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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 center in Eastern Europe ...
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.
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 ...
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 ...
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to the Russo-Ukrainian War: Russo-Ukrainian War – ongoing international conflict between Russia, alongside Russian-backed separatists, and Ukraine, which began in February 2014. Following Ukraine's Revolution of Dignity, Russia annexed Crimea from Ukraine and supported pro ...
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 ...
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.
Dnipro is a major educational centre in Ukraine and is home to two of Ukraine's top-ten universities; the Oles Honchar Dnipro National University and Dnipro Polytechnic National Technical University. The system of high education institutions connects 38 institutions in Dnipro, among them 14 of IV and ІІІ levels of accreditation, and 22 of І ...