Kyiv
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Summary
Kyiv is a largest city[1]. Kyiv draws 41,913 Wikipedia views per month (largest city category, ranking #4 of 10).[2]
Key Facts
- Award received: Gold Star medal[3], Order of Lenin[4], Order of Friendship of Peoples[5], Hero City of Ukraine[6], Hero City of the Soviet Union[7]
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Ukraine[8]
- Country: Ukraine[9]
- Head of government: Vitali Klitschko[10]
- Continent: Europe[11]
- Instance of: city or town[12], tourist destination[13], city in Ukraine[14]
- Official language: Ukrainian[15]
- Shares border with: Kyiv Oblast[16]
- Anthem: Yak tebe ne liubyty, Kyieve mii![17]
- Founder: Kyi[18], Shchek[19], Khoryv[20], Lybid[21]
- Named after: Kyi[22]
- Contains the administrative territorial entity: Holosiiv Raion[23], Darnytskyi District[24], Desnianskyi District[25], Dnipro Raion[26], Pecherskyi District[27], Obolon Raion[28], Solomianka Raion[29], Sviatoshynskyi District[30], Shevchenko Raion[31], Podil Raion[32]
- Flag: flag of Kyiv[33]
- Twinned administrative body: Munich[34], Vilnius[35], Ankara[36], Geneva[37], Edinburgh[38], Riga[39], Wuhan[40], Athens[41], Baku[42], Bratislava[43], Belgrade[44], Brussels[45], Budapest[46], Chicago[47]
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Brands and Namesakes
Things named for Kyiv include chicken Kiev[48], a chicken dish[49], founded in 1800[50]; Ghost of Kyiv[51], a legend[52], in Ukraine[53]; Kiev[54], an aircraft cruiser[55]; Kyiv Zhuliany International Airport[56], an international airport[57], in Ukraine[58]; Moscow Kiyevsky railway station[59], a dead-end railway station[60], in Russia[61], founded in 1918[62]; Kiev Missal[63], a literary work[64], founded in 1000[65], written by Saint Gorazd[66]; Kyiv culture[67], an archaeological culture[68]; and Kyiv District[69].
Why It Matters
Kyiv has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[70] Kyiv is known by 78 alternative names across languages and contexts.[71]
Entities named for Kyiv include chicken Kiev[48], a chicken dish[49], founded in 1800[50]; Ghost of Kyiv[51], a legend[52], in Ukraine[53]; Kiev[54], an aircraft cruiser[55]; Kyiv Zhuliany International Airport[56], an international airport[57], in Ukraine[58]; Moscow Kiyevsky railway station[59], a dead-end railway station[60], in Russia[61], founded in 1918[62]; and Kiev Missal[63], a literary work[64], founded in 1000[65], written by Saint Gorazd[66].
FAQs
What awards did Kyiv receive?
Honors received include Gold Star medal[3], Order of Lenin[4], and Order of Friendship of Peoples[5].