# Kyiv

| Kyiv Київ Kyiv |
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| BannerCoat airms |
| KyivMap o Ukraine wi Kiev heichlichtit |
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| Kintra |  Ukraine |
| Municipality | Kiev Ceety Municipality |
| Foondit | 5t century |
| Raions |
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* Darnytskyi Raion
* Desnianskyi Raion
* Dniprovskyi Raion
* Holosiivskyi Raion
* Obolonskyi Raion
* Pecherskyi Raion
* Podilskyi Raion
* Shevchenkivskyi Raion
* Solomianskyi Raion
* Sviatoshynskyi Raion
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| Govrenment |
|  • Mayor | Vitali Klitschko |
|  • Heid o Ceety State Admeenistration | Vitali Klitschko |
| Area |
|  • City | 839 km2 (324 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 179 m (587 ft) |
| Population (15 Julie 2013) |
|  • City | 7,006,284,720,000,000,000♠2,847,200 |
|  • Density | 3299/km2 (8,540/sq mi) |
|  • Metro | 7,006,337,500,000,000,000♠3,375,000o the Kiev metropolitan aurie |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
|  • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Postal code | 01xxx-04xxx |
| Area code(s) | +380 44 |
| License plate | AA (before 2004: КА, КВ, КЕ, КН, КІ, KT) |
| Website | www.kmv.gov.ua |

**Kyiv** (Ukrainian: Київ) or **Kiev**, is the caipital an the lairgest ceety o Ukraine, locatit in the north central pairt o the kintra on the Dnieper River.

Kyiv is an important industrial, scienteefic, educational an cultural centre o Eastren Europe. It is hame tae mony hie-tech industries, heichher education institutions an warld-famous historical laundmerks. The ceety haes an extensive infrastructure an heichlie developed seestem o public transport, includin the Kiev Metro. Kyiv wis clessifee'd as a Beta global ceety as o 2004.

The name Kyiv is said tae derive frae the name o Kyi, ane o fower legendary foonders o the ceety (brithers Kyi, Shchek, Khoryv, an sister Lybid). Durin its history, Kyiv, ane o the auldest ceeties in Eastren Europe, passed throu several stages o great prominence an relative obscurity. The ceety mey hae been foondit in the 5t century as a tradin post, aiblins pairt o the land o the early Slavs. It gradually acquired eminence as the centre o the East Slavic civilization, becomin in the tent tae twalt centuries a poleetical an cultural caipital o Rus', a medieval East Slavic state. Completely destroyed durin the Mongol invasion in 1240, the ceety lost maist o its influence for the centuries tae come. It wis a provincial caipital o marginal importance in the ootskirts o the territories controlled bi its pouerful neighbours; first the Grand Duchy o Lithuanie, follaed bi Poland an Roushie.

The ceety prospered again durin the Roushie Empire's industrial revolution in the late 19t century. Efter the turbulent period follaein the Roushie Revolution o 1917, frae 1921 onwards Kyiv wis an important ceety o the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, an, frae 1934, its caipital. Durin Warld War II, the ceety again suffered significant damage, but quickly recovered in the post-war years remainin the third lairgest ceety o the Soviet Union. Follaein the collapse o the Soviet Union an the Ukrainian unthirldom o 1991, Kyiv remained the caipital o Ukraine.

## Internaitional relations

### Twin touns — Sister ceeties

Kyiv is twinned wi:

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| * Leipzig, Germany *(syne 1961)*
* Ankara, Turkey *(syne 1993)*
* Athens, Greece.
* Baku, Azerbaijan.
* Beijing, Cheenae *(since 1993)*
* Belgrade, Serbie.
* Bratislava, Slovakie.
* Brussels, Belgium.
* Budapest, Hungary.
* Chicago, Illinois, Unitit States.
* Chisinau, Moldovae.
* Edinburgh, Unitit Kinrick *(syne 1989)*
 | * Kraków, Poland *(syne 1993)*
* Kyoto, Japan.
* Minsk, Belaroushie
* Munich, Germany.
* Odense, Denmark.
* Paris, Fraunce.
* Pretoria, Sooth Africae.
* Riga, Latvie.
* Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
* Roum, Italy.
* Santiago, Chile.
* Sofia, Bulgarie.
* Tirana, Albanie.
 | * Florence, Italy.
* Helsinki, Finland.
* Stockholm, Swaden.
* Tallinn, Estonie.
* Tbilisi, Georgie.*(since 1999)*
* Toronto, Canadae.
* Toulouse, Fraunce.
* Warsaw, Poland.
* Wuhan, Cheenae.
* Vienna, Austrick.
* Vilnius, Lithuanie.
* Yerevan, Armenie.
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## Honour

Kiev Peninsula in Graham Land, Antarctica is named efter the ceety o Kiev.

## Gallery

* St. Michael's Kirk
* Gowden Yett
* Pechersk Lavra
* Pechersk Lavra