Kyiv

Kyiv () 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:
  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.

 Honour 

Kiev Peninsula in Graham Land, Antarctica is named efter the ceety o Kiev.Kiev Peninsula. SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

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Category:Caipitals in Europe
Category:Ceeties wi special status in Ukraine
Category:Haly ceeties
Category:Kyiv Govrenorate
Category:Cossack Hetmanate
Category:Kyiv Voivodeship
Category:Populatit places established in the 5t century
Category:Rus' settlements
Category:Magdeburg richts
Category:Places o the Euromaidan