Kiev is the traditional English name for the city, but the Ukrainianized version Kyiv is gaining usage. The earliest known English-language reference is to Kiovia, in English traveller Joseph Marshall's book Travels (London, 1772). The name Kiev was used in print as early as 1823 in the English travelogue New Russia: Journey from Riga to the Crimea by way of Kiev, by Mary Holderness. By 1883, the Oxford English Dictionary included Kiev in a quotation. This name was established on the ba ...

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Administratively, the city is divided into raions, which have their own units of central and local government with jurisdiction over a limited scope of affairs. There are 10 raions presently. For details on administration, see Legal status and local government of Kiev. Besides these, Kiev is informally divided into historical neighborhoods, each housing from 5,000 to 100,000 people. ...

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The capital of present-day Ukraine became the site of the largest encirclement battle in the summer of 1941. When the Germans commenced their offensive on 7 July, Soviet forces concentrated in the Kiev area were ordered to stand fast, and a breakout was prohibited. Defence of the pocket was fierce. Thousands of civilians volunteered to help defend the city. Eventually Kiev was taken on 19 September. Over 600,000 Soviet troops were taken captive when the pocket was cleared. The prolonged resistance effectively disrupted the German plans of See also:

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Kiev is located on both sides of the Dnieper river, which flows south through the city towards the Black Sea. Its geographic co-ordinates are 50°27′N 30°30′E. Geographically, Kiev belongs to the Polissya natural zone (a part of the European mixed woods). However, the city's unique landscape distinguishes it from the surrounding region. The older right-bank (western) part of Kiev is represented by numerous woody hills, ravines and small rivers (now mostly extinct). It is a part of the larger Prydniprovska (near-Dnieper) upland ad ...

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Kiev is located on both sides of the Dnieper river, which flows south through the city towards the Black Sea. Its geographic co-ordinates are 50°27′N 30°30′E. Geographically, Kiev belongs to the Polesia natural zone (a part of the European mixed woods). However, the city's unique landscape distinguishes it from the surrounding region. The older right-bank (western) part of Kiev is represented by numerous woody hills, ravines and small rivers (now mostly extinct). It is a part of the larger Prydniprovska (near-Dnieper) upland adj ...

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Princess Anne of Kiev or Anna Yaroslavna (b. between 1024 and 1032 - 1075), daughter of Yaroslav I, was Queen of France, as the wife of King Henri I. After the death of his first wife, Mathilde, King Henri had searched the courts of Europe for a suitable bride, but could not locate a princess who was not related to him within illegal degrees of kinship. At last he sent an embassy to distant Kiev, who returned with Anne (also called Agnes or Anna). Anne and Henri were married at the cathedral of Reims, May 1 ...

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Saint Vladimir Svyatoslavich the Great (c. 958–1015) was the grand prince of Kiev who converted to Christianity in 988, and proceeded to baptise the whole Kievan Rus. His name may be spelt in different ways: in Old East Slavic as Volodimir (Володимир), in modern Ukrainian as Volodymyr (Володимир), in Old Church Slavonic and modern Russian as Vladimir (Владимир), and in the Norse and modern Scandinavian languages as Valdemar. Vladimir I of Kiev - ...

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Ukrainian Orthodox Church - Kiev Patriarchy (Ukrainian: Українська Православна Церква Київського Патрiархату; Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Kyivan Patriarchate or UOC-KP) is one of the two major Orthodox churches in Ukraine, however viewed "uncanonical" by the Eastern Orthodox communion. The Church begins its modern history in August, 1989, when the parish of the Church of Sts. Peter & Paul in Lviv anno ...

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Viktor Mikhailovich Vasnetsov (Виктор Михайлович Васнецов) (May 15 (N.S.), 1848—1926) was a Russian artist who specialized in mythological and historical subjects. He is considered a key figure of the revivalist movement in Russian art. Viktor Vasnetsov - Biography. Viktor Vasnetsov - Childhood 1848-1858. Viktor Vasnetsov was born in a remote village of Vyatka guberniya in 1848. His father Mikhail Vasilievich Vasnetsov was a village priest. He was a wel ...

