Kyiv Oblast (, ), also called Kyivshchyna (, ), is an

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(province) in central and northern

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. It surrounds, but does not include, the city of

Kyiv Kyiv, also Kiev, is the capital and most populous List of cities in Ukraine, city of Ukraine. Located in the north-central part of the country, it straddles both sides of the Dnieper, Dnieper River. As of 1 January 2022, its population was 2, ...

, which is administered as a

city with special status A city with special status (), formerly a "city of republican subordinance", is a type of first-level administrative division of Ukraine. Kyiv and Sevastopol are the only two such cities. Their administrative status is recognized in the Ukrain ...

. However, Kyiv also serves as the

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of the oblast. The

Kyiv metropolitan area The Kyiv metropolitan area () is an unofficially designated urban agglomeration within the outer boundary of Kyiv Oblast in Ukraine. It consists of the country's capital city of Kyiv (an enclave within the oblast), its satellite settlements and ...

extends out from Kyiv city into parts of the oblast, which is significantly dependent on the urban economy and transportation of Kyiv. The population of Kyiv Oblast is Its largest city is

Bila Tserkva Bila Tserkva ( ; , ) is a city in central Ukraine. It is situated on the Ros (river), Ros River in the historical region of right-bank Ukraine. It is the largest city in Kyiv Oblast (which does not include the city of Kyiv) and serves as the ...

, with a population over 200,000. The

Chernobyl Exclusion Zone The Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant Zone of Alienation, also called the 30-Kilometre Zone or simply The Zone, was established shortly after the 1986 Chernobyl disaster in the Ukrainian SSR of the Soviet Union. Initially, Soviet authorities declar ...

is in the northern part of Kyiv Oblast. It is administered separately from the oblast and public access is prohibited.

History

Kyiv Oblast was created as part of the

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on February 27, 1932 among the first five original oblasts in Ukraine. It was established on territory that had been known as Ruthenian land. Earlier historical administrative units that became the territory of the oblast include the Kiev Voivodeship under the

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and

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, and the Kiev Viceroyalty and Kiev Governorate under the

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. The northern part of the oblast belongs to the historical region of Polesia (''Polissia''). In Kyiv region, there was a specific folk icon-painting style much influenced by the

Kyiv Pechersk Lavra The Kyiv Pechersk Lavra or Kyievo-Pecherska Lavra (), also known as the Kyiv Monastery of the Caves, is a historic lavra or large monastery of Eastern Christianity that gave its name to the Pecherskyi District where it is located in Kyiv. Sin ...

painting school. Saints were depicted on the deep purple or black background, their clothes dark, their haloes dark blue, dark green or even black, outlined by thin white dotted contours. The Kyiv region's icons collection is the part of the exhibition of the Museum of Ukrainian home icons in the Historical and cultural complex " The Radomysl Castle". The current borders of the oblast were set following the

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in 1986. Administrative oversight of the new city of Slavutych, which was constructed as part of the

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, was then transferred to the Kyiv Oblast (''see Chernobyl zone below''). On 24 February 2022,

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invaded Kyiv Oblast as part of its

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. Ukraine launched a counter-offensive to retake the region in March 2022. The oblast was declared free of invaders on 2 April 2022 by the Ukrainian Deputy Minister of Defense Hanna Maliar.Ukraine ‘retakes whole Kyiv region’ as Russia looks east
, aljazeera.com (3 April 2022) According to the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense its troops had retaken more than 30 towns and villages around Kyiv. However, on April 9, 2022 the Russians attacked the Oblast again, even destroying a railway station in Bucha.

Geography

Kyiv Oblast has a total area of (approximately 35 times the area of Kyiv city) and is located in north-central Ukraine. On the west it borders the

Zhytomyr Oblast Zhytomyr Oblast (), also referred to as Zhytomyrshchyna (), is an Administrative divisions of Ukraine, oblast (province) in northwestern Ukraine. The administrative center of the oblast is the city of Zhytomyr. Its population is approximately H ...

, on the southwest –

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, on the south – Cherkasy Oblast, on the southeast – Poltava Oblast, on the east and northeast –

, and on the north – Homyel Voblasts of

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. The oblast is equally split between both banks of the

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(''Dnipro'') north and south of Kyiv. Other significant rivers in the oblast are the Dnieper's tributaries:

Pripyat Pripyat, also known as Prypiat, is an abandoned industrial city in Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine, located near the border with Belarus. Named after the nearby river, Pripyat (river), Pripyat, it was founded on 4 February 1970 as the ninth ''atomgrad'' ...

