Kiev Oblast, also written as
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Kyivs’ka oblast’; also referred to as
Kyivshchyna — ) is an
oblastUkraine is subdivided into 24 oblasts , one autonomous republic, and two "cities with special status".- Overview :...
(province) in central
UkraineUkraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by Russia to the east; Belarus to the north; Poland, Slovakia, and Hungary to the west; Romania and Moldova to the southwest; and the Black Sea and Sea of Azov to the south. The city of Kiev is both the capital and the largest city of...
.
The administrative center of the oblast is the city of
KievKiev 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...
, also being the capital of Ukraine. Despite being located in the center of the Kiev Oblast, and hosting the governing bodies of the oblast, Kiev itself is a self-governing city with special status and not under oblast jurisdiction.
Geography
Kiev Oblast has a total area of (approximately 35 times the area of Kiev city) and is located in north-central Ukraine. On the west it borders the
Zhytomyr OblastZhytomyr Oblast is an oblast of northern Ukraine...
, on the Southwest —
Vinnytsia OblastVinnytsia Oblast is an oblast of Ukraine. Its administrative center is Vinnytsia.-Geography:...
, on the South —
Cherkasy OblastCherkasy Oblast is an oblast of central Ukraine located along the Dnieper River. The administrative center of the oblast is the city of Cherkasy).-Geography:...
, on the Southeast -
Poltava OblastPoltava Oblast is an oblast of central Ukraine. The administrative center of the oblast is the city of Poltava....
, on the East and Northeast —
Chernihiv OblastChernihiv Oblast is an oblast of northern Ukraine...
, and on the North —
Homyel VoblastsHomiel Voblast or Gomel Oblast is a province of Belarus with its administrative center being Homyel....
of
BelarusBelarus is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, bordered by Russia to the north and east, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the north. Its capital is Minsk; other major cities include Brest, Grodno , Gomel , Mahilyow and Vitebsk...
.
The oblast is equally split between the both banks of
Dnieper RiverThe Dnieper River or Dnipro River is one of the major rivers in Europe that flows from Russia, through Belarus and Ukraine, to the Black Sea. Its total length is , of which lie within Russia, within Belarus, and within Ukraine. Its basin covers , of which are within Ukraine...
(
Dnipro) north and south of Kiev. Other significant rivers in the oblast are the Dnieper's tributaries:
PripyatThe Pripyat River or Prypiat River is a river in Eastern Europe, of approximately length. It flows east through Ukraine, Belarus, and Ukraine again, draining into the Dnieper....
(
Prypiat) (R),
DesnaDesna is a river in Russia and Ukraine, left tributary of the Dnieper. The word means "right hand" in the Old East Slavic language. Its length is 1,130 km , and its drainage basin covers 88,900 km²....
(L),
TeterivThe Teteriv River is a right tributary of the Dnieper River in Ukraine. It has a length of 365 km and a drainage basin of 15,100 km².In the underflow the valley of the Teteriv in Polissia on up to 4 km, the width of the river widens up to 40-90 meter, before it flows into the Dnieper.The Teteriv...
(R),
Irpin'Irpin’ , often called Irpen’ as its name is pronounced in Russian, is a river in Ukraine, a right tributary of the Dnieper.It is 162 km in length and flows through the city of Irpin'. The location where Irpin' enters the Dnieper river falls into the Kiev Reservoir which the Dnieper forms because of...
(R),
Ros'Ros is a river in Ukraine, 346 km in length, a right tributary of the Dnieper river. The Ros river finds its source in the village of Ordyntsi in Pohrebyschenskyi Raion, Vinnytsia Oblast....
(R) and Trubizh (L).
The length of the Dnipro River within the boundaries of the oblast totals . The oblast has a total number of 177 rivers intersecting the region; 13 reservoirs (the most notable ones being
Kiev ReservoirThe Kiev Reservoir , locally the Kiev Sea, is a large water reservoir located on the Dnieper River in Ukraine. Named after the city of Kiev, which lies to the south, it covers a total area of 922 square kilometres within the Kiev Oblast. The reservoir was formed in 1960-1966, as a result of the...
and the
Kaniv ReservoirThe Kaniv Reservoir is a water reservoir located on the Dnieper River in Ukraine. Named after the city of Kaniv, it covers a total area of 675 square kilometres within the Cherkasy and Kiev Oblasts. It was created in 1972 because of the dams of the Kaniv Hydroelectric Station on the Dnieper...
