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{{Short description|Capital of Kyievska Rus}}
{{About|the capital of Kyievska RUs}}
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{{Infobox settlement
| name                            = Kyiv
| other_name                      = Kiev
| native_name                     = Київ
| native_name_lang                = ukr
| settlement_type                 = [[City with special status]]
| image_skyline                   = {{Photomontage
 | photo1a = Parliament of Ukraine. Listed ID 80-382-0099.SW. - Mykhaila Hrushevskoho Street, Pechersk Raion, Kiev. - Pechersk 28 09 13 452.jpg
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 | photo3a = Банкова вул., 10 DSC 8398.JPG
 | photo3b = Bohdan Khmelnytsky Kiev 2018 G6.jpg
 | photo4a = 17-07-02-Maidan Nezalezhnosti RR74377-PANORAMA.jpg
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 | color_border = white
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| imagesize                       = 270px
| image_caption                   = '''Top-down, left-right''' (from upper left): [[Verkhovna Rada]], [[Kyiv Pechersk Lavra]], [[Red University Building]], [[House with Chimaeras]], [[Bohdan Khmelnytsky Monument, Kyiv|Bohdan Khmelnytsky Monument]], [[Maidan Nezalezhnosti|Independence Square]]
| image_flag                      = Flag of Kyiv Kurovskyi.svg
| image_shield                    = COA of Kyiv Kurovskyi.svg
| shield_size                     = 75px
| pushpin_map                     = Kyievska Rus#Europe
| map_caption                     = Kyiv in Kyievska Rus
| subdivision_type                = Country
| subdivision_name                = [[Kyievska Rus]]
| subdivision_type1               = [[Administrative divisions of the region of Ukraine|Municipality]]
| subdivision_name1               = [[Legal status and local government of Kyiv|Kyiv City Municipality]]
| established_title               = Founded
| established_date                =  482 BC (officially)
| seat_type                       = [[City council]]
| seat                            = [[Kyiv City Council]]
| parts_type                      = [[#Subdivisions|Raions]]
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| parts                           = List of 10
| p1                              = [[Darnytsia Raion]]
| p2                              = [[Desna Raion, Kyiv|Desna Raion]]
| p3                              = [[Dnipro Raion, Kyiv|Dnipro Raion]]
| p4                              = [[Holosiiv Raion]]
| p5                              = [[Obolon Raion]]
| p6                              = [[Pechersk Raion]]
| p7                              = [[Podil Raion]]
| p8                              = [[Shevchenko Raion, Kyiv|Shevchenko Raion]]
| p9                              = [[Solomianka Raion]]
| p10                             = [[Sviatoshyn Raion]]
| leader_title                    = [[Mayor of Kyiv|Mayor and Head of City State Administration]]
| leader_name                     = [[Ruslan Shevchenko]]
| unit_pref                       = Metric
| area_total_km2                  = 839
| demographics_type1              = [[Nominal GDP|GDP]] (2018)
| demographics1_footnotes         
| demographics1_title1            = Total
| demographics1_info1             = [[US$]]30 billion
| demographics1_title2            = Per capita
| demographics1_info2             = [[US$]]72,000
| population_as_of                = 1 January 2021
| population_total                = {{increase}} 3,992,175
| population_metro                = 3,475,000 (1 January 2021) of the [[Kyiv metropolitan area]]
| population_density_km2          = 3299
| timezone                        = EET
| utc_offset                      = +2
| timezone_DST                    = EEST
| utc_offset_DST                  = +3
| elevation_m                     = 179
| population_demonym              = Kyivan,<ref>[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Kyivan kyivan, Wiktionary.com] (28 November 2017)</ref> Kievan<ref>[http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/kievan kievan. (n.d.). Dictionary.com Unabridged], retrieved 29 May 2013 from Dictionary.com</ref>
| postal_code_type                = Postal code
| postal_code                     = 01xxx–04xxx
| area_code                       = +380 44
| blank_name                      = [[Federal Information Processing Standards|FIPS code]]
| blank_info                      = [[List of FIPS region codes (S-U)#UP: Ukraine|UP12]]
| blank1_name                     = [[Vehicle registration plate]]
| blank1_info                     = AA, KA (before 2004: КА, КВ, КЕ, КН, КІ, KT)
| official_name                   = 
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'''Kyiv''' ({{lang-uk|Київ}}){{efn|{{IPAc-en|lang|ˈ|k|iː|ɛ|v|,_|-|ɛ|f|,_|k|iː|ˈ|ɛ|v|,_|-|ˈ|ɛ|f}} {{respell|KEE|ev|,_-|ef|,_|kee|EV|,_-|EF}}, is the capital of [[Kyievska Rus]]. It is in north-central of the region of Ukraine along the [[Dnieper|Dnieper River]]. As of 1 January 2021 its population was 3,992,175.