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The Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (UGCC), also known as the Ukrainian Catholic Church, is one of the successor Churches to the acceptance of Christianity by Grand Prince Vladimir the Great (Ukrainian Volodymyr) of Kiev (Kyiv), in 988. UGCC is the largest Eastern Rite sui juris particular church in full communion with the Holy See, and is directly subject to the Roman Pope. The Primate of the Church, in union with the Pope, holds the office of Archbishop-Major of Kiev-Halych and All Rus, though the hierarchs of the chur ...

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Babi Yar, Russian:Бабий яр, (Ukrainian:Бабин яр, Babyn Yar) is the name of a ravine situated outside the Ukrainian city of Kiev. It was the site of a massacre of Jews and other civilians by the Nazis, with assistance from Ukrainian collaborators, during World War II. It was conducted by Franz Jaeckeln. Babi Yar - Before the massacre. The Germans reached Kiev on September 19, 1941. On September 28, notices around town read: "All Jews living in the city of Kiev and its vicinity are ...

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A tithe (from Old English teogotha "tenth") is a one-tenth part of something, paid as a voluntary contribution or as a tax or levy, usually to support a Jewish or Christian religious organization. Today, tithes (or tithing) are normally voluntary and paid in cash, checks, or stocks, whereas historically tithes could be paid in kind, such as agricultural products. There are still European countries today that allow some churches to assess a mandatory tithe which is enforced by law. Tithe - Tithing in the Bib ...

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972 - Events. Otto II marries Theophanu, Byzantine princess. Battle of Cedynia - Polish duke Mieszko I defeats Germans. Pope Benedict VI succeeds Pope John XIII as pope. Boleslaus II the Pious succeeds Boleslav I of Bohemia in Bohemia. Yaropolk of Kiev succeeds Sviatoslav I in Kiev. Fatimids enter Egypt, establish the city of Cairo and the Al-Azhar mosque. Buluggin ibn Ziri appointed viceroy in Ifriqiya, start of the Zirid dynasty The monastery ...

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The baptism of Kiev most likely occurred in 988, when the Prince Vladimir I of Rus exhorted the residents of the capital city Kiev to the Dnieper river for baptism. This mass baptism became the iconic inaugural event in the forced Christianization of the state of Kievan Rus'. It was preceded by Vladimir's personal baptism in the city of Korsun, or Chersones, in Crimea. Legend says that at first Vladimir baptised his 12 sons and many boyars. He destroyed the wooden statues of Slavic pagan gods that stood on the hill by Vladimir' ...

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898 - Events. Accession of Pope John IX Accession of King Kasyapa IV of Sri Lanka Magyar army headed by Álmos besieges Kiev Magyar tribes found state of Szekesfahervar in Hungary Bologna joins Italian Kingdom End of Yodit era in Ethiopia Foundation of Bhaktapur in Nepal 898 - Births. 898 - Deaths. Category: 898 ...

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Events Northumbria divided by the Normans into the counties of Northumberland, County Durham, Yorkshire, Westmorland and Lancashire August 11, powerful earthquake recorded in Britain Coronation of Rama Varma Kulasekhara in Kerala Synod of Melfi under Pope Urban II imposes slavery on the wives of priests Palmyra destroyed by earthquake Byzantine conquest of Crete Births Deaths King Kalasa (Kalashan) of Kashmir Saint John of Kiev

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Russian can mean: Russians, an ethnic group Russian language an adjective for Russia a slang term for Mammary intercourse Russian - Etymology. "Russian" originally meant "belonging to Rus'"; Rus' originally was a Slavonic word for the Varangians and other Scandinavians who set up a kingdom centered on Kiev; then for the kingdom that they set up; then the name was gradually transferred to the area's native Slavonic population. ...

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Ukrainian Orthodox Church may refer to: Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchy) Ukrainian Orthodox Church - Kiev Patriarchy Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church See also. Orthodox Christianity History of Christianity in Ukraine ...

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The Church of the Tithes (Ukrainian: Десятинна Церква, Desiatynna Tserkva; Russian: Десятинная Церковь, Desyatinnaya Tserkov') was the first stone church in Kiev. It was built by the order of Grand Prince Vladimir (Volodymyr) the Great between 989 and 996 by Byzantine and local workers to commemorate the Baptism of Kievan Rus' and was originally named the "Church of Our Lady". Vladimir set aside a tithe of his income to finance the c ...

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