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Kyiv, labelled Kiou, in a detail of Ortelius's 1562 map "Russiae, Moscoviae et Tartariae Descriptio" (Description of Rus, Muscovy, and Tartary). Kyiv became a part of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania after the Battle at Blue Waters in 1362, when Algirdas, Grand Duke of Lithuania, beat a Golden Horde army. During the period between 1362 and 1471 ...
1619 - Jews expelled from Kyiv. [11] 1632 - Mohyla Collegium formed. [12] 1660 - Russo-Polish War (1654–1667): Armenians expelled by Tsar Alexis of Russia. [13] 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.
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] Kyiv is an important industrial, scientific, educational, and cultural center in Eastern Europe.
It was designed by sculptor Vasyl Borodai, and created to commemorate the 1500th anniversary of Kyiv. [2] [3] [4] [a] The monument was constructed with reinforced concrete and covered in copper leaf. [1] Completed in 1982, it partially collapsed in 2010, but was restored within a few months. [6] [1] [7] The monument is considered a symbol of ...
العربية; Azərbaycanca; Беларуская; Беларуская (тарашкевіца) Български; Català; Чӑвашла; Čeština; Cymraeg
The Kyiv History Museum (Ukrainian: Музей історії Києва, romanized: Muzei istorii Kyieva) is a museum in Kyiv that first opened in 1979. The museum has many displays of historical artifacts from the city and its surrounding areas, which tells stories about the history of Kyiv.
In lines 20.24–21.3, the inhabitants of Kyiv/Kiev tell Askold and Dir a brief history of the city, which does not mention either a reign of the siblings' descendants, nor of an "oppression" by the Derevlians or other neighbouring tribes; instead, the three brothers' deaths are immediately followed by paying tribute to the Khazars: [16] [17]
The Metropolis of Kyiv (Greek: Μητρόπολις Κιέβου, romanized: Mitrópolis Kiévou; Ukrainian: Ки́ївська митропо́лія, romanized: Kyivska mytropoliia; Belarusian: Кіеўская мітраполія, Kijeŭskaja mitrapolija) was an autonomous metropolis of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople [1] with center in Kyiv after its formation in 988 as a ...