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  2. History of Kyiv - Wikipedia

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    After 57 years as the capital of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic of the Soviet Union, the city became the capital of independent Ukraine in 1991. The city was the site of mass protests over the 2004 Ukrainian presidential election by supporters of opposition candidate Viktor Yushchenko beginning on 22 November 2004 at Independence Square.

  3. Timeline of Kyiv - Wikipedia

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    1667 - Truce of Andrusovo leads to Kyiv temporarily becoming part of the Tsardom of Russia. 1686 - Eternal Peace Treaty of 1686 makes the transfer to Russia permanent. 1693 - Cathedral of the Epiphany built. [4] 1696 - St. Nicholas Cathedral consecrated. [4] 1701 - Imperial Theological Academy formed. [4] 1708 - Kiev Governorate founded.

  4. Timeline of Russian history - Wikipedia

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    This is a timeline of Russian history, ... Khmelnytsky entered the Ukrainian capital, Kiev. 1649: ... Eastern Europe, Russia and Central Asia 2003. Europa ...

  5. History of Russia - Wikipedia

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    The Millennium of Russia monument in Veliky Novgorod (unveiled on 8 September 1862). The history of Russia begins with the histories of the East Slavs. [1] [2] The traditional start date of specifically Russian history is the establishment of the Rus' state in the north in the year 862, ruled by Varangians.

  6. Kyiv - Wikipedia

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    Kyiv (also 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 ]

  7. Kievan Rus' - Wikipedia

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    "Rus' land" from the Primary Chronicle, a copy of the Laurentian Codex. During its existence, Kievan Rus' was known as the "Rus' land" (Old East Slavic: ро́усьскаѧ землѧ́, romanized: rusĭskaę zemlę, from the ethnonym Роусь, Rusĭ; Medieval Greek: Ῥῶς, romanized: Rhos; Arabic: الروس, romanized: ar-Rūs), in Greek as Ῥωσία, Rhosia, in Old French as Russie ...

  8. Russian Empire - Wikipedia

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    Russian troops then pursued Napoleon's troops to the gates of Paris, presiding over the redrawing of the map of Europe at the Congress of Vienna (1815), which ultimately made Alexander the monarch of Congress Poland. [48] The "Holy Alliance" was proclaimed, linking the monarchist great powers of Austria, Prussia, and Russia.

  9. Principality of Kiev - Wikipedia

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    Kiev remained the core of the country and was the centre of spiritual life with the office of the Metropolitan of the Eastern Orthodox Church in Kiev. Following the death of Mstislav I of Kiev in 1132, the semi-autonomous states were de facto independent and so led to the emergence of the Principality of Kiev as a separate state.