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 ]

6 days ago · Kyiv, chief city and capital of Ukraine. A port on the Dnieper (Dnipro) River and a large railroad junction, it is a city with an ancient and proud history. As the centre of Kyivan (Kievan) Rus, the first eastern Slavic state, 1,000 years ago, it …

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Jan 26, 2025 · Kyiv, with its good defensive site on the high river bluffs and as the centre of a rich agricultural area and a group of early Slavic towns, began to gain importance. About 882 Oleg (Oleh), the ruler of Novgorod, captured Kyiv and made it his capital, the centre of the first East Slavic state, Kyivan (Kievan) Rus.

3 days ago · Since Russia invaded Ukraine nearly three years ago, Tetiana Martyniuk-Bahrii, a violinist in the Kyiv Symphony Orchestra, has lived the life of a refugee, moving from apartment to apartment with ...

Jan 23, 2025 · Once more an independent Ukraine was declared in Kyiv, under the leadership of Symon Petlyura, but its brief and stormy history was a series of struggles between Ukrainian nationalist, anti-Bolshevik (White), and Soviet (Red) forces.

3 days ago · KYIV, Ukraine -- Moscow’s renewed attacks on Ukraine’s electricity infrastructure this winter have heightened scrutiny over the Ukrainian Energy Ministry's failure to protect the country’s ...

Kyiv has indicative dates for the arrival of American officials and is currently working on its arrangement, according to Volodymyr Zelensky. Ukraine's strike on Russian command center …

Kyiv or Kiev [a] (Ukrainian: Київ) is the capital and largest city in Ukraine. It is in north-central Ukraine on the Dnieper River. Almost three million people live there. It is not a part of any oblast. However, it is surrounded by Kyiv Oblast, and is the headquarters of Kyiv Oblast. The city hosted the UEFA Euro 2012 final.

From 1934, Kiev was the capital of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic. During World War II, the city suffered significant damage, but recovered, remaining the third largest city of the Soviet Union, to become, after independence in 1991, the capital of Ukraine.