(''Prypiat'') (R), Desna (L), Teteriv (R), Irpin' (R), Ros' (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 Kyiv Reservoir and the Kaniv Reservoir), over 2000 ponds, and approximately 750 small lakes.

Climate

The climate of Kyiv Oblast is characteristic of the Polesia area and other neighboring forested areas. The oblast has a moderately

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with relatively mild winters and warm summers. The temperatures range from in January to degrees in July. Oleksandriia Park in Bila Tserkva

Vegetation

Kyiv 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.

Demographics

According to the 2001 Ukrainian census, ethnic Ukrainians accounted for 92.5% of the population of Kyiv Oblast, and

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for 6.0%. The current estimated population (excluding Kyiv) is around 1.72 million (as of 2013). The population density is 63.01/km². The urban population, according to the 2001 Ukrainian Census data, 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%.

Language

Due to the Russification of Ukraine during the Soviet era, the share of Ukrainian speakers in the population of Kyiv Oblast gradually decreased, while the share of Russian speakers increased. Native language of the population of Kyiv Oblast according to the results of population censuses: Native language of the population of the raions, cities and city councils of Kyiv Oblast according to the 2001 Ukrainian census: Ukrainian is the only official language on the whole territory of Kyiv Oblast. According to a poll conducted by '' Rating'' from 16 November to 10 December 2018 as part of the project «Portraits of Regions», 68% of the residents of Kyiv Oblast believed that the Ukrainian language should be the only state language on the entire territory of Ukraine. 9% believed that Ukrainian should be the only state language, while Russian should be the second official language in some regions of the country. 19% believed that Russian should become the second state language of the country. 4% found it difficult to answer. On 21 March 2023, Kyiv Oblast Council approved the «Programme for the Development and Functioning of the Ukrainian Language as the State Language in All Spheres of Public Life in the Kyiv Oblast for 2023—2025», the main objectives of which are to strengthen the positions of the Ukrainian language in various spheres of public life in the oblast and to Ukrainianize the refugees from other regions of Ukraine. According to the research of the ''Content Analysis Centre'', conducted from 15 August to 15 September 2024, the topic of which was the ratio of Ukrainian and Russian languages in the Ukrainian segment of

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, 87.2% of posts from Kyiv Oblast were written in Ukrainian (83.6% in 2023, 75.9% in 2022, 29.3% in 2020), while 12.8% were written in Russian (16.4% in 2023, 24.1% in 2022, 70.7% in 2020). After Ukraine declared independence in 1991, Kyiv Oblast, as well as Ukraine as a whole, experienced a gradual Ukrainization of the education system, which had been Russified during the Soviet era. Dynamics of the ratio of the languages of instruction in general secondary education institutions in Kyiv Oblast: According to the State Statistics Service of Ukraine, in the 2023—2024 school year, all 237,624 pupils in general secondary education institutions in Kyiv Oblast were studying in classes where Ukrainian was the language of instruction.

Age structure

: ''0–14 years:'' 14.9% (male 132,559/female 123,816) : ''15–64 years:'' 69.8% (male 576,559/female 621,753) : ''65 years and over:'' 15.3% (male 84,026/female 177,360) (2013 official)

Median age

: ''total:'' 39.7 years : ''male:'' 36.3 years : ''female:'' 43.0 years (2013 official)

Age structure of Kyiv City

: ''0–14 years:'' 14.1% (male 203,453/female 192,111) : ''15–64 years:'' 73.3% (male 962,391/female 1,093,183) : ''65 years and over:'' 12.6% (male 129,293/female 223,285) (2013 official)

Median age of Kyiv City

: ''total:'' 37.6 years : ''male:'' 35.4 years : ''female:'' 39.9 years (2013 official)

Points of interest

The following historic-cultural sites were nominated for the Seven Wonders of Ukraine. * Pereiaslav museum of folk architecture * Liutych platzdarm * Ivan Kozlovsky villa * Dobranychivka settlement * Saint Pokrov Church (Parkhomivka) * Museum-villa of Kateryna Bilokur * Landscape garden Oleksandria

Administrative divisions

The oblast is divided into 7 raions, which are further divided into 69 hromadas. * The area of Vyshhorod Raion does not account for the

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(2,600 km²). Before the July 2020 reform, the oblast was subdivided into 25 raions (''administrative districts''). It consisted of 26 cities, 30 towns, and more than 1,000 villages. The following data incorporates the number of each type of administrative divisions of Kyiv Oblast:''Statistical Yearbook of Kyiv Region for 2007'', Main Department of Statistics in Kyiv Region, 2008 * Administrative Center – 1 (

); * Raions – 25; * Settlements – 1183, including: ** Villages – 1127; ** Cities/Towns – 56, including: ***

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s – 30; *** Cities – 25, including: **** Cities of oblast subordinance – 13; **** Cities of raion subordinance – 14; * Rural councils – 605. As with other oblasts of Ukraine, the head of the Kyiv Oblast State Administration (governor) is appointed by the

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and subordinated to the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine. Local self-government body is the popularly elected Kyiv Oblast Rada, chaired by a Speaker (elected from among the councilors).

