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	Kiev
		Kiev (Kyiv) was probably founded in the 5th century CE and functioned as a trade post between Constantinople and Scandinavia.
		From 882 until 1169 Kiev was the capital of the principal Varangian/East-Slavic state, known as Kievan Rus' (or Kyivan Rus').
		The church of Hagia Sophia in Kiev, begun in 1037, was designed to emulate the splendor of Byzantine churches, reflecting the reception of Christianity from the Byzantine Empire.
	www.guajara.com /wiki/en/wikipedia/k/ki/kiev.html (411 words)

	Kiev
		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.
		Kiev's noteworthy architecture includes government buildings such as the Mariyinsky Palace (designed and constructed from 1745 to 1752, then reconstructed in 1870) and the sweeping Ministry of Foreign Affairs building, several Orthodox churches and church complexes such as the Kiev Pechersk Lavra (Monastery of the Caves), St.
	www.ufaqs.com /wiki/en/ki/Kiev.htm (2042 words)

	Ukraine LANGUAGE SCHOOL EXPLORER
		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 âregionâ, âprincipalityâ, which might be defined as âland cut out for a Princeâ (maybe referring to the general feudal practice of a prince dividing land between his sons).
		However, with the defeat of the latter in the Polish-Ukrainian War and the failure of the Polish Kiev Offensive (1920) of the Polish-Soviet War, the Peace of Riga concluded in March 1921 between Poland and Bolsheviks left Ukraine divided again.
		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.
	www.school-explorer.com /info/Ukraine (6364 words)

	1920 Kiev Offensive - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		From the perspective of staff maps in Warsaw, it was clear that the recently-created Polish Army was too weak to withstand both the offensive in the southern, Ukrainian sector and the spring offensive being prepared by the Bolsheviks in Belarus and north of the Pripyat Marshes.
		However, the commander of the Polish 3rd Army in the vicinity of Kiev, General Edward Rydz-Śmigły, was seeking a way to repulse the upcoming Russian assault rather than withdraw, and even proposed to the General Staff regrouping all his forces at Kiev and defending there until relieved.
		On June 13 Kiev was evacuated and left to the Soviets.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kiev_Offensive_(1920) (3166 words)

	Kiev Class VTOL carrier history and development
		In the offensive role the ship had the ability to be used in the pure anti-submarine role where it would lead ASW task forces to clear an area of NATO submarines under friendly air cover.
		To move aircraft and equipment from within the ship to the deck, both the Kiev and Minsk were equipped with seven deck elevators: One for helicopters, one for jets, three for ammunition, one for cargo, and one for crew.
		One of the primary disadvantages of the Kiev class was that it usually conducted air operations when the wind speed was 15 knots or less.
	www.russianwarrior.com /1969vehicle_Kievhistory.htm (1134 words)

	Ukraine information - Search.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		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.
	c10-ss-1-lb.cnet.com /reference/Ukraine (4199 words)

	1918-20. 2001. The Encyclopedia of World History
		Ukraine had declared its independence of Russia (Jan. 28, 1918), and the Moderate Socialist government at Kiev had concluded a separate peace with the Germans and Austrians (Feb. 9).
		Thereupon the Bolsheviks attacked and took Kiev (Feb. 18), but they were soon ejected by the Germans (March 2), who then also took Odessa (March 13) and overran the whole of Ukraine, from which they tried, rather unsuccessfully, to secure much-needed food supplies.
		In another swift offensive he then captured Odessa (Aug. 18) and took Kiev (Sept. 2), only to be forced to retreat again (Dec.).
	www.bartleby.com /67/2067.html (1492 words)

	washingtonpost.com: Opposition Quits Talks In Ukraine Ballot Crisis
		KIEV, Ukraine, Nov. 30 -- Representatives of presidential challenger Viktor Yushchenko on Tuesday broke off talks to resolve a presidential succession crisis, and Yushchenko's supporters tried to swarm parliament in support of their candidate.
		The increasingly volatile brinkmanship drew European mediators back to Kiev in an apparent effort to salvage negotiations between supporters of the two candidates, who both claimed victory after the presidential runoff election on Nov. 21.
		Yanukovych's wife also spoke out on the political standoff, charging in a speech Monday night that pro-Yushchenko protesters massed in Independence Square in central Kiev had been drugged by oranges "full of narcotics." Orange is the color of the Yushchenko campaign, and the fruit has been handed out in the square.
	www.washingtonpost.com /ac2/wp-dyn/A21808-2004Nov30?language=printer (957 words)

	Learn more about Kiev in the online encyclopedia. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		It is increasingly called Kyiv in English-language publications, as Russian is not an official language of Ukraine and the Russian name can seem anachronistic or offensive.
		The 'old city' is built on hills overlooking the Dinipro (formerly Dnieper) river.
		On the week-ends, the streets of Kreshchatyk (the center of the city) are closed to vehicular traffic, in favor of walkers.
	www.onlineencyclopedia.org /k/ki/kiev.html (458 words)

