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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] Kyiv is an important industrial, scientific, educational, and cultural center in Eastern Europe.
Kyiv Oblast has a total area of 28,100 km 2 (10,849 sq mi) (approximately 35 times the area of Kyiv city) and is located in north-central Ukraine. On the west it borders the Zhytomyr Oblast , on the southwest – Vinnytsia Oblast , on the south – Cherkasy Oblast , on the southeast – Poltava Oblast , on the east and northeast – Chernihiv ...
Saint Sophia Cathedral in Kyiv, Ukraine, is an architectural monument of Kievan Rus'. The former cathedral is one of the city's best known landmarks and the first heritage site in Ukraine to be inscribed on the World Heritage List along with the Kyiv Cave Monastery complex. [2][nb 1] Aside from its main building, the cathedral includes an ...
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 Slavicsettlement, it gradually acquired eminence as the center of East Slavic civilization.
Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra [1] [2] or Kyievo-Pecherska Lavra (Ukrainian: Києво-Печерська лавра; Russian: Киево-Печерская лавра, Kievo-Pecherskaya Lavra), also known as the Kyiv Monastery of the Caves, is a historic Eastern Orthodox Christian monastery which gave its name to one of the city districts where it is located in Kyiv.
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 Shevchenkivskyi District. Old Kyiv historically represents the city of Yaroslav the Wise before it was presumably destroyed by the Mongol ...
Currently, the legal status and the local government of Kyiv is regulated by the special provisions of the Constitution of Ukraine as well as a combination of Ukrainian laws, namely the Law on the capital of Ukraine - Hero City Kyiv, [1][2][3] the Law on the local state administration[4] and the Law on local self-governance in Ukraine. [5]
Coordinates: 50.4500°N 30.5167°E. The National Reserve "Sophia of Kyiv" (Ukrainian: Національний заповідник «Софія Київська») is a historic preserve that contains a complex of museums in Kyiv and Sudak and responsible for maintenance and preservation of some of its most precious historic sites.