), over 2000 ponds, and approximately 750 small lakes.
Climate
The climate of Kiev Oblast is characteristic of the
PolesiaPolesia, Polissya, or Polesie is one of the largest European swampy areas, located in the south-western part of the Eastern-European Lowland, mainly within Belarus and Ukraine but also partly within Poland and Russia...
area and other neighboring forested areas. The oblast has a moderately
continental climateContinental climate is a climate that is characterized by winter temperatures cold enough to support a fixed period of snow cover each year, and relatively moderate precipitation occurring mostly in summer, although east coast areas may show an even distribution of precipitation.Regions containing...
with relatively mild winters and warm summers. The temperatures range from in January to degrees in July.
Vegetation
Kiev Oblast has small mountains and slopes on the right bank of the Dnieper River. This entire area is surrounded by a continuous belt by greenery and forests. The oblast's "green area" covers , characterized by 250 different sorts of trees and bushes.
History
Kiev Oblast was officially created as part of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic on February 27, 1932.
The current borders of the oblast were last set following the Chernobyl accident in 1986. Administrative oversight of the new city of
SlavutychSlavutych is a city in northern Ukraine, named after the Old Slavic name of the near-by Dnieper River. Slavutych is situated on the left bank of the river, 40 kilometers from Chernihiv, 45 kilometers from Pripyat and 200 kilometers from Kiev...
, which was constructed as part of the
Chernihiv OblastChernihiv Oblast is an oblast of northern Ukraine...
, was then transferred to the Kiev Oblast (
see Chornobyl zone below).
Earlier historical administrative units that later became the territory of the oblast include the
Kijów VoivodeshipThe Kiev Voivodeship was a unit of administrative division and local government in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania from 1471 until 1569 and of the Kingdom of Poland from 1569 until 1793/1795, part of Lesser Poland. It was the biggest voivodeship of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, covering, among...
under the
Polish-Lithuanian CommonwealthThe Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth was formed by the union of the Kingdom of Poland and Grand Duchy of Lithuania in 1569. The new Commonwealth was one of the largest and most populous countries of 16th and 17th-century Europe....
and
Grand Duchy of LithuaniaThe Grand Duchy of Lithuania was an Eastern and Central European state from the 12th /13th century until 1795. It was founded by the Lithuanians, one of the pagan Baltic tribes from Aukštaitija...
, and the
Kiev GovernorateA guberniya was a major administrative subdivision of Imperial Russia, usually translated as government, governorate, or province. A guberniya was ruled by a governor , a word borrowed from Latin , in turn from Greek...
under the
Russian EmpireThe Russian Empire was a state that existed from 1721 until the Russian Revolution of 1917. It was the successor to the Tsardom of Russia, and the predecessor of the Soviet Union...
. The northern part of the oblast belongs to the historical region of
PolesiaPolesia, Polissya, or Polesie is one of the largest European swampy areas, located in the south-western part of the Eastern-European Lowland, mainly within Belarus and Ukraine but also partly within Poland and Russia...
(
Polissia).
Points of Interest
The following historic-cultural sites were nominated for the
Seven Wonders of UkraineThe Seven Wonders of Ukraine are the seven historical and cultural monuments of Ukraine, which were chosen in the Seven Wonders of Ukraine contest held in July, 2007...
.
- Pereyaslav (Natianal preserve)
- Liutych platzdarm
- Ivan Kozlovsky villa
- Dobranychivka settlement
- Saint Pokrov Church (Parkhomivka)
- Museum-villa of Ekaterina Bilokur
- Landscape garden Oleksandria
Administrative divisions
The oblast is subdivided into 25 raions (
administrative districts). It consists of 26 cities, 30 towns, and more than 1,000 villages.
The following data incorporates the number of each type of administrative divisions of Kiev Oblast:
- Administrative Center - 1 (Kiev
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...
)
- Raions — 25;
- Settlements — 1183, including:
- Villages — 1127;
- Cities/Towns — 56, including:
- Urban-type settlement
Urban-type settlement is an official designation for a certain type of urban localities used in some of the countries of the former Soviet Union....
