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Home [index.php?PHPSESSID=4900056aaec29f7d02e885d9fa271817] Kiev Saturday, 07 October 2006 Welcome to Ukraine Home Contact Us Language Currency The President people News Papers Religion History Culture flag of ukraine Ukraine Travel Infos map of ukraine Getting there weather visa formalities embassies in the world Ukraine weather Boryspil 14°C Boryspil 14°C | Dnipropetrovsk 14°C | Donetsk 15°C | Ivano-Frankivsk 17°C | Kharkiv 14°C | Kiev 14°C | Lvov 17°C | Odessa 15°C | Simferopol 19°C | Zaporozhya 14°C [Details] Report Time 15:00 Condition --- Wind Chill 13°C Dew Point 8°C Wind Direction 020NNE Variable Wind ---/--- Wind Speed 2mps Wind Gust --- Visibility 10 km Pressure 1017hpa Humidity 67.1% Hum. Index 14.4°C Heat Index --- Precipitation --- Snow --- Boryspil Dnipropetrovsk Donetsk Ivano-Frankivsk Kharkiv Kiev Lvov Odessa Simferopol Zaporozhya kiev A castle-extremely was founded in Kiev approx. 1.500 years ago and since, the city has become an administrative, political and religious center of Ukraine, under the reign of the duke Jaroslaw in XII century, the city was one of the greatest urban centers in the Europe of the Middle Ages. Since XIII century, the country changed hands several times for finally falling under the domination of Russia and the Soviet Union. It is only since 1991 that Kiev became the capital of the State independent of Ukraine. Kiev is a center of national and international fairs. The city is an important industrial center (construction of machines and shipyards, textile, food, clothes industry and building materials). Kiev is also a node of transportation routes. It has an international airport (boryspol) and a subway. government of the State and administrative center of the country, Kiev is also the center of the cultural life in Ukraine, with many museums and theatres. The higher university and the schools and vocational schools accomodate 165.000 students. In accordance with the part which the town of Kiev plays, this one has many curiosities. One can quote the old city with his historical heritage of all the times, the convent troglodyte of Lwara founded in 1057 and the monuments going back to eight centuries different, the Holy-Sophie cathedral or the Great Gate of the fortifications of the city. Cities Kiev Borispol City Guide The Great Gate map of kiev Kiev Univercities Lvov odessa Kharkov Lugansk Dnepropetrovsk Donetsk Kherson Zaprozhye vinnitsa Sumy poltava Mariupol Ternopil Yalta Izmail Krivoj ©2006 Pretty Ukraine