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The Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, [a] ... Kiev alone nearly doubled its population, from 1.1 million in 1959 to 2.1 million in 1979. This proved a turning ...
In more recent history, maps of the country have reflected its tumultuous political status and relations with Russia; for example, the city known as "Lvov" (Russian: Львов) during the Soviet era (until 1991) was depicted as "Leopol" or "Lemberg" during its time (1772-1918) in the Habsburg realms, while post-Soviet maps produced in Ukraine ...
In 1940 it was the site of Soviet executions of Polish officers and intelligentsia committed as part of the Katyn massacre. [58] During the Second World War, Nazi Germany occupied the city on 19 September 1941 (see the Battle of Kyiv). Overall, the battle proved disastrous for the Soviet side but it significantly delayed the German advances.
The Second Battle of Kiev was a part of a much wider Soviet offensive in Ukraine known as the Battle of the Dnieper involving three strategic operations by the Soviet Red Army and its Czechoslovak units [1] and one operational counterattack by the Wehrmacht, which took place between 3 November and 22 December 1943.
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 ]
The map to the right shows the outline of the governorates with regard to modern division of Ukraine. These included Volhynia, Podolia, Kiev, Poltava, Kharkov and Taurida, Kherson, Yekaterinoslav, the larger part of Chernigov Governorate, small parts of Bessarabia, Kursk and Don Host Oblast, and bordering regions of the Minsk and Orel ...
The First Battle of Kiev was the German name for the major battle that resulted in an encirclement of Soviet troops in the vicinity of Kiev during World War II, the capital and most populous city of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic. [8] This encirclement is the largest encirclement in the history of warfare by number of troops.
The history of cities and towns of the Ukrainian SSR: Kyiv.. - K.: Ch. edit. URE Academy of Sciences of UkrSSR, 1968. The history of cities and villages of the Ukrainian SSR: Vinnytsia Oblast.