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 | | Of the learned societies the more important are the medical (1840), the naturalists (1869), the juridical (1876), the historical of Nestor the Chronicler (1872), the horticultural (1875), and the dramatic (1879), the archaeological commission (1843), and the society of church archaeology. |
 | | Kiev is the principal centre for the sugar industry of Russia, as well as for the general trade of the region. |
 | | According to Nestors legend it was founded in 864 by three brothers, Kiy, Shchek and Khoriv, and after their deaths the principality was seized by two Varangians (Scandinavians), Askold and Dir, followers of Rurik, also in 864. |
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