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  Kiev Oblast - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Zhytomyr Oblast, the oblast to the west of Kiev Oblast
Cherkasy Oblast, the oblast to the south of Kiev Oblast
Chernihiv Oblast, the oblast to the east of Kiev Oblast
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kiev_Oblast   (638 words)

  
 Business & Information Center of Ukraine
Kiev is the largest city of Ukraine and one of the largest ones in Europe.
Kiev is the place of concentration of powerful economic potentials, which consists of multi-branch industry, construction sector, highly developed system of community business branches, transportation, as well as systems of modern communication, etc.
Economic development of Kiev and facilitation of foreign economic relations are greatly contributed by the city's location on the crossroad of numerous transportation routes, such as waterways, railroads, highways, and airways.
www.bicu.nl /Engl/Kiev.shtml   (781 words)

  
 Kiev. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
2,600,000) and municipality with the status of a region (oblast), capital of Ukraine and of Kiev region, a port on the Dnieper River.
Known to Russians as the “mother of cities,” Kiev is one of the oldest towns in N Europe.
Among the city’s educational and cultural institutions are the Univ. of Kiev (1833) and the Ukrainian Academy of Sciences (1918).
www.bartleby.com /65/ki/Kiev.html   (528 words)

  
 Kievan Rus' - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The region of Kiev dominated the state of Kievan Rus′ for the next two centuries.
There was recorded a large wave of migrations from Kiev region northward, to escape continuing excursions of the Turkic nomads from the "Wild Steppe".
In 1299, in the wake of the Mongol invasion, the metropolitan moved from Kiev to the city of Vladimir, and Vladimir-Suzdal′ replaced Kiev as a religious center for the northern regions.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kievan_Rus   (3136 words)

  
 See also Kyiv region Kyiv region Kiev officially Kyiv...
Kiev was probably founded in the 5th century 5th century CE and functioned as a trade post between Constantinople Constantinople and Scandinavia Scandinavia.
From 882 882 until 1169 1169 Kiev was the capital of the principal Varangian Varangian/East-Slavic state, known as Kievan Rus' Kievan Rus' (or Kyivan Rus').
The church of Hagia Sophia in Kiev, begun in 1037 1037, was designed to emulate the splendor of Byzantine churches, reflecting the reception of Christianity from the Byzantine Empire Byzantine Empire.
www.biodatabase.de /Kiev   (617 words)

  
 Ukrainian Cities: Kiev
Kiev is the capital of Ukraine and of the Kiev region.
Kiev is Ukraine's largest city and a leading center of industry, commerce and culture.
Kiev is one of the oldest cities in Northern Europe.
www.russiannewsnetwork.com /kiev.html   (366 words)

  
 Search Results for "Kiev"   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
Kiev (KEE-ef, KEE-ev) Capital of Ukraine in the north-central region of the country on the Dnieper River; a major manufacturing and transportation center.
945, duke of Kiev (912-45), successor of Oleg as ruler of Kievan Rus.
Kievan Russia GRAND PRINCES OF KIEV (862-1212)The eastern Slavs settled on the territory of present-day European Russia from the 5th to the 8th century A.D. In...
www.bartleby.com /cgi-bin/texis/webinator/sitesearch?FILTER=&query=Kiev   (288 words)

  
 Kiev City History
Olegs words about Kiev became proverbial "Here will be the mother of Rus cities." This was the beginning of the Kievan Rus' state which lasted until the year 1240 when the Mongols (Tatars) invaded.
The 1500th anniversary celebration of Kiev, which was founded in year 482.
During 2001 Kiev was visited by Pope John Paul who met Kievans at the National Philharmonic Building.
www.kievcityguide.net /history.htm   (1338 words)

  
 ipedia.com: Ukraine Article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
Kiev, and Kievian Rus' was the seat of the Grand prince of the Rurik Dynasty.
In the encirclement battle of Kiev, for the fierce resistance of the Red Army and of the local population, the city was acclaimed by the Soviets as a "Hero City," more than 660,000 Soviet troops were taken captive.
The industrial regions in the east and southeast are the most heavily populated, and about 70% of the population is urban.
www.ipedia.com /ukraine.html   (1448 words)

