Kiev

Kiev (Ukrainian: {{Audio|Kyiv.ogg|????}}, Kyiv; Russian: {{Audio|ru-Kiev.ogg|?????}}, Kiev; also spelled Kyiv (see also Cities' alternative names), is the capital and the largest city of Ukraine, located in the north central part of the country on the Dnieper river. As of 2003, Kiev officially had 2,642,486 inhabitants, although the large number of unregistered migrants would probably raise this figure to about three million. Administratively, Kiev is a national-level subordinated municipality, independent from surrounding Kiev Oblast. Kiev is an important industrial, scientific, educational and cultural center of Eastern Europe. It is home to many high-tech industries, higher education institutions, world-famous museums and art institutions. The city has an extensive infrastructure and highly developed system of public transport, including a Kiev Metro system.

City districts

In the 1930s, Kiev was subdivided into several districts, the number finally growing to fourteen in the early 1940s. Several years ago, this number was reduced to ten. Besides these, Kiev is also informally divided into large neighborhoods, each housing as many as 50,000 to 100,000 people.

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1930s - 1940s

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Formal districts

Administratively, Kiev is subdivided into the following raions (districts), which are have their own units of local government with jurisdiction over a limit scope of affairs.

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• Darnytsia Raion ?????????? ?????
• Desna Raion ??????????? ????? (named to Desna river)
• Dnipro Raion ???????????? ????? (named to the Dnieper river)
• Holosiiv Raion ????????????? ?????
• Obolon Raion ??????????? ?????
• Pechersk Raion ?????????? ????? (see also Kiev Pechersk Lavra)
• Podil Raion ??????????? ?????
• Shevchenko Raion ?????????????? ?????
• Solom'yansk Raion ????????????? ?????
• Svyatoshyn Raion ????????????? ?????

Neighborhoods

• Akademmistechko ??????????????, also known by the Russian name "Akademgorodok"
• Bereznyaky ?????????
• Borshchahivka ??????????
• Chokolivka ?????????
• Kharkivskyi ??????????
• Kurenivka ?????????
• Nyvky ?????
• Osokorky ????????
• Pechersk ????????
• Poznyaky ???????
• Rusanivka ?????????
• Podil ?????
• Shulyavka ???????
• Svyatoshyn ????????
• Syrets ??????
• Tatarka ???????
• Teremky ???????
• Trojeshchina ????????
• Voskresinka ???????????
• Vynohradar ??????????
• Zhulyany ??????

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