	Battle Of Warsaw
		This political concept was manifested by the "Kiev Expedition" - the offensive of the 3rd Polish Army, under the command of Gen. E.
		The "Kiev Expedition" started on April 25th, 1920 with the intention of beating Soviet troops on the Polish southern flank and establishing friendly government in the Ukraine.
		Situation around Kiev was stable until the end of May 1920 when the 1st Cavalry Army under Siemion Budionny arrived at the scene.
	www.hetmanusa.org /engarticle1.html (3710 words)

	Magdeburg Sting 1936 - Part IV
		Following the demands of the Entente, the Polish offensive was halted and the troops of General Haller adopted defensive positions.
		On 14 August, in the Lithuanian-Belarusian theatre of operations, Ihuen was captured; Borysów at Berezyna on 20 August and on 25 August an offensive towards Polock and Dyneburg was launched.
		The plan for Operation Kiev was to beat the Red Army on Poland's southern flank and establish a friendly government in Ukraine.
	www.minelinks.com /war/people.html (1626 words)

	Leon Trotsky: 1920 - How The Revolution Armed/Volume III (Kiev is in the Hands of the Polish Gentry!) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		On the Kiev front the Poles were twice, if not three times, as strong numerically as we were.
		Kiev, the capital of the Ukraine, is today in the hands of the Polish landlords.
		Kiev will be torn from the hands of the enslavers.
	www.marxists.org /archive/trotsky/works/1920-mil/ch27.htm (543 words)

	Ukraine (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		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 âregionâ, âprincipalityâ, which might be defined as âland cut out for a Princeâ (maybe referring to the general feudal practice of a prince dividing land between his sons).
		The seat of Kiev, the most prestigious and influential of all principalities, became a subject of many rivalries between Rurikids as the most valuable prize in their quest for power, sometimes through intrigue but often through bloody conflicts.
		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.
	www.zdnet.co.za /wiki/Ukraine (6561 words)

	Kiev Information Guide. Essentials
		This section of the Kiev Information Guide covers information on such essentials as climate, electricity, safety, documentation, language and other things that weren't included in the other parts of our Travel Tips.
		If you visit a country you have never been to before, it is advisable to have at hand the address and telephone number of the embassy of your country in Ukraine.
		Most people in Kiev and in Eastern Ukraine speak Russian as a main language, while Ukrainian is a main language in Western Ukraine.
	www.kiev.info /traveltips/essentials.htm (934 words)

	Kiev Ukraine News Blog
		Kiev Ukraine News Blog: The Case For An Opposition, Not Unity
		This was shocking and offensive to democrats around the world.
		Kiev, the capital of Ukraine is one of the most beautiful and charming cities in Europe.
	blog.kievukraine.info /2006/10/case-for-opposition-not-unity.html (1266 words)

	Magdeburg Sting 1936 - Part V
		28 April 1920, during the Polish Kiev Offensive, near village Kotyuzyntse, after being shot by the Polish 1st Battery of the 13th Kresowy Field Artillery Regiment, the blended train was abandoned and captured by the Polish troops of the 50th Kresowy Rifle Regiment.
		On May 9th the Polish troops celebrated the capture of Kiev with the victory parade on Kreschatyk, the city's main street.
		The northern 3rd Cavalry Corps of Gej-Chan was to envelope Polish forces from the north, moving near Lithuanian and Prussian border territories, both unfriendly to Poland 4th, 15th and 3rd Armies were to push decisively west, supported from south by the 16th Army and Grupa Mozyrska.
	www.minelinks.com /war/going_there.html (2062 words)

	Safety
		As compared with large cities of the world, Kiev is quite a safe city.
		It is mainly due to the fact that offensive weapons are illegal both to have and carry in public.
		If you happen to be a victim of a crime, it's necessary to immediately contact the nearest consulate and report the crime to the local police.
	www.kiev.info /traveltips/safety.htm (218 words)

	Danylo of Halych (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		A year later Danylo raided and seized Kiev, which was the capital of Kievan Rus’.
		He didn’t have long to celebrate however, when the Mongols breached the outer wall and reclaimed the city of Kiev two years later.
		During the offensive he managed to take the remainder of Galicia which was the last part of his fathers regieme.
	www.personal.psu.edu /users/r/g/rgf126/danylo.htm (207 words)