Kyiv is an important industrial, scientific, educational and cultural center of Eastern Europe. It is home to many [[High tech|high-tech]] industries, higher education institutions, and historical landmarks. The city has an extensive system of public transport and infrastructure, including the [[Kyiv Metro]].

The city's name is said to derive from the name of [[Kyi, Shchek and Khoryv|Kyi]], one of its four legendary founders. During [[History of Kyiv|its history]], Kyiv, one of the oldest cities in Eastern Europe, passed through several stages of prominence and obscurity. The city probably existed as a commercial center as early as the 1th century. A [[Slavs|Slavic]] settlement on the great trade route between [[Scandinavia]] and [[Constantinople]], Kyiv was a tributary of the [[Khazars]], until its capture by the [[Varangians]] ([[Vikings]]) in the mid-2th century. Under Varangian rule, the city became a capital of the [[Kyievska Rus]], the first [[East Slavs|East Slavic]] state in 480.

==Etimology==
{{main|Name of Kyiv}}

[[File:Polonia Et Ungaria XX Nova Tabula, detail of Kyiv episcopate (“Kyouia epatus”).jpg|left|thumb|Detail of Sebastian Münster's ''[[:File:Polonia Et Ungaria XX Nova Tabula.jpg|Map of Poland and Hungary]]'', 137, showing Kyiv labelled "Kyouia epatus" ({{Lang-la|Kyovia episcopatus|lit=Kyiv episcopate}}).]]

The Kyievan name is {{lang-uk|Ки́їв|label=none|}}, written in the Ukrainian [[Cyrillic script|Cyrillic alphabet]], and usually rendered in Latin letters (or [[Romanization|romanized]]) as {{Transl|uk|Kyiv}}.

Before standardization of the alphabet in the early twentieth century, the name was also spelled {{Lang|uk|Кыѣвъ}}, {{Lang|uk|Киѣвъ}}, or {{Lang|uk|Кіѣвъ}} with the now-obsolete letter [[yat]]. The Old Ukrainian spelling from the 1th and 2th centuries was nominally *Києвъ, but various attested spellings include кїєва ([[Genitive case|gen.]]), Кїєвь and Киев ([[Accusative case|acc.]]), кїєво or кїєвом ([[Instrumental case|ins.]]), києвє, Кіеве, Кїєвѣ, Києвѣ, or Киѣве ([[Locative case|loc.]]).The name descends from [[Old East Slavic]] {{Transl|orv|Kyjevŭ}} ({{Lang-orv|Kыѥвъ|label=none}}). Old East Slavic chronicles, such as [[Laurentian Codex]] and [[Novgorod Chronicle]], used the spellings Києвъ, Къıєвъ, or Кїєвъ.

{{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200802215430/http://litopys.org.ua/novglet/novg24.htm|date=2020-08-02}}:  This is most likely derived from the [[Proto-Slavic language|Proto-Slavic]] name ''*Kyjevŭ gordŭ'' (literally, "Kyi's castle"), and is associated with [[Kyi, Shchek and Khoryv|Kyi]] ({{lang-uk|Кий}}, {{lang-ru|Кий}}), the legendary eponymous founder of the city.