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Kiev (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 50 26 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 50.4333 decimal degrees |
| Long: 030 31 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 30.5167 decimal degrees |
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Note: Located on Dnepr river; was key in trade route from Scandinavia to Byzantium; held by Viking Varangians from 862; was center of 1st Russian state, Kievan Rus; flourished in 11th century; taken by Mongols 13th century; Russian from 1686; badly damaged in WW II. |
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| Kyiv (preferred,C,V)
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| Kiev (C,V,English-P,U,N)
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| Kief (C,V)
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| Kyiv City (C,U,English)
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| Kyyiv (C,V)
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| Kijev (C,V)
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| Kiyiv (C,V)
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| Kiyev (C,V)
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| Kyjiw (C,V)
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| Kijew (C,V)
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| Kijów (C,V)
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| Gorod-Geroy Kiyev (C,U)
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| Misto-Heroy Kyyiv (C,U)
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| Misto Kyiv (C,U,Norwegian (Nynorsk))
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| Misto Kyiv (Norwegian (Bokmål))
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| Misto Kyyiv (C,U)
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| Municipalité de Kiev (C,U,French)
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| Stadt Kiew (C,U,O,German)
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| Киев (C,U,Russian)
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| Місто Київ (C,U,Ukrainian)
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| קייב (C,U,Hebrew )
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| Kiew (H,V)
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| Könugard (H,O)
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Kiev (inhabited place) (P) |
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Place Types: |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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probably founded before 5th cen. AD; original settlement occupied high right bank above river, but has expanded since WW II |
| city (C) |
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| national capital (C) |
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| regional capital (C) |
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| inland port (C) |
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developed as important early river port |
| industrial center (C) |
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| transportation center (C) |
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| educational center (C) |
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| cultural center (C) |
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especially noted for museums, theater, opera & ballet |
| episcopal see (C) |
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noted for 11th-cen. cathedral of St. Sophia & 18th-cen. church of St. Andrew (now both are museums) |
| first level subdivision (C) |
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Related geographic places: |
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| capital of .... |
Ukraine .......... (nation) |
| .................. |
(World, Europe) [7006660] |
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