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  2. Kyiv - Wikipedia

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    Website. kyivcity.gov.ua. Kyiv (also spelled Kiev) [a] is the capital and most populous city of Ukraine. It is in north-central Ukraine along the Dnieper River. As of 1 January 2022, its population was 2,952,301, [2] making Kyiv the seventh-most populous city in Europe. [11] Kyiv is an important industrial, scientific, educational, and cultural ...

  3. History of Kyiv - Wikipedia

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    The history of Kyiv ( Kiev ), officially begins when it was founded in 482, but the city may date back at least 2,000 years. Archaeologists have dated the oldest known settlement in the area to 25,000 BC. [1] Initially a 6th-century Slavic settlement, it gradually acquired eminence as the center of East Slavic civilization.

  4. Ukraine - Wikipedia

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    Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe.It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which borders it to the east and northeast. It also borders Belarus to the north; Poland, Slovakia, and Hungary to the west; and Romania and Moldova to the southwest; with a coastline along the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov to the south and southeast.

  5. KyivNotKiev - Wikipedia

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    KyivNotKiev. KyivNotKiev is an online campaign to persuade English-language media and organizations to exclusively use Kyiv (derived from the Ukrainian-language ' Київ ') instead of Kiev (derived from the Russian-language ' Киев ') as the name of the Ukrainian capital. [1] [2] It was started on 2 October 2018 by the Ukrainian Ministry ...

  6. Bila Tserkva - Wikipedia

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    Bila Tserkva ( Ukrainian: Біла Церква [ˈbilɐ ˈtsɛrkwɐ] ⓘ; lit. ''White Church'') is a city in Central Ukraine, located on the Ros river in the historical Right Bank region. The largest city in Kyiv Oblast (the territory of Kyiv, the regional capital, doesn't belong to the oblast), it serves as the administrative centre of Bila ...

  7. Khreshchatyk - Wikipedia

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    Khreshchatyk ( Ukrainian: Хрещатик, pronounced [xreˈʃt͡ʃɑtɪk]) is the main street of Kyiv, the capital city of Ukraine. The street is 1.2 kilometres (0.75 mi) long, and runs in a northeast-southwest direction from European Square through the Maidan to Bessarabska Square and the Besarabsky Market. The offices of the Kyiv City ...

  8. Old Kyiv - Wikipedia

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    Old Kyiv ( Ukrainian: Старий Київ, romanized : Staryi Kyiv) is a historical neighborhood of Kyiv. Other names include Upper City, Old Town, and others. It is located at the far eastern portion of the Shevchenko Raion. Old Kyiv historically represents the city of Yaroslav the Wise before it was presumably destroyed by the Mongol ...

  9. Northern Ukraine campaign - Wikipedia

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    The northern Ukraine campaign was a theater of operation in the Russian invasion of Ukraine.It involved attacks by Russia across the Russo-Ukrainian and Belarusian–Ukrainian borders, beginning on 24 February 2022, for control of Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine, and the surrounding areas of Kyiv Oblast and northern regions Zhytomyr Oblast, Sumy Oblast, and Chernihiv Oblast.