  
 History of Kiev - Kyiv Hotel Luxe
The numerous family relations of Kiev princes with the reigning houses of Europe are evidence of the influence and importance of Kiev.
Kiev Price Yaroslav the Wise (1019-1054) was married to the daughter of Sewdish king, and his son Vsyevolod I to the daughter of the Byzantine Emperor Constantin Monomakh.
Kiev became the centre of the south-western frontier of the Russian Empire and entered a new period of development.
www.kyivhotel-luxe.com /?cat=kiev&subcat=history   (3144 words)

  
 Kiev Information Guide. History of Kiev
According to the ancient legend, Kiev, the capital of Ukraine, was founded by three brothers, Kyi, Schek and Khoryv, and their sister Lybed, at the end of the 5th-beginning of the 6th centuries.
In the 14th century, the Kiev region became the cradle for the modern Ukrainian nation.
In the 15th century Kiev was granted the Magdeburg Rights, which permitted greater independence of the city in matters of international commerce.
www.kiev.info /about/history.htm   (935 words)

  
 Prevalence of Goiter and Urinary Iodine Excretion Levels in Children Around Chernobyl -- Ashizawa et al. 82 (10): 3430 ...
Kiev region, the prevalence in the five regions was 54% in Kiev,
38% in the Zhitomir regions of the Ukraine, 18% in Gomel, 22%
The prevalence of goiter in the Bryansk, Kiev, and Zhitomir
jcem.endojournals.org /cgi/content/full/82/10/3430   (2043 words)

  
 Business & Information Center of Ukraine
The region is located in the northern part of Ukraine at the border of three states.
The region is bounded by Russia (199 km of state frontier), Belarus (227 km of state frontier), as well as Sumy, Poltava, and Kiev regions
The region has deposits of high quality glass sands in Repkinsky district, as well as oil and gas condensate that are concentrated in Ichnyansky, Priluksky, Varvinsky, and Talalayevsky districts and comprise Dneprovsko-Donetsky oil-and-gas-bearing region.Chalk mines in Novgorod-Seversky district as well as deposits of brick raw materials all important for industrial production.
www.bicu.nl /Engl/Chernigov.shtml   (919 words)

  
 Russia, Moscow, St. Petersburg, Kiev, Chernobyl, Novosibirsk, Nizhniy Novgorod, Jekaterinburg , Samara, Omsk, ...
The republics, okrugs, and one autonomous region are ethnically based political units that are direct successors to ethnic units established during the Soviet period, with the exception of the republics of Chechnya and Ingushetia, which existed then as a single entity.
The region of Kiev was largely depopulated because of massacres and because much of the Russian population had fled west to escape the Mongol advance.
The region of Kiev, influenced by foreign languages and customs that were superimposed on the traditions of the old Rus, came to be called Ukraine.
www.italysoft.com /bandiere/en/russia   (20951 words)

  
 Kiev - HighBeam Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
In Jan., 1918, Kiev became the capital of the newly proclaimed Ukrainian republic; but in the ensuing civil war (1918-20), it was occupied in succession by German, White Russian, Polish, and Soviet troops.
(Kiev, Odessa, Sevastopol and Yalta, Ukraine)(includes related article on tips on traveling to the various cities and excerpts from Mark Twain's, 'The Innocents Abroad,' an account of his travels through the region on his way to the Holy Land)
Kiev is about medieval cathedrals, instant borscht and cell phone mania
www.encyclopedia.com /html/K/Kiev.asp   (716 words)

  
 Kiev
945, duke of Kiev (912–45), successor of Oleg as ruler of Kievan Rus.
Vladimir II - Vladimir II (Vladimir Monomakh) or Volodymyr II,1053–1125, grand duke of Kiev...
Dashava - Dashava, a natural gas producing region of Ukraine, mainly in Lviv region, in the Carpathian...
www.factmonster.com /ce6/world/A0827616.html   (568 words)