— 30;
- Cities — 25, including:
- Cities of oblast' subordinance — 12;
- Cities of raion subordinance — 14;
- Selsovets — 605.
The local administration of the oblast' is controlled by the Kiev Oblast Rada. The governor of the oblast' is the Kiev Oblast Rada speaker, appointed by the
President of UkraineThe President of Ukraine is the head of state of Ukraine, representing the state in international relations, administers the foreign political activity of the State, conducts negotiations and concludes international treaties of Ukraine....
.
The "exclaves"
The municipality of
SlavutychSlavutych is a city in northern Ukraine, named after the Old Slavic name of the near-by Dnieper River. Slavutych is situated on the left bank of the river, 40 kilometers from Chernihiv, 45 kilometers from Pripyat and 200 kilometers from Kiev...
is located within the borders of the neighboring
Chernihiv OblastChernihiv Oblast is an oblast of northern Ukraine...
on the eastern bank of the Dnieper river and the municipality has no common border with the Kiev Oblast. Still, Slavutych is administrated by the Kiev Oblast authorities (being a kind of administrative exclave).
Similarly, the town of
KotsiubynskeKotsiubynske is a town in Kiev Oblast of Ukraine, subordered to city of Irpin....
, which is located within the borders of
Kiev cityKiev 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...
(which is itself surrounded by the Kiev Oblast), officially belongs to the Kiev Oblast.
Chernobyl zone
The north-western end of the oblast is a part of the
zone of alienationThe Zone of Alienation, which is variously referred to as The Chernobyl Zone, The 30 Kilometer Zone, The Exclusion Zone, The Fourth Zone, or simply The Zone The Zone of Alienation, which is variously referred to as The Chernobyl Zone, The 30 Kilometer Zone, The Exclusion Zone, The Fourth Zone, or...
due to the
radioactive contaminationRadioactive contamination is the uncontrolled distribution of radioactive material in a given environment. The amount of radioactive material released in an accident is called the source term.- Sources of contamination :...
caused by the Chernobyl (
Chornobyl) nuclear reactor accident. The largest cities within zone are Chornobyl and
PrypiatPrypiat , or Pripyat, is an abandoned city in the zone of alienation in northern Ukraine, Kiev Oblast, near the border with Belarus. The city was founded in 1970 to house the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant workers, and was abandoned in 1986 following the Chernobyl disaster...
, which are now abandoned (
see ghost townA ghost town is a town or city that has been completely abandoned by human inhabitants, usually because the economic activity that supported it has failed, or due to natural or human-caused disasters such as flood, government action, uncontrolled lawlessness or war...
s). The city of
SlavutychSlavutych is a city in northern Ukraine, named after the Old Slavic name of the near-by Dnieper River. Slavutych is situated on the left bank of the river, 40 kilometers from Chernihiv, 45 kilometers from Pripyat and 200 kilometers from Kiev...
was built outside of the zone to host evacuated residents of Prypyat and personnel of the zone installations.
Important cities and towns
Important cities and towns of Kiev Oblast include:
Bila TserkvaBila Tserkva is a city located on the Ros' River in the Kiev Oblast in central Ukraine, approximately south of the capital, Kiev...
– important industrial center, historical city
BrovaryBrovary is a city located in the Kiev Oblast in central Ukraine. It is the administrative center of the Brovarskyi Raion .Brovary is an ancient town, firstly mentioned in 1630. Its name means "brewers"....
– important industrial center
BoryspilBoryspil is a city located in the Kiev Oblast in northern Ukraine...
– houses country's main international airport, industrial center
FastivFastiv is a city located in the Kiev Oblast in central Ukraine. Serving as the administrative center of the Fastivskyi Raion , the city itself is also designated as a separate raion within the oblast...
– important railway knode, industrial center
IrpinIrpin is a city located on the Irpin River in Kiev Oblast of northern Ukraine. The city's population is 40,275 .The city houses a railway station, "Irpin," which was built in 1899...
-BuchaBucha is a city in Ukraine's Kiev Oblast. Population: 28,533 of inhabitants .Bucha was assigned city status on February 9, 2006...
-VorzelVorzel is a town in Kiev Oblast of Ukraine, subordered to city of Irpin.It is the home to Scripture Union's International Youth Camp....
