Kyiv

Kyiv or Kiev^[a] (Ukrainian: Київ) is the capital and largest city in Ukraine. It is in north-central Ukraine on the Dnieper River. Almost three million people live there.

Kyiv Київ Kiev
City with special status
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
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Coordinates: 50°27′00″N 30°31′24″E
Country	Ukraine
Municipality	Kyiv City Municipality
Founded	AD 482 (officially)[1]
City council	Kyiv City Council
Raions	List of 10 Darnytsia Raion Desna Raion Dnipro Raion Holosiiv Raion Obolon Raion Pechersk Raion Podil Raion Shevchenko Raion Solomianka Raion Sviatoshyn Raion
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) [6]
• 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

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

• 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, psychotherapist, and medical doctor
• Prince Vladimir the Great (c. 958–1015), Grand Prince of Kyiv, known for the Christianization of Kievan Rus’ in 988
• Prince Yaroslav the Wise (c. 978–1054), a key figure in the cultural and legal development of Kievan Rus’, who established the first legal code, Russkaya Pravda