Kyiv

Population: 2.6
Temperature Range: -9 to 26
Average Precipitation High: 80-85 (Jul)
Average Precipitation Low: 40-45 (Jan, Feb, Oct)
Currency Used: Ukraine Hryvnia (UAH)
Major School: University of Kyiv
Major Landmark: St. Sophia's Cathedral

- Capital, largest city
- Major industrial, transportation & cultural centre
- Manufactures: machinery, machine tools,
motor vehicles, chemicals, processed foods,
textiles, forest products, clothing, and printed
materials
- Was one of the top religious centers of Europe and
several of its major churches survived
- Cathedral of Saint Sophia, Monastery, Church of
Saint Andrew, Cathedral of Saint Vladimir
- First settled in prehistoric times
- Became east Slavic settlement during 6th-7th
centuries
- In the year 860, taken over by Vikings
- Grew as a trade & industrial centre during
18th-19th centuries
- Replaced Kharkiv as capital of Ukraine (1934)
when it was part of USSR
- Germany took Kyiv from 1941-43, killed as many
as 200 000 people
- Became capital of independent Ukraine in 1991
after the USSR dissolved