Assertion: metro | /r/HasProperty | pioneering city
Facets:
value: for imperial russian rapid transit
type: PURPOSE
value: previously
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: The story of a rapid transit system in Kyiv begins in September 1916 when businessmen of the Russo-American trading corporation attempted to collect funds to sponsor construction of a metro in Kyiv, which previously had been a pioneering city for Imperial Russian rapid transit, opening the first Russian tram system.