Kyiv
City
Capital of Ukraine on the Dnieper, the centre of medieval Kievan Rus'.
Names
- September 1, 1941 – November 9, 1944 Kiew
Held by
- 1789 – September 14, 1917 Russian Empire
- September 14, 1917 – November 7, 1917 Russia
- December 6, 1917 – March 10, 1919 Russia
- March 10, 1919 – December 29, 1922 Ukraine
- December 30, 1922 – December 25, 1991 Soviet Union
- August 15, 1941 – October 31, 1943 Germany Military occupation
- since December 26, 1991 Ukraine
Capital of
Events here 17
- July 9, 1811 Great Fire of Podil
- 1881 Kiev pogrom (1881)
- January 22, 1918 Unification Act
- April 24 – June 13, 1920 Kiev offensive (1920)
- August 7 – September 26, 1941 Battle of Kiev (1941)
- September 29–30, 1941 Babi Yar massacre
- November 3 – December 22, 1943 Battle of Kiev (1943)
- October 2–17, 1990 Revolution on Granite
- May 31, 1997 – April 1, 2019 Russian–Ukrainian Friendship Treaty
- November 22, 2004 – January 23, 2005 Orange Revolution
- November 2013 – February 23, 2014 Revolution of Dignity
- November 21, 2013 – February 22, 2014 Euromaidan
- January 19 – February 23, 2014 2014 Hrushevsky Street protests
- February 24, 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- February 25 – March 31, 2022 Battle of Kyiv (2022)
- October 10, 2022 10 October 2022 missile strikes on Ukraine
- July 8, 2024 8 July 2024 Russian strikes on Ukraine