Kyiv
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Kyiv
Київ Kiev | |
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     Top-down, left-right (from upper left): Verkhovna Rada, Kyiv Pechersk Lavra, Red University Building, House with Chimaeras, Bohdan Khmelnytsky Monument, Independence Square | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
.svg)  Kyiv Kyiv in Ukraine  Kyiv Kyiv (Europe) | |
| Coordinates: 50°27′00″N 30°31′24″E / 50.45000°N 30.52333°E | |
| Country | Ukraine |
| Municipality | Kyiv City Municipality |
| Founded | AD 482 (officially)[1] |
| City council | Kyiv City Council |
| Raions | |
| Government | |
| • Mayor and Head of City State Administration | Vitali Klitschko |
| Area | |
| • City with special status | 839 km2 (324 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 179 m (587 ft) |
| Population (1 January 2020) | |
| • City with special status | 2,967,360[2] |
| • Density | 3,299/km2 (8,540/sq mi) |
| • Metro | 3,375,000 (2,013)[3] of the Kyiv metropolitan area |
| Demonym(s) | Kyivan,[4] Kievan[5] |
| GDP (2017) | |
| • Total | US$26.29 billion |
| • Per capita | US$8,970 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Postal code | 01xxx–04xxx |
| Area code | +380 44 |
| FIPS code | UP12 |
| Vehicle registration plate | AA, KA (before 2004: КА, КВ, КЕ, КН, КІ, KT) |
| Website | kyivcity.gov.ua |
Kyiv or Kiev[a] (Ukrainian: Київ) is the capital and largest city in Ukraine. It is in north-central Ukraine on the Dnipro River. Over 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. Kyiv also hosted the Eurovision Song Contest in 2017.
Kyiv has a humid continental climate (Dfb in the Köppen climate classification).
Notable people
[change | change source]- Saint Anthony of Kyiv (c. 983–1073), founder of the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra
- Mikhail Bulgakov, Russian writer and playwright
- Boris Grinchenko (1863–1910), Ukrainian writer, linguist, and ethnographer, an important figure in Ukrainian national revival
- Oleksandr Dovzhenko (1894–1956), a pioneering filmmaker and writer in Soviet and Ukrainian cinema
- Volodymyr Horowitz (1903–1989), a prominent classical pianist
- Serhiy Korolyov (1907–1966), a prominent aerospace engineer and the chief designer of the Soviet space program
- Les Kurbas (1887–1937), Ukrainian theater director and innovator in modernist theater, founder of the Berezil Theater
- Valeriy Lobanovskyi (1939–2002), football player and coach, who led FC Dynamo Kyiv to international success
- Kazimir Malevich (1879–1935), Kyiv-born renowned avant-garde artist and founder of Suprematism
- Peter Mohyla (1596–1647), religious and cultural leader, who founded the Mohyla Academy in Kyiv
- Kira Muratova (1934–2018), Kyiv-born Soviet and Ukrainian film director and screenwriter
- Saint Olga of Kyiv (c. 890–969), Regent of Kievan Rus’ and one of the first rulers to convert to Christianity
- Symon Petliura (1917–1921), Ukrainian political and military leader during the Ukrainian War of Independence
- Igor Sikorsky (1889–1972), Kyiv-born aviation pioneer who developed the world’s first mass-produced helicopter
- Natan Sharansky (b. 1948), Kyiv-born human rights activist and an Israeli politician, a key figure in the Soviet dissident movement
- Andriy Shevchenko (b. 1976), Ukrainian footballer and coach, who played in Dynamo Kyiv and AC Milan.
- Victor Skumin, Russian professor, philosopher, writer, psychologist, psychiatrist,