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Definition: Kiev from Philip's Encyclopedia

(Kiyev) Capital of Ukraine and a seaport on the Dnieper River. Founded in the 6th or 7th century ad Kiev was the capital of Kievan Russia. It later came under Lithuanian, then Polish rule before being absorbed into Russia. It became the capital of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic in 1934, and of an independent Ukraine in 1991. Industries: shipbuilding, machine tools, footwear, furniture. Pop. (2000) 2,621,000.

Kiev

From The Columbia Encyclopedia
or Kyiv (kē'ĕf, –ĕv), Ukrainian Kyyiv , Rus. Kiyev , city (1990 est. pop. 2,600,000) and municipality with the status of a region (oblast), capital of Ukraine and of Kiev region, a port on the Dnieper River. The largest city of Ukraine, Kiev is a leading industrial, commercial, and cultural center. Food processing (notably the processing of beet sugar), metallurgy, and the manufacture of machinery, machine tools, rolling stock, chemicals, building materials, and textiles are the major industries. Known to Russians as the “mother of cities,” Kiev is one of the oldest towns in N Europe. It probably existed as a commercial center as early as the 5th cent. A Slavic settlement on the great trade route between Scandinavia and Constantinople, Kiev was tributary to the Khazars when the Varangians under Oleg established themselves there in 882. Under Oleg's successors it became the capital of medieval Kievan Rus (the first Russian state) and was a leading European cultural and commercial…
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From The Hutchinson Unabridged Encyclopedia with Atlas and Weather Guide
Capital and largest city of Ukraine, situated at the confluence of the Desna and Dnieper rivers; population (2003 est) 2,588,400; urban agglomeration 3,296,100. Kiev was the capital of Russia in the Middle Ages. It is a major industrial centre, producing chemicals, clothing, leather goods, machine…
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From Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
St. Andrew’s Church, Kiev, Ukraine....
City (pop., 2008: 2,745,006), capital of Ukraine . Located along the Dnieper River , it was founded in the 6th or 7th century, and by the late 9th century its princes had expanded their territory to establish the state of Kievan Rus . In 1240 it was destroyed by the Mongols of the Golden Horde . …
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From The Columbia Encyclopedia
or Kyiv (kē'ĕf, –ĕv), Ukrainian Kyyiv , Rus. Kiyev , city (1990 est. pop. 2,600,000) and municipality with the status of a region (oblast), capital of Ukraine and of Kiev region, a port on the Dnieper River. The largest city of Ukraine, Kiev is a leading industrial, commercial, and cultural center. …
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From Merriam-Webster's Geographical Dictionary
Administrative subdivision of Ukraine; 11,197 sq. mi. (29,000 sq. km.); pop. (2001c) 2,611,327; ✽ Kiev; until 1991 an oblast of Ukrainian S.S.R., U.S.S.R.; crossed by Dnieper River; sugar beets, flax, potatoes; dairying. City, its ✽, on right bank of the Dnieper 470 mi. (756 km.) SW of Moscow, …
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From The Hutchinson Unabridged Encyclopedia with Atlas and Weather Guide
In World War II, German victory August 1941 over Soviet forces. Kiev, the third-largest Soviet city at the time, remained in German hands until liberated by the 1st Ukrainian Front November 1943. In July 1941 Hitler changed his mind about the strategy of Operation Barbarossa , the German invasion of…
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From The Hutchinson Unabridged Encyclopedia with Atlas and Weather Guide
Sunshine(average hours per day) Temperatures Discomfort from heat and humidity Precipitation and humidity Wet days(more than 0.1 mm/0.004 in) Average daily Highest recorded Lowest recorded Relative humidity Average monthly precipitation minimum maximum 0800 1400 °C °F °C °F °C °F °C °F % mm in Jan 1…
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From Encyclopedia of World Religions: Encyclopedia of Catholicism
(b. unknown–d. 1463) advocate of union between Eastern and Western Churches Isidore of Kiev, who rose to lead the Russian Orthodox Church in the 15th century, became a major advocate of the reunion of the Catholic Church and Eastern Orthodoxy. Isidore was born in Thessalonika and educated as a…
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Ukraine Criteria – Human creative genius; Interchange of values; Testimony to cultural tradition; Significance in human history Designed to rival Hagia Sophia in Constantinople, Kiev’s Saint-Sophia Cathedral symbolizes the ‘new Constantinople’, capital of the Christian principality of Kiev, which…
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