Kiev

**Kiev** is a Soviet city located on the banks of the Dnieper River in North-Central Ukraine. It is one of the larger towns in regard to the USSR, however, it is ruled by only Harrier. It lays claim to the entirety of Ukraine, despite the fact that there are (at the time of writing this) three official cities in Ukraine not managed by Kiev. Kiev is known for only having 5, albeit very large, buildings. These buildings include (in chronological order): The Monastery of the Blue Oyster Cult, the Regional Headquarters of the Communist Party, The Ukrainian Museum of National History, the Golden Gate, and the state-run Casino of Kiev.

## History

### **Origin and Founding**

Harrier was originally a member of Riga, and ruled over their Colony of Ram Ranch. However, due to the threat of the Galactic Republic (GR) possibly claiming Kiev or the area around it, Pip decided to send Harrier there to claim it. This was successful, as the GR stayed out of Ukraine for a decent amount of time.

### **Siege and Invasion by the Galactic Republic**

Despite the fact that Harrier stayed out of Soviet foreign relations and did not show any hostility towards the GR, the GR (specifically Cherniy, Qwikk, and Kalu) claimed the town of Pripyat, to the northwest of Kiev. The motives of this are unknown, but it is highly believed that this move was meant to anger Lenin and because "haha Chernobyl funny meme". This occurred just days after Kalu attacked Kiev unprovoked, probably knowing that Harrier was the Soviets' weakest link, and the Soviets took this as an act of hostility. After days of back and forth on what to do, Harrier bravely confronted Cherniy and they both created a treaty on behalf of their two countries. However, after Cherniy was banned for alting, his part of Pripyat fell and was subsequently blown up by Lenin.

### **Plans**

Harrier had many plans for Kiev and Ukraine, including buying Southern Crimea and turning it into a luxury casino resort. However, Chavez would not sell it to him, and Lenin subsequently covered North Crimea in stone and Grunt/Negan created a town there. Most of Harrier's plans for Ukraine have unfortunately had to be scrapped, due to losing land to other players, lack of resources, or even pure impracticality of said projects.

## Buildings and Other Structures

Harrier has created 5 major buildings, 4 smaller structures, and one other building that was built and later intentionally destroyed.

### **Monastery of the Blue Oyster Cult**

Based on a real church in Kiev and a 70s proto-metal band that he likes, this was the first building that Harrier created for Kiev. It is complete with confession boxes, pews, an altar, a prayer table, 2 murals, and even a blue oyster.

### **Communist Party Headquarters**

This large stone building was originally meant to be based off of Independence Hall in Philadelphia. Harrier took many liberties while making it and now it is the largest building in Kiev. Inside is a statue of Harrier, some stained-glass windows, an auditorium, and a bread line. Harrier never bothered to finish anything but the first floor.

### **Ukrainian Museum of Natural History**

This museum is Harrier's favorite build so far because of its interior. It houses many artifacts of Ukrainian and Soviet history. It is loosely based on real a museum in Kiev. Some of these include: A bulletin board from the ruins of Cherniy's Pripyat, a copy of the Soviet Constitution, a sign made to designate Kiev as part of the Soviet Union, short biographies on Harrier and Dilloney, the Iron armor Harrier wore after being raped by Glint, Left, EvanRichardB, and Radicalguydavid, and many other treasures.

### **The Golden Gate**

This building serves as both a military checkpoint and train station, and was built to accurately mimic the real life brick gate that was incorporated into Kiev's city walls.

### **Casino of Kiev**

The Casino of Kiev was built for the exterior to look intimidating, to symbolize the evil behind capitalism and making a profit off of anything, which is partially what the Soviet Union was founded on. As of writing this, there are only 4 gambling machines inside, but there are plans for a bar, more high-stakes gambling machines, slot machines, possible roulette, a strip club, and a wedding chapel.

### **Other Structures**

Other structures include the central fountain, central garden, city walls and moat, and embassy row (which sadly has no fully-constructed embassies. If you wish to purchase one for 0g, please inform Harrier). There used to be an old-west style train station and gift shop north of the monastery, but it has since been destroyed to make room for the Golden Gate and city walls.