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1 day ago · Kyiv (Kiev), chief city and capital of Ukraine. As the center of Kyivan (Kievan) Rus, the first eastern Slavic state, it acquired the title ‘Mother of Rus Cities.’ It was severely damaged during World War II, but the independence of Ukraine from the Soviet Union in 1991 renewed its status as a major European capital.
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1 day ago · Kyiv (Kiev) Population: (2024 est.) 42,787,000. Head Of State: President: Volodymyr Zelensky. Form Of Government: unitary multiparty republic with a single legislative house (Verkhovna Rada 1 [450]) (Show more) Recent News. Apr. 28, 2024, 5:23 AM ET (AP) Russian drones set a hotel ablaze in a Ukrainian Black Sea city.
3 days ago · Kyiv Metro (in Ukrainian) Operation; Began operation: 6 November 1960; 63 years ago () Operator(s) Kyivs'kyi Metropoliten: Number of vehicles: 824 cars (in 130 trains) Technical; System length: 67.56 km (41.98 mi) Track gauge: 1,520 mm (4 ft 11 + 27 ⁄ 32 in) Electrification: Third rail, 825 V DC: Average speed: 36.11 km/h (22.44 mph)
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Apr 15, 2024 · Vladimir I (born c. 956, Kyiv, Kievan Rus [now in Ukraine]—died July 15, 1015, Berestova, near Kyiv; feast day July 15) was the grand prince of Kyiv and the first Christian ruler in Kievan Rus. His military conquests consolidated the provinces of Kyiv and Novgorod into a single state, and his Byzantine baptism determined the course of ...
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Apr 24, 2024 · Languages. Ukrainian (official) 67.5%, Russian (regional language) 29.6%, other (includes small Crimean Tatar-, Moldovan/Romanian-, and Hungarian-speaking minorities) 2.9% (2001 est.); note - in February 2018, the Constitutional Court ruled that 2012 language legislation entitling a language spoken by at least 10% of an oblast's population to be given the status of "regional language ...
Apr 25, 2024 · April 25, 2024. Russian forces have razed dozens of towns and cities in Ukraine over the past 26 months — killing thousands of civilians, forcing millions from their homes and leaving a trail of...
1 day ago · Kiev Governorate [a] was an administrative-territorial unit ( guberniya) of the Russian Empire from 1796 to 1919 and the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic from 1919 to 1925. It included the territory of right-bank Ukraine and was formed after a division of the Kiev Viceroyalty into Kiev and Little Russia Governorates in 1796.