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ID: 7010171
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7010171

 

Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Kiev (inhabited place)  Kiev (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 50 26 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 50.4333  decimal degrees
Long: 030 31 00 E  degrees minutes   Long: 30.5167  decimal degrees

Note: Located on Dnepr river; was key in trade route from Scandinavia to Byzantium; held by Viking Varangians from 862; was center of 1st Russian state, Kievan Rus; flourished in 11th century; taken by Mongols 13th century; Russian from 1686; badly damaged in WW II.

Names:
Kyiv (preferred,C,V)
Kiev (C,V,English-P,U,N)
Kief (C,V)
Kyiv City (C,U,English)
Kyyiv (C,V)
Kijev (C,V)
Kiyiv (C,V)
Kiyev (C,V)
Kyjiw (C,V)
Kijew (C,V)
Kijów (C,V)
Gorod-Geroy Kiyev (C,U)
Misto-Heroy Kyyiv (C,U)
Misto Kyiv (C,U,Norwegian (Nynorsk))
Misto Kyiv (Norwegian (Bokmål))
Misto Kyyiv (C,U)
Municipalité de Kiev (C,U,French)
Stadt Kiew (C,U,O,German)
Киев (C,U,Russian)
Місто Київ (C,U,Ukrainian)
קייב (C,U,Hebrew )
Kiew (H,V)
Könugard (H,O)  ............ Norse

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Europe (continent)  ....  Europe (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Ukraine (nation)  ........  Ukraine (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Kyyiv, Misto (municipality)  ............  Kyyiv, Misto (municipality) (P)
Hierarchy of Kiev (inhabited place)  ................  Kiev (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  probably founded before 5th cen. AD; original settlement occupied high right bank above river, but has expanded since WW II
city (C)
national capital (C)
regional capital (C)
inland port (C)  ............  developed as important early river port
industrial center (C)
transportation center (C)
educational center (C)
cultural center (C)  ............  especially noted for museums, theater, opera & ballet
episcopal see (C)  ............  noted for 11th-cen. cathedral of St. Sophia & 18th-cen. church of St. Andrew (now both are museums)
first level subdivision (C)

Related geographic places:
capital of ....  Ukraine .......... (nation)
..................  (World, Europe) [7006660]

Sources and Contributors:
קייב..........  [IMJ]
...........  Israel Museum Jerusalem contribution (n.d.)
Киев..........  [VP]
...........  GeoNames online [n.d.] 703447
Місто Київ..........  [VP]
.......................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 703447
Gorod-Geroy Kiyev..........  [VP]
................................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 703447
Kief..........  [VP]
...........  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-) accessed 7 February 2022
Kiev..........  [BHA, IMJ Preferred, VP]
...........  Britannica Book of the Year (1993) 737
...........  Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 478
...........  Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961)
...........  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) VI, 857
...........  Israel Museum Jerusalem contribution (n.d.)
...........  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-) accessed 15 August 2014
...........  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988)
Kiew..........  [VP]
...........  Rand McNally Atlas (1994) I-86
Kijev..........  [VP]
..............  Rand McNally Atlas (1989) I-88
Kijew..........  [VP]
..............  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-) accessed 7 February 2022
Kijów..........  [VP]
..............  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-) accessed 7 February 2022
Kiyev..........  [VP]
..............  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) VI, 857
..............  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 101
Kiyiv..........  [VP]
..............  Times Atlas of World History (1993) 347
Könugard..........  [VP]
.................  Times Atlas of World History (1993) 347
Kyiv..........  [VP Preferred]
...........  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) VI, 857
...........  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-) accessed 7 February 2022
Kyiv City..........  [VP]
....................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 703447
Kyjiw..........  [BWR, VP]
..............  BWR database (2010-)
Kyyiv..........  [VP]
..............  Britannica Book of the Year (1993) 737
Misto-Heroy Kyyiv..........  [VP]
................................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 703447
Misto Kyiv..........  [VP]
.......................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 703447
Misto Kyyiv..........  [VP]
.......................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 703447
Municipalité de Kiev..........  [VP]
...................................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 703447
Stadt Kiew..........  [VP]
.......................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 703447
Subject: .....  [BHA, IMJ, VP]
..................  Britannica Book of the Year (1993) 737
..................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 478
..................  Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961)
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) VI, 857
..................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 703447
..................  Israel Museum Jerusalem contribution (n.d.)
..................  Rand McNally Atlas (1989) I-88
..................  Rand McNally Atlas (1994) I-86
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 101
..................  Times Atlas of World History (1993) 347
..................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988)
..................  Wikipedia (2000-) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiev
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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