Kyiv

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We hope that you will find our site a wealth of information all about Kyiv (Kiev)

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Whether you want to find local news, travel information, where to stay, history about Kyiv? We aim to have it all. Typically content is added daily so that we can be the number one resource on the net for information about Kyiv.

We get many questions about the spelling of Kyiv.

Should it be Kiev or Kyiv?………

Currently, Kiev is still most commonly used English name for the city, but since the 1995 adoption of Kyiv by the Ukrainian government as a preferred spelling, the Ukrainianized version Kyiv is gaining usage, and is the official spelling used by Ukraine and the exact translation.

Kiev is actually the Russian language spelling and since Ukraine has been independant for years it has now been replaced by Kyiv. Of course some tour operators etc. in the west are behind on this, but due to National Pride and the adoption of the most important bodies in the world, the correct spelling is being aggressively and patriotically pushed.

The forthcoming European Football Championship in 2012 should clear away the cobwebs in Western Europe.

Kyiv is the romanized version of the name of the city used in modern Ukrainian. Starting from the twentieth century it has been used in English-language publications of the Ukrainian diaspora and in some academic publications concerning Ukraine. Following the independence in 1991, the Ukrainian government introduced the national rules for transliteration of geographic names from Ukrainian into English.

According to the rules, Ukrainian KNIB transliterates into Kyiv. This has established the use of the spelling Kyiv in all official documents issued by the governmental authorities since October 1995.

Kyiv is the spelling used by the United Nations, all English-speaking foreign diplomatic missions, several international organizations, Encarta encyclopedia, and by some media, notably in Canada and Ukraine.

On October 3, 2006, the United States federal government changed its official spelling of the city name to Kyiv.

Resources:

United Nation Map of Ukraine & Kyiv http://www.un.org/Depts/Cartographic/map/profile/ukraine.pdf
Resolution of the Ukrainian Commission for legal Terminology 1995 http://www.uazone.net/Kiev_Kyiv.html

U.S Department of State Change Official Spelling to ‘Kyiv’ 2006 http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/dpb/2006/74784.htm