	First World War.com - Who's Who - Anton Denikin
		Born to relative poverty Denikin nevertheless succeeded against the odds in attaining a name for himself in the Tsar Nicholas II's imperial army.
		Following attendance at the Kiev Junker School and the Academy of the General Staff Denikin saw service during the humiliating Russo-Japanese War of 1904-05 which ended in Russian defeat.
		Denikin was Chief of Staff of the Kiev military district with the rank of Major-General (a recent promotion) when war broke out in August 1914.
	www.firstworldwar.com /bio/denikin.htm (441 words)

	Maps WWII Eastern Front 1942-1943
		However, the commander of Army Group South, F.M. von Manstein marshaled forces for a counterattack in March 1943 that stabilized the southern wing of the Eastern Front until the Battle of Kursk in July 1943.
		The objective of the German military offensive was to pinch off the Soviet held salient centered around Kursk.
		Soviet attacks against the Orel salient held by German Army Group Center began before the German offensive in the south was called off.
	www.onwar.com /maps/wwii/eastfront2/index.htm (367 words)

	SPORTS UKRAINE -- Klochkova Strikes Gold Twice
		Meanwhile, the Kiev Soviet of Workers' and Soldiers' Deputies became the center of the radical left.
		But, unlike in Petrograd, a third player entered the scene in Kiev: on 17 March the Ukrainians established their own organization, the Central Rada (rada means 'council' in Ukrainian, the Russian equivalent is 'soviet").
		But weakened by the disastrous failure of its offensive in Galicia, the Russians were forced, although with strong qualifications, to recognize the General Secretariat as the administrataive of five Ukrainian provinces (Kiev, Poltava, Podilia, Volhynia, and Chernihiv).
	www.artukraine.com /postcards/revol.htm (571 words)

	Russia, Poland, Relations, History - JRL 9-16-05
		From Boleslaw the Brave to Sigismund, no one provoked Poles, but they persistently continued their offensive on Moscow.” This is true in part, in part is not, resulting in falsification of history.
		Therefore we can of course speak of persistent polish “offensive” in Rus’, but we have also to admit that in the very same time Moscow was on offensive against other sovereign Rus’ principalities.
		Eventually Rus’ was forcefully unified by one of descendants of former Kiev state.
	www.cdi.org /russia/johnson/9246-24.cfm (2259 words)

	Battle of Kiev - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Battle of Kiev (1943), when the city was liberated by the Soviet 1st Ukrainian Front
		Kiev was besieged on numerous occasions, the most notable being:
		Sack of Kiev (1240) by the Mongols under Batu Khan
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kiev_Offensive (137 words)

	TIME.com: Victory and Blood -- Nov. 15, 1943 -- Page 1 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		In the murky dawn hour when Kiev fell, the battle for the Dnieper had virtually ended, the battle for western Russia had begun.
		The Red Army had thus ended what was probably the toughest part of the offensive begun at Stalingrad a year ago.
		It could still seek refuge behind the Bug or the Dniester, but neither was an obstacle as tough as the Dnieper, and both were frighteningly close to the borders of German Europe.
	www.time.com /time/magazine/article/0,9171,885193,00.html (806 words)

	Strategic Studies Group: Operation Wanda
		On the shores of the great bend of the river Dnepr near the city of Nikapol, was the newly reconstituted 6 Armee under the command of Generaloberst Karl Hollidt.
		However, with the transfers from this section would be used to continue North East towards Kiev as a summer offensive.
		The plan was to basically encircle and destroy the very forces that had encircled his own men and then to continue to Kiev along the Dnepr.
	www.ssg.com.au /archives/000357.html (844 words)

	1943
		The Russians announce that new offensive to the South of Leningrad and led by Timoshenko, 'has made considerable gains'.
		A massive Russian offensive from Dnieper bridgehead North of Kiev erupts.
		The Russians commence a third winter offensive, with Vatutin’s 63 divisions in the Ukraine.
	www.wargamer.com /ww2timeline/1943eastern.asp (1280 words)

	Ukraine
		Over time, as the dominant self-identification paradigms were changing, the word's initial meaning ‘the land of the prince’ may have transformed to a wider meaning.
		After the one last resurgence under the rule of Vladimir Monomakh 1113–1125 and his son Mstislav (1125–1132) the Kievan Rus' finally disintegrated into the separate principalities following Mstislav's death.
		During 1917–20 several separate Ukrainian states briefly emerged: the Central Rada, the Hetmanate, the Directorate, the Ukrainian People's Republic and the West Ukrainian People's Republic.
	www.link-ex.net /wiki_en/?title=Ukraine (6388 words)

	FAQ Frequently Asked Questions russian women.
		After the paper in the Kiev is printed with your ad, we will purchase a copy, scan your ad, and email it to you.
		We only offer proof that it was printed in the Kiev paper because that is were our office is located and it would be very costly to purchase each paper and send proof of each one.
		We also offer translations between you and your lady when you travel to Kiev to be with her.
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