Kiev facts for kids

Kyiv
Kyiv; Київ (Kyiv);
	City with special status
	From upper left: Golden Gate, Red University Building, Kyiv Pechersk Lavra, St Andrew's Church, Berehynia on Maidan Nezalezhnosti and statue of Bohdan Khmelnytsky
; Flag	; Coat of arms
	Map of Ukraine with Kyiv highlighted
Country	Ukraine
Municipality	Kyiv City Municipality
Founded	482 A.D. (officially)
Area
• City with special status	839 km2 (324 sq mi)
Elevation	179 m (587 ft)
Population (15 July 2013)
• City with special status	2,847,200
• Density	3,299/km2 (8,540/sq mi)
• Metro	3,375,000of the Kyiv metropolitan area
Demonym(s)	Kievan
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
• Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)
Postal code	01xxx-04xxx
Area code(s)	+380 44
License plate	AA (before 2004: КА, КВ, КЕ, КН, КІ, KT)
Website	kievcity.gov.ua

Kyiv (Ukrainian: Київ) is the capital and largest city of Ukraine. Almost three million people live there.

The city hosted the UEFA Euro 2012 final.

Kyiv has a humid continental climate (Dfb in the Köppen climate classification).

Notable people

Mikhail Bulgakov, Russian writer and playwright
Victor Skumin, Russian professor, philosopher, writer, psychologist, psychiatrist, psychotherapist, and medical doctor

Images for kids

A fragment of Russiae, Moscoviae et Tartariae map by Anthony Jenkinson (London 1562) published by Ortelius in 1570.
A fragment from an 1804 John Cary's "New map of Europe, from the latest authorities" published in "Cary's new universal atlas", London, 1808
Kiev City State Administration Letter to Wikimedia Foundation
The Hungarians at Kiev in 830 (by Pál Vágó); also see: Rus' Khaganate.
The Baptism of Kievans, a painting by Klavdiy Lebedev
Bolesław I of Poland and Sviatopolk the Accursed at Kiev, in a legendary moment of hitting the Golden Gate with the Szczerbiec sword. Painting by Jan Matejko
Bohdan Khmelnytsky Entering Kiev by Mykola Ivasiuk
Kiev in the late 19th century
Kiev's council chambers in 1930
Ruins of Kiev, as seen during World War II
The Ukrainian national flag was raised outside Kiev's City Hall for the first time on 24 July 1990
Landsat 7 image of Kiev and the Dnieper River
View to left bank neighbourhoods of Kiev
A public concert held on Maidan Nezalezhnosti during Kiev's 2005 Eurovision Song Contest
Kiev National Opera House
Kiev Academic Puppet Theatre
Lilacs in the National Botanical Garden, with the Vydubychi Monastery, Darnitskiy Rail Bridge and left-bank Kiev visible in the background.
The National Historical Museum of Ukraine
TsUM department store in Kiev
An-124, the largest aircraft ever mass-produced, designed by the Antonov in Kiev
Kiev is home to many of Ukraine's largest businesses.
The Ukrainian Academy of Sciences is based in Kiev.
National Taras Shevchenko University
A Kiev Metro train at Dnipro station
Kiev funicular
Trolleybus ElektroLAZ-301 at Sofia Square, passing by the statue of Bohdan Khmelnytsky
The Novo-Darnytskyi Bridge over the Dnieper river
The seat of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine
The presidential administration's building
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs
The seat of Kiev City State and City Council on Khreshchatyk Street.
Golden Gate
Holy Dormition Cathedral
St. Sophia Cathedral
St. Volodymyr's Cathedral
St. Michael's Golden-Domed Monastery
Saint Andrew's Church
Intercession Convent
St. Nicholas Roman Catholic Cathedral
Mariyinsky Palace
National Bank of Ukraine
"House With Chimaeras"
Brodsky Synagogue
Bohdan Khmelnytskyi statue
Monument of Independence
Saint Vladimir Monument
Monument to Mother, the Motherland