Kyiv

Kyiv is the capital and most populous city of Ukraine. Its population in July 2015 was 2,887,974, making Kyiv the seventh-most populous city in Europe. The city’s name is said to derive from the name of Kyi, one of its four legendary founders.

About Kyiv in brief

Summary Kyiv Kyiv or Kiev is the capital and most populous city of Ukraine. Its population in July 2015 was 2,887,974, making Kyiv the seventh-most populous city in Europe. The city’s name is said to derive from the name of Kyi, one of its four legendary founders. Kyiv is an important industrial, scientific, educational and cultural center of Eastern Europe. It is home to many high-tech industries, higher education institutions, and historical landmarks. It has an extensive system of public transport and infrastructure, including the Kyiv Metro. The name descends from Old East Slavic Kyjevŭ. In the Norse sagas, it was Kænugarr orœnugar, meaning Kær, meaning the city of the Kyvans. In the 930s, representatives of the Jewish city of Kiev met in Kyiv to discuss the future of the city. The earliest letter to appear in the city is the Kyivan letter, written in 930 AD by the Jewish representatives of Kyiv. The Ukrainian name is Cyrillic Kyiv, and usually rendered in Latin letters as Kyiv, or Kiev, or “Kiev’s capital”, or “Kyiv’’. The word Kyiv means “city” or “town” in Ukrainian, and is used for legislative and official acts and it is the romanized Ukrainian name for the city, ‘Kyi’ or ‘Gordi,’ which means the eponymous founder of the City of Kyv, and “Gord’, which is associated with Kyi.

The first recorded mention of the name Kyi is in the 9th century in the Dnieper Codex, written by a Germanic-speaking chronicler. It was a tributary of the Khazars, until its capture by the Varangians in the mid-9th century. Under Varangian rule, the city became a capital of the Kievan Rus’, the first East Slovakian state. It lost most of its influence during the Mongol invasions in 1240, and was completely destroyed during the 1240s. During the Russian Empire’s Industrial Revolution in the late 19th century, Kyiv became its capital. From 1921 onwards Kyiv was a city of Soviet Ukraine, which was proclaimed by the Red Army, and, from 1934,Kyiv was the Soviet Union’s capital. During Ukraine’s transformation to a market economy and electoral democracy, Kyiv has continued to be Ukraine’s largest and wealthiest city. It emerged as the most pro-Western region of Ukraine; parties advocating tighter integration with the European Union dominate during elections. The city was almost completely ruined during World War II but quickly recovered in the postwar years, remaining theSoviet Union’s third-largest city.