The "exclaves"

The municipality of Slavutych is within the borders of the neighboring

on the eastern bank of the

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river and the municipality has no common border with the Kyiv Oblast. Still, Slavutych is administered by the Kyiv Oblast authorities (being a kind of administrative

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). Similarly, the town of Kotsiubynske, which is within the borders of

city (which is surrounded by the Kyiv Oblast), is administered by the Kotsiubynske Settlement Council.

Chernobyl zone

The north-western end of the oblast is a part of the

due to the

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caused by the Chernobyl nuclear reactor accident. The largest cities within zone are Chernobyl and Prypiat, which are now abandoned. The city of Slavutych 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 Kyiv Oblast include: ;Biggest settlements (population in thousands) *

– 200.1 * Brovary – 86.8 * Boryspil – 54.0 (not counting two subordinated villages) * Fastiv – 52.0 * Irpin – 40.6 (not counting four subordinated towns)

Governors

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— as Presidential representative in Kyiv Oblast — 24 March 1992 — June 1994 # Vasyl Sinko — 19 July 1995 — 21 September 1996 # Anatoliy Zasukha — 22 September 1996 — 19 January 2005 # Yevhen Zhovtyak — 4 February 2005 — 24 May 2006 ## acting

Valeriy Kondruk Valery () is a male given name and occasional surname. It is derived from the Latin name '' Valerius''. The Slavic given name Valeriy or Valeri is prevalent in Russia and derives directly from the Latin. Given name * Valery Afanassiev, Russian ...

— 24 May — 16 June 2006 #

Vira Ulianchenko Vira Ivanivna Ulianchenko (; born 1 February 1958) is a Ukrainian state and political activist. She is the only female governor in a history of Kyiv Oblast since its establishment in 1932. Biography In 1980 she graduated from the Philology Depar ...

— 16 June 2006 — 20 May 2009 ## acting Viktor Vakarsh — 20 May — 17 September 2009 # Viktor Vakarsh — 17 September 2009 — 18 March 2010 # Anatoliy Prysyazhnyuk — 18 March 2010 — 2 March 2014 #

Volodymyr Shandra Volodymyr Mykolajovych Shandra () is a Ukrainian politician and former Governor of Kyiv Oblast.Maksym Melnychuk Poroshenko appointed Head of Kyiv Regional State Administration
, hromadske.tv (3 February 2016)
Poroshenko sees direct elections of regional administration heads as threat to Ukraine's federalization
,

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(3 February 2016) # Maksym Melnychuk — 3 February — 9 September 2016 #

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— 28 October 2016 — 30 October 2018 # Oleksandr Tereshchuk — 30 October 2018 — 11 June 2019 ## interim acting Vyacheslav Kucher — 11 June 2019 — 9 July 2019 # Mykhailo Bno-Airiyan — з 10 July 2019 — 28 October 2019 # Oleksiy Chernyshov — 28 October 2019 — 4 March 2020 # Vasyl Volodin — 11 March 2020 — 8 February 2022 # Oleksiy Kuleba — 8 February 2022 — 15 March 2022 # Oleksandr Pavlyuk — 15 March — 21 May 2022 # Oleksiy Kuleba — 21 May 2022 — 24 January 2023 ## interim acting Dmytro Nazarenko — 25 January 2023 — 10 April 2023

Economy

Industry

Kyiv 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 automobiles constitutes – 63%,

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s – 53%, paper and cardboard – 40%, hoisting cranes – 39%. In general, the oblast has 330 licensed industrial enterprises and 742 smaller industrial enterprises.Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine – Kyiv Region
URL accessed on November 26, 2006 The Boryspil Bus Plant in Prolisky produces 1,700 buses per year of various modifications, and several other auto-industry factories are also located in the oblast'.