  
 Kievan Rus Database (City: Kiev)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
In the south, the frontier outpost of the Kiev region in the 10th century was Rodnia, but later the Rus princes abandoned all thought of defending the Ros region from the Pechenegs and began to defend the banks of the Stuhna.
Kiev had an advantageous trade route in the center of Europe, which allowed it to maintain political and economic ties with the West.
December 6, 1240: Kiev was sacked during the second phase of Batu's invasion.
members.aol.com /bksmyre/City_Kiev.html   (977 words)

  
 Official site of the Kyiv Regional state administration/Tourism   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
Rzhyshchiv, a town of regional subordination, is situated in the estuary of the Lehlychi River.
The Obukhiv region is situated in the central part of the Kyiv region, 30 km from Kyiv.
The Kyiv region is a new area of green country tourism.
www.kyiv-obl.gov.ua /eng/viewpage.php3?t=15&p=194   (599 words)

  
 Arctiidae catalogue of the former USSR
The mountains of South Siberia from the Altai to Transbaikalia and the Stanovoi Mts.; the Amur region; the Sikhote-Alin Mts.; Central and East Yakutia; the Magadan region (the Upper Kolyma and Omolon rivers).
Transbaikalia (the Khamar-Daban Mts., the Chita region: the Sokhondo Mt., the Yablonovyi, and Udokan Mts.); the Sikhote-Alin Mts.; the Magadan region (the Upper Kolyma).
The South Urals; South-West Siberia (the Kurgan and Omsk regions; the Novosibirsk region: Lake Chany; Barnaul); North-East Kazakhstan (the Altai and Saur Mts.); the mountains of South Siberia: the Altai, Khakasia, Tuva, the Sayan Mts., west and south of the Irkutsk region, and Transbaikalia; ?the south-western part of the Primorye territory (Pogranichnyi (Grodekovo)).
www.geocities.com /Athens/Cyprus/4397/arctiinae.htm   (8875 words)

  
 Kievan Rus Database (Rus (The State))   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
After the death of Vladimir Monomakh's son, Mstislav in 1132, Kiev was never again able to act as the capital of a united Rus.
It stretched from the Vistula in the west to the Kama and the Pechora in the east; from the Baltic Sea (the mouth of the Dnepr) to the White Sea and the Arctic Ocean.
There are also instances in which the Kiev region is called Rus to distinguish it from Volhynia and Galicia.
members.aol.com /mokosh/Rus_XThe_StateX.html   (662 words)

  
 Kiev UA TPrealty, real estate & property services
The foreign company will purchase a separately costing building from 600 up to 1200 m sq at the center of Kiev.
The Kiev company will purchase for a shop under to 250 m sq.
The Ukrainian company leases office at center of Kiev (is possible Podol reg.) from 300 up to 600 m sq.
www.tprealty.kiev.ua /spros.php3?lang=eng   (243 words)

  
 Songs from the Ukraine Vol. I - Ensemble Khreshchaty Yar - songs album - text in English
There is a main street in Kiev with this name and it is said that in 988 AD, prince Volodymyr led his people on this road (at that time it was a country road) to the river Dnepr for baptism.
Kiev reached its apogee in the reigns of Volodymyr the Great, who adopted Christianity as the religion of his realm.
The embroideries from the Poltava region on the middle course of the Dnepr are famous for their pastel colours.
www.face-music.ch /catalog/yarvol_1songs.html   (3504 words)

