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  Ukraine, The
Ukraine Or Ukrainian Or Ukranian Or Kiev Or Kyiv
Kiev and Kievian Rus' were the seat of the Grand Prince of the Rurik Dynasty.
In the encirclement battle of Kiev, the city was acclaimed by the Soviets as a "Hero City", for the fierce resistance of the Red Army and of the local population.
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 Finance Choices - Personal Finance Wiki
The city is adjoined by the mouth of the Desna River and the Kiev Reservoir in the north, and the Kaniv Reservoir in the south.
Kiev is one of the oldest and most important cities of Eastern Europe with a pivotal role in the development of the medieval East Slavic civilization as well as in the modern Ukrainian nation.
As of the All-Ukrainian Census conducted in 2001, the population of Kiev is 2,611,300.
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 Chornobyl Center
Besides the general tendency for a decrease in Zhitomir and Kiev oblasts there was registered an increase of infant mortality in 1987 and from 1990 to 1994 in the Zhitomir oblast and from 1990 to 1993 in the Kiev oblast.
Thyreodosimetric passportisation of the settlements of Zhitomir oblast.
Thyreodosimetric passportisation of the settlements of Kiev oblast.
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 Kiev
The city is adjoined by the mouth of the Desna River and the Kyivs'ke reservoir in the north, and the Kanivs'ke reservoir in the south.
Historically, Kiev is one of the most ancient and important cities of the region, the center of the Rus' civilization, survivor of numerous wars, purges, and genocides.
In 1238 Kiev was compeletely destroyed by the Mongol hordes of Batu Khan, an event that had a profound effect on the future of the city and the East Slavic civilization.
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 Kiev, Ukraine, The
Kiev was probably founded in the 5th century and functioned as a trading post between Constantinople and Scandinavia.
The church of Saint Sophia in Kiev, begun in 1037, was designed to emulate the splendor of Byzantine churches, reflecting the reception of Christianity from the Byzantine Empire.
Kiev is home to several institutions of higher learning, including the Taras Shevchenko State University of Kiev, the Polytechnic Institute, the Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, the Agricultural University, and numerous scientific and technical institutes.
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 Kiev Oblast - QuickSeek Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
The north-western end of the oblast is a part of the Chornobyl zone of alienation due to the radioactive contamination caused by the Chernobyl (Chornobyl) nuclear reactor accident.
The oblast in its current borders was created in the Ukrainian SSR on February 27, 1932 after the Soviet administrative reform.
Historical administrative units that later became the territory of the Oblast included the Kiev Guberniya under the Russian Empire and Kijow Voivodship under the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania.
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 Ukraine information - Search.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Opinions vary as to the immediate derivation, but the first known mentioning in the Kiev Chronicle of 1187 probably uses the word in the meaning of ‘region, principality’, which might be etymologized as ‘land cut out for a Prince’ (maybe referring to the general feudal practice of a prince dividing land between his sons).
The voivodship of Kiev, which was called Ukraina from the 16th century on, was on the south-eastern border of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.
Its capital was Kiev, the capital of modern Ukraine, wrestled from Khazars by Askold and Dir in the late 800s.
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 Kiev - Search Results - ninemsn Encarta
Kiev, city, north central Ukraine, capital of Ukraine, and of Kiev Oblast, on the Dnepr River.
The impetus to literary expression in Russia may be traced to the 9th-century Byzantine scholars and missionaries St Cyril and...
Although this unique pattern of precedence was nominally practised, Yaroslav’s death in 1054 signalled the decline of Kiev.
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 Beijing Official Website International
Kiev, Ukrainian Kyyiv, Russian Kiyevchief city and capital of Ukraine and capital of Kiev oblast (province).
Kiev, as the capital of Ukraine, has major administrative functions, with considerable employment in the offices of ministries responsible for the economy.
The Kiev T.H. Shevchenko State University heads an array of 20 institutions of higher education, notable among which are the Polytechnic (founded in 1898), the Agricultural Academy, and the medical, art, and architectural institutes.
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 Kiev Oblast - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
On the west it borders the Zhytomyr Oblast, on the Southwest — Vinnytsia Oblast, on the South — Cherkasy Oblast, on the Southeast - Poltava Oblast, on the East and Northeast — Chernihiv Oblast, and on the North — Homyel Voblasts of Belarus.
The governer of the oblast' is the Kiev Oblast Rada speaker, appointed by the President of Ukraine.
The north-western end of the oblast is a part of the zone of alienation due to the radioactive contamination caused by the Chernobyl (Chornobyl) nuclear reactor accident.