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Pereiaslav-Khmelnytskyi Pereiaslav-Khmelnytskyi is a town located where Alta River flows into Trubizh River in the Kiev Oblast in central Ukraine. Serving as the administrative center of the Pereiaslav-Khmelnytskyi Raion , the town itself is also designated as a separate raion within the oblast...
– historic tourist attraction
SlavutychSlavutych is a city in northern Ukraine, named after the Old Slavic name of the near-by Dnieper River. Slavutych is situated on the left bank of the river, 40 kilometers from Chernihiv, 45 kilometers from Pripyat and 200 kilometers from Kiev...
– Ukraine's youngest city, houses personnel of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power PlantThe Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant is a decommissioned nuclear power plant near the city of Prypiat, Ukraine, 18 km northwest of the city of Chernobyl, 16 km from the border of Ukraine and Belarus, and about 110 km north of Kiev. It was the site of the Chernobyl disaster in 1986, but...
VasylkivVasylkiv is a city located on the Stuhna River in the Kiev Oblast in central Ukraine. Serving as the administrative center of the Vasylkivskyi Raion , the city itself is also designated as a separate raion within the oblast...
– industrial center, houses a major air baseVasylkiv was an interceptor aircraft base during the Cold War in Kiev Oblast, Ukraine located 7 km north of Vasylkiv. It is a medium-sized fighter base with numerous revetments....
VyshhorodVyshhorod is a city in the Kiev Oblast , in central Ukraine. It is the administrative center of the Vyshhorodskyi Raion , and is located along the Dnieper River upstream from the national capital, Kiev...
– houses the Kiev Hydroelectric Power PlantThe Kiev Reservoir , locally the Kiev Sea, is a large water reservoir located on the Dnieper River in Ukraine. Named after the city of Kiev, which lies to the south, it covers a total area of 922 square kilometres within the Kiev Oblast. The reservoir was formed in 1960-1966, as a result of the...
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Demographics
Kiev Oblast's largest nationality group are
UkrainiansUkrainians are an East Slavic ethnic group primarily living in Ukraine, or more broadly—citizens of Ukraine...
(1,684,800 people, or 92.5%), followed by
RussiansThe Russian people are an ethnic group of the East Slavic peoples, primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries....
,
JewThe Jews , also known as the Jewish people, are an ethnoreligious group originating in the Israelites or Hebrews of the Ancient Near East. The Jewish ethnicity, nationality, and religion are strongly interrelated, as Judaism is the traditional faith of the Jewish nation...
s,
BelarusiansBelarusians are an East Slavic ethnic group who populate the majority of the Republic of Belarus. Introduced to the world as a new state in the early 1990s, the Republic of Belarus brought with it the notion of a re-emerging Belarusian ethnicity, drawn upon the lines of the Belarusian language...
,
PolesThe Polish people, or Poles , are a Western Slavic ethnic group of Central Europe, living predominantly in Poland. Poles are sometimes defined as people who share a common Polish culture and are of Polish descent. Their religion is predominantly Roman Catholic...
, and others. The current estimated population (excluding Kiev) is around 1.8 million (as of 2006). The population density is 63.01/km².
The urban population, according to the
2001 Ukrainian Census dataThe first Ukrainian Census was carried out by State Statistics Committee of Ukraine on 5 December 2001, twelve years after the last Soviet Union census in 1989....
, accounted for 1,053,500 people, or 57.6%, and the rural population — for 774,400 people, or 42.4%.
According to the data, the number of men accounted for 845,900 people, or 46.3%, that of women — 982,000 people, or 53.7%.
Industry
Kiev Oblast's main industry's include: power production, food, chemical and petrochemical industries, mechanical engineering and metal-working. The national share of tire production for
automobileAn automobile, motor car or car is a wheeled motor vehicle used for transporting passengers, which also carries its own engine or motor...
s constitutes — 63%,
excavatorAn excavator is a heavy equipment consisting of an articulated arm , bucket and cab mounted on a pivot atop an undercarriage with tracks or wheels...
s — 53%, paper and cardboard — 40%, hoisting cranes — 39%. In general, the oblast has a total of 330 licenced industrial enterprises and 742 smaller industrial enterprises.