  
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December 31, 1986óSpecial report of the UkSSR KGBM on the City of Kiev and the Kiev region to the UkSSR KGB 6th Management concerning the radioactive situation and the progress on the clean up operation after the accident at the Chernobyl' NPS.
January 20, 1987äSpecial report of the UkSSR KGBM on Kiev and Kiev region to the UkSSR KGB 6th Management concerning the radioactive situation and the progress on the clean up operation after the accident at the Chernobyl' NPS.
March 3, 1987áSpecial report of the UkSSR KGBM on Kiev and Kiev region to the UkSSR KGB 6th Management concerning the radioactive situation and the progress on the clean up operation after the accident at the Chernobyl' NPS.
www.eastview.com /docs/Cernobyl-findaids.xls   (1405 words)

  
 hunterV Kiev Travel Page - VirtualTourist.com
It was here that Prince Volodymyr, the famous ruler of the feudal state of Kiev Rus, baptized his subjects in 988 A.D. You can see a lot of historical relics in the city now.
The natural surroundings of Kiev are also very special for it is located on the border of mixed forests and forest-steppe.
Kiev has a lot of parks and recreation areas where you can just relax and enjoy the fresh air and surroundings.
members.virtualtourist.com /m/1b772/acc25   (1094 words)

  
 Kiev Ukraine News Blog
Kiev is pinning particular hopes on cooperation with Poland, relations with which have significantly strengthened since the Orange Revolution, which received support from Warsaw.
Viktor Yushchenko was born in 1954 in the Sumy region of northeastern Ukraine.
KIEV, Ukraine -- NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer heads to Ukraine on Monday for talks on reforms that the new pro-Western authorities in the ex-Soviet nation have pledged to carry out with an eye to eventually joining the alliance.
blog.kievukraine.info /2005_06_01_kievukrainenewsblog_archive.html   (16107 words)

  
 SOVTRANSAVTO HOLDING v. UKRAINE - 48553/99 [2002] ECHR 626 (25 July 2002)
It remitted the case for reconsideration to the Kiev Region Arbitration Tribunal (which thus became the court of first instance in the case) and asked it to pay special attention to the need for a detailed examination of the facts of the case and the documents produced by the parties.
The decision shall be signed by the President of the Supreme Arbitration Tribunal of Crimea or his deputy, the President of the regional arbitration tribunal or his deputy, the President of the Kiev City Arbitration Tribunal or his deputy or the President of the Sebastopol City Arbitration Tribunal or his deputy.
In addition, the President of the Kiev Region Arbitration Tribunal had expressed doubts in a letter of 12 May 2000 concerning the ability to guarantee the total impartiality of the judges of that tribunal at the trial of the applicant company's case.
www.worldlii.org /eu/cases/ECHR/2002/626.html   (10116 words)

  
 Kiev Village of Hope Mission Trip - 2005
Southeast Baptist 2005 Kiev Village of Hope Team will be on a trip to Kiev, Ukraine during July 15-26, 2005.
With the help of CBF missionaries, Gennady and Mina Podgaisky, the ministry has grown rapidly and is reaching out to a network of organizations that are ministering to children throughout the Kiev region.
Representatives from the Netherlands, Germany, Ukraine, CBF National and CBFNC gathered in Kiev in December 2003 to formalize a partnership that will direct much of the street children ministry in Kiev.
www.gosoutheast.org /missions/kievtrip2005/kievtrip2005.htm   (272 words)

  
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Association of descendants of Russian Noble families of Kiev region of Ukraine "Kiev Noble Assemble" is about to open web page in the World Wide Web, and by means of that greetings you and invites you for beneficial cooperation all associates and supporters of the Russian Noble Assembly over the world.
Unfortunately, the Assembly has not been succeeded to be recognized to be successor of the Kiev Province Noble Assembly, existed prior 1917.
The founder of the Kiev Noble Assembly is Doctor of Medicine, professor Y. Kvitnitsky-Ryzhov.
www.morkov.net /kds_en.php?menuState=11000011110000000011111   (216 words)

  
 Vozdvizhensky Hotel - Kiev, Ukraine
The hotel is located in the historic region of Kiev, on one of its oldest streets, Andreyevsky Uzviz, or Andrew's slope.
The hotel is also close to the artisan district of Kiev, Podil.
Boryspil International Airport is 42 km away and Kiev's Central Railway Station is 5 km away.
www.kiev.info /kiev-hotels/vozdvij.htm   (248 words)

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