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Kiev

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Kiev , Ukrainian Kyyiv, Rus. Kiyev, city (1990 est. pop. 2,600,000) and municipality with the status of a region (oblast), capital of Ukraine and of Kiev region, a port on the Dnieper River. The largest city of Ukraine, Kiev is a leading industrial, commercial, and cultural center. Food processing (notably the processing of beet sugar), metallurgy, and the manufacture of machinery, machine tools, rolling stock, chemicals, building materials, and textiles are the major industries. Known to Russians as the "mother of cities," Kiev is one of the oldest towns in N Europe. It probably existed... Read more
Kiev encirclement
Kiev encirclement. During the opening phase (see BARBAROSSA...Army Group South was closing to the Dnieper downstream from Kiev, but South-West front was in position to accomplish an orderly withdrawal to the east bank. Stalin, believing Kiev and the river line to the south could be held, was sending... Read more
Kiev
Kiev (Kyiv), Ukraine According to legend, the city is named after the eldest of three eastern Slav brothers, Kiy, who...part of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, Poland, and Russia. In a roundabout way it has given its name to Chicken Kiev: when the Hotel Kiev was opened in Moscow in 1957 a new chicken dish was ... Read more

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