Agriculture
In addition to industry, the oblast also has a developed agriculture production. In 1999, the gross grain yield in the region was about 1,118,600 tons, sugar-beets — 1,570,900 tons, sunflower seeds — 18,1 thousand tons, potatoes — 669,200 tons. The region also produced 156,900 tons of meat, 738,500 tons of milk and 855,2 million eggs. At the beginning of 1999, there were 1,130 registered farms within the oblast.
Transportation
Kiev Oblast has a highly-developed rail transport system. The total length of the oblast's working rairoad lines is 88 km (as of 1985). Through the territory of the oblast pass the:
MoscowMoscow is the capital and the largest city of Russia. It is also the largest metropolitan area in Europe, and ranks among the largest urban areas in the world. Moscow is a major political, economic, cultural, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the world, a...
—Kiev—
LvivLviv is a major city in western Ukraine.It is regarded as one of the main cultural centres of today's Ukraine and historically also for Ukraine’s neighbour Poland. The historic centre of Lviv with its old buildings and cobblestone roads has survived the Second World War and the Soviet presence...
, Kiev—
DnipropetrovskDnipropetrovsk is Ukraine's third largest city with 1.1 million inhabitants. There is also another name for the city - Sicheslav...
—
DonetskDonetsk , is a large city in eastern Ukraine on the Kalmius river...
and other railroad routes. In addition to inter-Ukraine and international rail routes, local
ElektrychkaElektrichka is an informal word for elektropoyezd , a Soviet or post-Soviet regional electrical multiple unit passenger train...
lines also pass through the oblast: Kiev—Fastiv—Koziatyn, Kiev—Fastiv—Myronivka, Kiev—Teteriv, Kiev—Nizhyn, and Kiev—Yahotyn.
The length of the oblast's automobile roads totals 7,760 km, including 7,489 km of paved roads. The main roads passing thorough the oblast include:
- Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg is a city and a federal subject of Russia located on the Neva River at the head of the Gulf of Finland on the Baltic Sea. The city's other names were Petrograd and Leningrad...
—Kiev—OdessaOdessa or Odesa is the administrative center of the Odessa Oblast located in southern Ukraine. The city is a major seaport located on the shore of the Black Sea and the fourth largest city in Ukraine with a population of 1,029,000 .Odessa was founded by Hacı I Giray, the Khan of Crimea, in 1240...
(M-01/M-05 route)
- Kiev-Kovel
Kovel is a city located in the Volyn Oblast , in north-western Ukraine. Serving as the administrative center of the Kovelskyi Raion , the city itself is also designated as a separate raion within the oblast...
-LublinLublin is the ninth largest city in Poland. It is the capital of Lublin Voivodeship with a population of 350,462 . Lublin is also the largest Polish city east of the Vistula river...
(M-07 route)
- Voronezh
Voronezh is a large city in southwestern Russia, not far from Ukraine. It is located either side of the Voronezh River, twelve kilometers away from where it flows into the Don. Voronezh is the administrative center of Voronezh Oblast...
—KharkivKharkiv , also spelled Kharkov is the second largest city in Ukraine.It was the first capital of Soviet Ukraine, now the administrative centre of the Kharkiv Oblast , as well as the administrative centre of the surrounding Kharkivskyi Raion within the oblast. The city is located in the northeast...
-Kiev-LvivLviv is a major city in western Ukraine.It is regarded as one of the main cultural centres of today's Ukraine and historically also for Ukraine’s neighbour Poland. The historic centre of Lviv with its old buildings and cobblestone roads has survived the Second World War and the Soviet presence...
-Krakov (E-40, M-06/M03 route)
- Luhansk
Luhansk also known as Lugansk is a city in southeastern Ukraine. It is the administrative center of the Luhansk Oblast . The city itself is also designated as its own separate municipality within the oblast, and is part of the Donbass region...
-DnipropetrovskDnipropetrovsk is Ukraine's third largest city with 1.1 million inhabitants. There is also another name for the city - Sicheslav...
-Kiev (M-04 route)
The oblast's main airports include two international airports: the
Boryspil AirportBoryspil International Airport is an international airport located west of Boryspil, east of Kiev. It is Ukraine's largest airport, serving the major part of international flights of the country....
and the
Gostomel (Antonov) Cargo AirportHostomel Airport is an international cargo airport in Ukraine, located near Hostomel — the northwestern suburb of Kiev...
.