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 Comparative Criminology | Europe - Ukraine
Kiev was razed by Mongol raiders in the 13th century.
The Ukrainian Orthodox Church, Moscow Patriarchate, tended to predominate in the east; the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, Kiev Patriarchate, and the smaller Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church were strong in the central regions, and the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church predominated in the west.
The Kiev Patriarchate of the Orthodox Church and the Greek Catholic church complained of harassment by local authorities in the predominantly Russian-speaking eastern region of the country, while the Moscow Patriarchate of the Orthodox Church complained that local governments ignored the appropriation of its churches by Greek Catholics in the western region.
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 Random Works of the Web » Blog Archive » Kiev   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Kiev is one of the most ancient and important cities of the region, the center of the Rus’ civilization, survivor of numerous wars, purges, and genocides.
In 1240 Kiev was compeletely destroyed by the Mongol hordes of Batu Khan, an event that had a profound effect on the future of the city and the East Slavic civilization.
Kiev is home to several universities, the major ones being Kiev National Taras Shevchenko University, the National Technical University “Kiev Polytechnic Institute”, and the Kyiv-Mohyla Academy.
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 Kiev Ukraine map, overview and all secrets! UkraineTrek.com - UkraineTrek.com
Kiev, chief city and capital of Ukraine, and capital of Kiev oblast (province).
Kiev originally occupied the high and steep right (west) bank of the Dnieper, but since World War II rapid growth has extended the city onto the wide, low, flat floodplain on the left bank.
The most important centre for research and education in Ukraine, Kiev is the home of a number of universities, colleges, and research institutions, notably the Kiev T.G. Shevchenko State University (1834) and the Academy of Sciences of Ukraine.
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In the 18th century Kiev was heavily fortified, and in the 19th century it grew as a trade and industrial center.
Kiev was held by German troops during World War I (1914-1918), and it was the scene of much fighting following the Russian Revolution of 1917.
Kiev was one of the foremost religious centers of medieval Europe, and several noteworthy church buildings survive.
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 Kyiv (Kiev) Ukraine: Travel and Sightseeing in the Capital of Ukraine
Kiev (also spelled Kyiv) is the capital and largest city of Ukraine with over 3 million inhabitants (see map).
Old Kiev was built on the high right bank of the Dnipro river, and the city has many hills, parks, and open areas.
Kiev is surrounded by forests on three sides and has several large islands on the Dnipro.
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 ACA Worldwide
Chernihiv Region is an oblast (province) of northern Ukraine.
The oblast is bordered by the Kyivs'ke reservoir of Dnieper and the Kiev Oblast to the west, by the Sumy Oblast to the east, and the Poltava Oblast to the south.
The oblast is bisected into northern and southern regions by the Desna River, which enters the Dnieper just north of the Kiev (Kyiv) city limits.
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 All About: Kiev Restaurants, Kiev Hotels and Kiev Travel Info - Welcome to Kiev
Kiev (also spelled Kiev) is an important cultural, scientific, educational and industrial center of Eastern Europe.
Kiev Is the capital and the largest city in the Ukraine, located in the north-central part of the country, spread across the two banks Dnieper river.
Considered founded in the fifth century a trading post in the land of Early East Slavs the city gradually acquired eminence as the center of the East Slavic civilization, in the tenth to twelveth century, a political and cultural capital of Rus', a medieval East Slavic state.
www.allabout.kiev.ua /Kiev/Kiev_Info/Welcome_to_Kiev.stm   (359 words)

  
 Testimony Report
These include 400 families in the city of Kiev, 615 families in Kiev oblast, 267 in Zitomir oblast, 248 in Kharkov oblast, 206 in Donetsk oblast, and 206 in Dnepropetrovsk oblast.
It is one of the poorest collective farms in the region, and the region is the poorest in Poltava oblast.
On the eve of the accident at the 4th block of the Chernobyl plant, the Kiev regional executive committee and regional administration had decided to conduct routine civil defense exercises.
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 kiev gid » Blog Archive » Kievgid.com - Pictures of Kiev   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Kiev, Pictures of Kiev, Photos, Photography, Photos of Kiev, Ukraine, Russian Archcitecture, buildings in Kiev, … It was named Kiev in honour of the eldest brother, Kyi.
A port on the Dnieper River and a large railroad junction, it is a city with an ancient and proud history.
… status of a region (oblast), capital of Ukraine and of Kiev region, a port on the Dnieper River.
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 Kiev. Destination Ukraine. Travel and tourist information . Hotels World travel information.
Kiev, situated on the Dnipro River, is the capital and the largest city of Ukraine, located in the north central part of the country on the Dnieper river.
