv (also Kiev) [a] is the capital and most populous city of Ukraine. It is in north-central Ukraine along the Dnieper River . As of 1 January 2022, its population was 2,952,301, [ 2 ] making Kyiv the seventh-most populous city in Europe. [ 11 ]
Kyiv | Points of Interest, Map, Facts, & History | Britannica
2 days ago · Kyiv, chief city and capital of Ukraine. A port on the Dnieper (Dnipro) River and a large railroad junction, it is a city with an ancient and proud history. As the centre of Kyivan (Kievan) Rus, the first eastern Slavic state, 1,000 years ago, it …
Blasts Rock Kyiv and Other Cities Across Ukraine
11 hours ago · Ukraine’s Air Force said that four ballistic missiles and 39 attack drones had been used in the assault and that two of the ballistic missiles had been shot down in the Kyiv region.
Russian attack kills 3 people in Ukraine's Kyiv | AP News
12 hours ago · Drones and missiles were shot down across Ukraine, in the Poltava, Sumy, Kharkiv, Cherkasy, Chernihiv, Kyiv, Khmelnytskyi, Zhytomyr, Kirovohrad, Dnipropetrovsk, Kherson and Donetsk regions. Elsewhere, industrial sites in Russia’s Kaluga and Tula regions were set ablaze by Ukrainian drone attacks, local officials said Saturday.
Kyiv - Ancient Capital, Slavic Culture, Kievan Rus | Britannica
2 days ago · Kyiv, with its good defensive site on the high river bluffs and as the centre of a rich agricultural area and a group of early Slavic towns, began to gain importance. About 882 Oleg (Oleh), the ruler of Novgorod, captured Kyiv and made it his capital, the centre of the first East Slavic state, Kyivan (Kievan) Rus.
Kyiv - Official website of Ukraine
Jan 29, 2024 · Not only did Kyiv’s heroic defenders completely defeat the Russian advance on the city… but Kyivites haven’t allowed the war to cancel their plans and dreams. Despite the air strikes and the sirens, Kyiv continues to create, innovate, live, and love.
History of Kyiv - Wikipedia
Following the gradual loss of Ukraine's autonomy and suppression of the local Ukrainian and Polish cultures, Kyiv experienced growing Russification in the 19th century by means of Russian migration, administrative actions (such as the Valuev Circular of 1863), and social modernization.
Kyiv - History, Culture, Architecture | Britannica
Jan 11, 2025 · Once more an independent Ukraine was declared in Kyiv, under the leadership of Symon Petlyura, but its brief and stormy history was a series of struggles between Ukrainian nationalist, anti-Bolshevik (White), and Soviet (Red) forces.
Kyiv - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Kyiv or Kiev [a] (Ukrainian: Київ) is the capital and largest city in Ukraine. It is in north-central Ukraine on the Dnieper River. Almost three million people live there. It is not a part of any oblast. However, it is surrounded by Kyiv Oblast, and is the headquarters of Kyiv Oblast. The city hosted the UEFA Euro 2012 final.
Kyiv - New World Encyclopedia
From 1934, Kiev was the capital of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic. During World War II, the city suffered significant damage, but recovered, remaining the third largest city of the Soviet Union, to become, after independence in 1991, the capital of Ukraine.