The municipality of the city of Kyiv has a special legal status within Ukraine compared to the other administrative subdivisions of the country. The most significant difference is that the city is considered … See more

According to the official registration statistics, there were 2,847,200 residents within the city limits of Kyiv in July 2013.
According to the All-Ukrainian Census, the population of Kyiv in 2001 was 2,611,300. The histori… See more

Modern Kyiv is a mix of the old (Kyiv preserved about 70 percent of more than 1,000 buildings built during 1907–1914) and the new, seen in everything from the architecture to the stores and to the people themselves… See more

Kyiv was the historic cultural centre of the East Slavic civilization and a major cradle for the Christianization of Kievan Rus. Kyiv retained through centuries its cultural importance and even at times of relative decay, it re… See more