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Wikipedia: Kiev or Kyiv, is the capital and the largest city of Ukraine, located in the north central part of the country on the Dnieper River. The population as of the 2001 census was 2,611,300. However, higher numbers have been cited in the press.
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![Monument to [[Olga of Kiev [Monument to [[Olga of Kiev]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Olga_Monument_s.jpg)
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![Dynamo Sports Stadium [Dynamo Sports Stadium]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Stadion_Dynamo_in_Kiev_s.jpg)
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![Ruins of Kiev, as seen during World War II. [Ruins of Kiev, as seen during World War II.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Ruined_Kiev_in_WWII_s.jpg)
![Painted battle tanks at the World War II memorial [Painted battle tanks at the World War II memorial]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/World_War_II_Memorial_2C_Kiev_2C_Ukraine_s.jpg)
![TsUM Department Store in Kiev [TsUM Department Store in Kiev]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Central_Department_Store_in_Kiev_s.jpg)
![President's administrative building [President's administrative building]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Pres_adm_ukraine_2008_s.jpg)
![Maidan buildings [Maidan buildings]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Kiev_Maidan_buildings_s.jpg)
![Museum of the Great Patriotic War Kliopennaya mat' monument [Museum of the Great Patriotic War Kliopennaya mat' monument]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Motherland_Kiev_s.jpg)
![Founders of Kiev [Founders of Kiev]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Founders_of_Kiev_with_bride_2_s.jpg)
![Kiev skyline at dusk [Kiev skyline at dusk]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Kiew_Zentrum_2_s.jpg)
![Maidan Nezalezhnosti as seen from the Hotel Ukraina on the May Day in 2006. [Maidan Nezalezhnosti as seen from the Hotel Ukraina on the May Day in 2006.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Maidan_Nezalezhnosti_28Kiev_29_2_s.jpg)
![Kiev riverport [Kiev riverport]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Dniepr_river_in_Kyiv_2_s.jpg)
![Modern apartment block in Kiev. [Modern apartment block in Kiev.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Kiev_Skyscraper_Kroun_s.jpg)
![Kiev Funicular's lower station [Kiev Funicular's lower station]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Kiev_funicular_Lower_station_at_night_s.jpg)
![Meeting of supporters of the Alliance of National Unity on Maidan Nezalezhnosti [Meeting of supporters of the Alliance of National Unity on Maidan Nezalezhnosti]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Kiev_Maidan_Nezalezhnosti_April_17_2C_2007_s.jpg)
![The Podol (Podil) neighborhood of Kiev. 1890 postcard. [The Podol (Podil) neighborhood of Kiev. 1890 postcard.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Kiev_Podol_1890_postcard_s.jpg)
![Kiev in 1930. [Kiev in 1930.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Kiev_Radyanskaya_pl_approx1930_s.jpg)
![National Taras Shevchenko University [National Taras Shevchenko University]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Universit_C3_A4t_Kiew_s.jpg)
![Kiev Metro train arriving at the station [Kiev Metro train arriving at the station]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Metro_kiev_dnipro_s.jpg)
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![Monument to the Founders of Kiev, erected 1982 [ Monument to the Founders of Kiev, erected 1982]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Founders_of_Kiev_2_s.jpg)
![The Ukrainian national flag was raised outside Kiev's City Hall for the first time on 24 July 1990 [The Ukrainian national flag was raised outside Kiev's City Hall for the first time on 24 July 1990]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Kiev_24_7_1990_Ukrainian_Flag_s.jpg)
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