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  2. History of Kyiv - Wikipedia

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    The Primary Chronicle, an important source of information on the early history of the area, says that Slavic Kyivans told Askold and Dir that they had no local ruler and paid tribute to the Khazars - an event attributed to the 9th century. Brook believes that in the 8th and 9th centuries the city was an outpost of the Khazar empire.

  3. National Museum of the History of Ukraine - Wikipedia

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    The Kyiv Art, Industry and Science Museum, 1904. In 1904 the museum was opened as the Emperor Nicholas II Kyiv Art, Industry and Science Museum. The museum was supported by patrons, including the Tereshchenko and Khanenko families. They financed archaeological expeditions and helped to create collections with historical and ethnographic artefacts.

  4. List of museums in Maine - Wikipedia

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    This list of museums in Maine is a list of museums, defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing.

  5. National Museum of Natural History at the National Academy of ...

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    The National Museum of Natural History at the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (Ukrainian: Національний науково-природничий музей НАН України) is a natural history museum in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv. [1] [2] It is one of the largest scientific research museums of its type. [3]

  6. List of national landmarks of cultural heritage in Kyiv

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    Scientific funds and museum exposition of the National Museum of Natural Sciences; Science and research complex of integrated, holographic and fiber optics of the Spetsprylad (Kyiv Arsenal Factory) Science and research complex of scanning tunnel and scanning electron microscopy for nanostructured studies of the Institute of Magnetism

  7. List of natural history museums in the United States

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    The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, America's first natural history museum. There are natural history museums in all 50 of the United States and the District of Columbia. The oldest such museum, the Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was founded in 1812. [1]

  8. Museums in Kyiv - Wikipedia

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    Museum of The History of Ukraine in World War II. The Museum of The History of Ukraine in World War II is a complex which commemorates the Eastern Front of World War II. [13] Its collection consists of about 300,000 pieces, and it has been visited by over 24 million visitors. [13] National Museum-Preserve "Battle for Kyiv 1943"

  9. List of World Heritage Sites in Ukraine - Wikipedia

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    Natural heritage is defined as natural features (consisting of physical and biological formations), geological and physiographical formations (including habitats of threatened species of animals and plants), and natural sites which are important from the point of view of science, conservation or natural beauty. [2]