Kiev Oblast
Kyiv Oblast (also known as Kiev Oblast) (, translit. "Kyivs’ka oblast’"; also referred to as Kyivshchyna – ) is an oblast (province) in central Ukraine. The administrative center of the oblast is the city of Kyiv (Kiev, , "Kyiv"), which is also the capital of Ukraine. Despite being in the center of the Kyiv Oblast, and hosting the governing bodies of the oblast, Kyiv is a self-governing city with special status and not under oblast jurisdiction.