Ukrainian militaryThe Armed Forces of Ukraine were formed from portions of the military of the collapsing Soviet Union, in the early 1990s.Ukraine's stated national policy is Euro-Atlantic integration, with both NATO and the European Union. Ukraine has a "Distinctive Partnership" with NATO and has been an active...
airbases are located in the cities of
Bila TserkvaBila Tserkva is a city located on the Ros' River in the Kiev Oblast in central Ukraine, approximately south of the capital, Kiev...
and
UzynUzyn is a city in Bilotserkivskyi Raion of Kiev Oblast of northern Ukraine. The city's population is 12,588 , and covers an area of ....
.
Strategic gas-pipelines located in the oblast include
UrengoyUrengoy is an urban-type settlement in Purovsky District of Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Russia. Population: 9,329 ; 11,868 .Urengoy gas field was named after the settlement....
—Pomary—
UzhhorodUzhhorod is a city located in western Ukraine, at the border with Slovakia and near the border with Hungary. It is the administrative center of the Zakarpattia Oblast , as well as the administrative center of the surrounding Uzhhorodskyi Raion within the oblast...
, and Shebelynka—
PoltavaPoltava is a city in central Ukraine. It is the administrative center of the Poltava Oblast, as well as the administrative center of the surrounding Poltavskyi Raion within the oblast. The city itself is also designated as its own separate raion within the oblast. The current estimated population...
—Kiev.
Education
Kiev Oblast has 795 state-run schools of general education, 219 (27.5%) of which are situated in urban areas and 576 (72.5%) of which — in rural areas. These schools are attended by 232,260 students, 141,416 (60.6%) which attend urban schools, and 98,944 (39.4%) which attend rural area schools. In addition, there are 12 evening schools with an enrollment of over 6,000 students, 15 private institutions containing about 7,000 students, 23 vocational schools containing over 14,300 students, 22 higher schools with an enrollment of over 34,900 students), and 52
home-schoolHomeschooling or homeschool is the education of children at home, typically by parents but sometimes by tutors, rather than in a formal setting of public or private school...
institutions containing over 48,700 children. There are also 756 institutions of
pre-schoolA nursery school is a school for children between the ages of three and five, staffed by qualified teachers and other professionals who encourage and supervise educational play rather than simply providing childcare. It is generally considered part of early childhood education...
education attended by a total of 44,400 children, 52 home-school institutions, 22 vocational institutions, having an enrollment of with 17,300 students.
Also, educational institutions for orphans, physically and mentally disabled children represent an important component of Kiev Oblast's educational system.
In addition to general education schools, the oblast has educational institutions specifically for gifted children, including:
- Fastiv Regional Natural and Mathematic School
- Kyiv Regional Lyceum of Physical Education and Sports
- Stritiv Higher Pedagogical School of Kobza
The kobza is a Ukrainian folk music instrument of the lute family , a relative of the Central European mandora...
Music
- Brovary Higher School of Physical Education (breeding ground for several world- and Olympic champions).
Nomenclature
- See also: Kiev or Kyiv
Most of Ukraine's oblasts are named after their capital cities, officially referred to as "oblast centers". The name of each oblast is a
relativeRelative can refer to:*Kinship, the principle binding the most basic social units society. If two people are connected by circumstances of birth, they are said to be relatives-Physics:...
adjectiveIn grammar, an adjective is a word whose main syntactic role is to modify a noun or pronoun, giving more information about the noun or pronoun's referent...
, formed by adding a feminine
suffixIn grammar, a suffix is an affix which is placed after the stem of a word. Common examples are case endings, which indicate the grammatical case of nouns or adjectives, and verb endings, which form the conjugation of verbs...
to the name of respective center city: Kiev (
Kyiv) is the center of the
Kyivs’ka oblast (Kiev Oblast). Most oblasts are also sometimes referred to in a feminine noun form, following the convention of traditional regional place names, ending with the suffix "-shchyna", as is the case with the Kiev Oblast, Kyivshchyna
.
Kiev is the traditional English name for the administrative center of the Kiev Oblast, but the Ukrainianized versions (transliterated from the Ukrainian language) Kyiv
and Kyiv Oblast
are sometimes also used.
External links
commercial site, however, containing free-access Chernobyl-related maps and photogallery /
catalogue.biz.ua Post codes directory of Kiev Oblast //
Baryshivka site in the Kyiv Oblast