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Kyiv: History, Former Names & Timeline

The “mother of Rus' cities” on the Dnieper, capital of Kievan Rus' and birthplace of East Slavic Christianity.

Map showing Kyiv in 1000Kyiv
Border map for 1000. See Europe in 1000.

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Former names of Kyiv

FromNameNote
AD 482Kyiv

Timeline of Kyiv

YearEvent
AD 882Oleg takes Kyiv and makes it his capital
AD 988Grand Prince Volodymyr is baptised; Rus' converts
1037Foundation of St Sophia's Cathedral
1240The Mongols storm Kyiv
1991Ukraine becomes independent with Kyiv as capital

Who ruled Kyiv

Derived from the border maps; each row runs until the next recorded border change.

PeriodState
500 BC–199Milograd culture
200–399Unclaimed / no data
400–499Hunnic Empire
500–699Unclaimed / no data
700–799Severians
800–899Slavonic tribes
900–1099Kievan Rus'
1100–1199Kievan Rus'
1200–1299Principality of Kyiv
1300–1399Ryazan
1400–1649Poland-Lithuania
1650–1699Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
1700–1782Tsardom of Muscovy
1783–1919Russian Empire
1920–1929USSR
1930–1937White Russia
1938–1993USSR
1994–todayUkraine

Battles and sites near Kyiv

Landmarks in and around Kyiv

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