Considered founded in the fifth century, a trading post in the land of Early East Slavs, the city gradually acquired eminence as the center of the East Slavic civilization, in the tenth to twelfth centuries a political and cultural capital of Rus', a medieval East Slavic state.
Kiev’s Old Town and its modern centre are both on the west side of the river.
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 Ukraine
The SCRA's headquarters was in Kiev; it maintained representatives in all regional centers, as well as in the autonomous cities of Kiev and Sevastopol.
At the instruction of the Cabinet of Ministers, a special commission continued to operate in Kiev to settle issues pertaining to the use of premises and territory of the nearly 1,000-year-old Upper and Lower Lavra of the Kiev-Pechersk National Historical and Architectural Preserve and the male monastery of the Dormition of the Mother of God.
The UOC-MP's Metropolitan for Donetsk, Ilarion, was on the stage at a pro-Yanukovych conference in Luhansk Oblast that raised the specter of separatism when it became clear that Yanukovych would not be declared president on the basis of the fraudulent second round of the presidential election in November 2004.
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 Kiev Travel Tips - Kiev Travel Guide - VirtualTourist.com
Kiev is situated on the banks of the Dnipro River, below the mouth of the Desna River.
It’s a complex of cathedrals and churches, the belfry being 96 m high, the highest structure in the city until the statue of Motherland was erected in 1982 that is 102 m high.
The monastery is one of the eight men’s monasteries in Kiev and is a place of pilgrimage of many Orthodox Christians in Ukraine.
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 Ukraine Regions
Serhii Tymofiiev, of "Mapa" Publishers in Kiev, sent me population and area figures for the primary and secondary subdivisions of Ukraine.
To compound the confusion, in Ukrainian or Russian, the name is usually given in adjective form, followed by the generic (usually Oblast').
For example, Chernihiv would be Chernigovskaya Oblast' in Russian, Chernihivs'ka Oblast' in Ukrainian; its capital is Chernigov or Chernihiv, respectively.
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 Gale - PSM - Catalog   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
According to Nazi German ideology Ukrainians were classified as Untermensch (sub-humans) and their land, the "Breadbasket of Europe," was considered Lebensraum -- arable lands that Hitler sought to colonize through the liquidation and enslavement of the local Ukrainian population.
Its aim was "to collect and process materials illustrating the period of transition from Bolshevism to the introduction of New Order in Europe and Ukraine in particular." Under orders from German occupational authorities, the scientists of Museum-Archive were to conduct anti-Soviet propaganda among the Ukrainian population.
In June 1993 the Directorate of Security Service of Ukraine in Kiev moved the filtration files--115,940 items in total--to the State archive of Kiev oblast, finally making these documents accessible to researchers.
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 Hope for Kiev - Vision   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
We believe God’s passionate intention is for Kiev and it’s surrounding oblast to be saturated with churches that are evangelical, indigenous, self-supporting, effective and multiplying.
Build a movement of prayer for Kiev by enlisting prayer warriors, beginning with the Kiev Mission Team, and enabling their prayers through regular prayer updates.
Recruit church planting teams for Kiev and the surrounding territory throughout the Kiev Oblast.
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 RTRFoundation
The area known as the "Pale" encompassed 15 provinces (in what is now the territories of Ukraine, Belarus, Lithuania and Moldova [formerly Bessarabia]), including the Kiev province (with the exception of the City of Kiev) and the Polish Kingdom.
According to the All-Russian Census of 1897, the number of Jews in the country was 5,189,401, or 4.13% of the total population.
In the Kiev Province, Jews made up 88% of the population in Berdichev, 67%; in Skvira, 40%; in Vasilkov; 34% in Tarasche, and 8% in Kiev, where at one time they had been prohibited to reside.
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 Ukrainian Language, Culture and Travel Page
Kyiv (formerly Kiev), Ukraine's capital city, is known as the Golden Domed City because of its beautiful churches.
The new symbol of Kyiv, St. Michael the Archangel, was unveiled in May 1995, replacing the previous symbol, the kashtan (chestnut) leaf.
The Kiev Day is a publication of the Ukrainian Press Group.
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These may be separate departments or consist of commissioned specialists of the State Committee on Land Resources of Ukraine or the State Committee on Land Resources of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea; oblast, Kiev and Sevastopol city departments of land resources.
The Regulation states that the oblast department of land resources may carry out selective expertise of such projects.
In other words, the land survey organization does not have to submit its project documentation on preparation and issuance of State Acts, unless requested otherwise by the oblast department of land resources.
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