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

Kyiv Oblast has a highly developed rail transport system. The total length of the oblast's working railway lines is 88 km (as of 1985). Through the territory of the oblast pass the: Moscow—Kyiv—

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, Kyiv—

Dnipro Dnipro is Ukraine's fourth-largest city, with about one million inhabitants. It is located in the eastern part of Ukraine, southeast of the Ukrainian capital Kyiv on the Dnieper River, Dnipro River, from which it takes its name. Dnipro is t ...

—

Donetsk Donetsk ( , ; ; ), formerly known as Aleksandrovka, Yuzivka (or Hughesovka), Stalin, and Stalino, is an industrial city in eastern Ukraine located on the Kalmius River in Donetsk Oblast, which is currently occupied by Russia as the capita ...

and other railway routes. In addition to inter-Ukraine and international rail routes, local Elektrychka lines also pass through the oblast: Kyiv—Fastiv—Koziatyn, Kyiv—Fastiv—Myronivka, Kyiv—Teteriv, Kyiv—Nizhyn, and Kyiv—Yahotyn. The length of the oblast's roads totals 7,760 km, including 7,489 km of paved roads. The main roads passing thorough the oblast include: *

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—Kyiv—

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( M-01/ M-05 route) * Kyiv- Kovel-

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(M-07 route) * Voronezh—

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-Kyiv-

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(

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, M-06/M03 route) *

Luhansk Luhansk (, ; , ), also known as Lugansk (, ; , ), is a city in the Donbas in eastern Ukraine. As of 2022, the population was estimated to be making Luhansk the Cities in Ukraine, 12th-largest city in Ukraine. Luhansk served as the administra ...

-Kyiv (M-04 route)Україна: Карта автомобільних шляхів. – К.: Укрегеодезкартографія, 1993. The oblast's main airports include two international airports: the Boryspil Airport and the Hostomel (Antonov) Cargo Airport. Ukrainian military airbases are located in the cities of

and Uzyn. Strategic gas-pipelines in the oblast include Urengoy–Pomary–Uzhhorod pipeline, and Shebelynka—

Poltava Poltava (, ; , ) is a city located on the Vorskla, Vorskla River in Central Ukraine, Central Ukraine. It serves as the administrative center of Poltava Oblast as well as Poltava Raion within the oblast. It also hosts the administration of Po ...

—Kyiv.

Education

Kyiv 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 teaching about 7,000 students, 23 vocational schools teaching over 14,300 students, 22 higher schools with an enrollment of over 34,900 students), and 52 home-school institutions containing over 48,700 children. There are also 756 institutions of pre-school education attended by a total of 44,400 children, 52 home-school institutions, 22 vocational institutions, having an enrollment of 17,300 students. Borispil aerea

Also, educational institutions for orphans, physically and mentally disabled children represent an important component of Kyiv 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 Music * Brovary Higher School of Physical Education (training ground for several world- and Olympic champions).

Nomenclature

Most of Ukraine's oblasts are named after their capital cities, officially referred to as "oblast centers". The name of each oblast is a relative

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, formed by adding a feminine

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to the name of respective center city: Kyiv (in transliterated Ukrainian) is the center of the ''Kyivs’ka oblast (Kyiv 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 Kyiv Oblast, ''Kyivshchyna''.

Notes

a. These neighboring settlements are practically merged into a

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Gallery

File:Руїни і став Лазневий, дендропарк Олександрія, Біла Церква.jpg, Arboretum Oleksandriya, Bila Tserkva File:Honka in Mezhyhirya.jpg, Mezhyhirya Residence File:Площа Богдана Хмельницького Пер-Хм.jpg, Bohdan Khmelnytsky Square, Pereiaslav File:Ірпінь IMG 0024.jpg, Central square, Irpin File:Aerial of KBP.jpeg, Boryspil International Airport File:Церква Різдва Богородиці (дер.), село Тулинці 2.jpg, Church of the Nativity of Theotokos, Tulyntsi File:Artillery pillbox 554 Kiev fortified region front-view-01.jpg, Pillbox 554, a part of the Kiev Fortified Region File:Змієві вали біля села Іванковичі.jpg, Serpent's Wall File:Ржищівський заказник4.jpg, Rzhyshchiv Nature Reserve File:Pripyat- Hotel Polissya (38488529242).jpg, Hotel Polissia,

References

Information Card of the Region
– Official site of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine

External links

kyiv-obl.gov.ua
– Official website of Kyiv Oblast Administration

– Symbols of Kyiv Oblast
Wormwood Forest
– a ''commercial'' site, however, containing free-access Chernobyl-related maps and photogallery

Kyiv real estate
– a noncommercial site with detailed information on all residential complexes of Kyiv Oblast

The Official Site of the Radomysl Castle
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