Final competition was on May 19. Another name related Kyiv mentioned in history, origin of which is not completely clear, is Sambat and has something to do with the Khazar Empire. The publicly owned and operated Kyiv Metro is the fastest, the most convenient and affordable network that covers most, but not all, of the city. The city has a developed railroad infrastructure including a long-distance passenger station, 6 cargo stations, depots, and repairing facilities. [68] The population around Kyiv during the Bronze Age formed part of so-called Trypillian culture, as witnessed by objects found in the area. St. Petersburg Institute of Fine Mechanics and Optics, Taras Shevchenko Kiev National University, Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Saint Petersburg State University of Information Technologies, Mechanics and Optics, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, N. I. 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[121] A series of pogroms was carried out in 1882, and another in 1905. [127] Some of the early, ultimately not materialised, ideas included a part of Pechersk, Lypky, European Square and Mykhailivska Square. *** – ILO methodology (% of workforce). Geographically, Kyiv is located on the border of the Polesia woodland ecological zone, a part of the European mixed woods area, and the East European forest steppe biome. In 2018, the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry launched #CorrectUA, an online campaign to promote the use of official Ukrainian spellings by countries and organizations, in place of "outdated, Soviet-era" place-names. 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[118], According to the census of 1897, of Kyiv's approximately 240,000 people approximately 56% of the population spoke the Russian language, 23% spoke the Ukrainian language, 13% spoke Yiddish, 7% spoke Polish and 1% spoke the Belarusian language.[119]. 2013 top thirteen teams that received medals are: Japan(1G) Russia(1G,1S,2B) China(1G,1B) Taiwan(1G) Poland(1S,1B) Ukraine(1S) Belarus(1S) United States(1B), The 2014 World Finals were held in Ekaterinburg, Russia on June 21–25, hosted by Ural Federal University. [142] It was heavily present on the city's coat of arms used from 1969 to 1995. The Kyiv Funicular was constructed during 1902–1905. The tram system consists of 139.9 km (86.9 mi) of track,[170] including 14 km (8.7 mi) two Rapid Tram lines, served by 21 routes with the use of 523 tram cars. Arapahoe Community College. Animafac. Andriyivskyy Descent is one of the best known historic streets and a major tourist attraction in Kyiv. [129], At the United Nations Climate Change Conference 2009, Kyiv was the only Commonwealth of Independent States city to have been inscribed into the TOP30 European Green City Index (placed 30th).[130]. The Kyiv public transport system, except for taxi, uses a simple flat rate tariff system regardless of distance traveled: tickets or tokens must be purchased each time a vehicle is boarded. According to the official registration statistics, there were 2,847,200 residents within the city limits of Kyiv in July 2013.[12]. Kyiv represents the focal point of Ukraine's "national roads" system, thus linked by road to all cities of the country. In 2005, Kyiv hosted the 50th annual Eurovision Song Contest and in 2017 the 62nd annual Eurovision Song Contest. [75] In addition to that at least three Arabic speaking 10th century geographers who traveled the area mention the city of Zānbat as the chief city of the Russes, among which are Ahmad ibn Rustah, Abu Sa'id Gardezi, and an author of the Hudud al-'Alam. The Primary Chronicles also mention movement of Hungarians pass Kyiv. Among Kyiv's best-known monuments are Mikhail Mikeshin's statue of Bohdan Khmelnytsky astride his horse located near St. Sophia Cathedral, the venerated Vladimir the Great (St. Vladimir), the baptizer of Rus', overlooking the river above Podil from Saint Vladimir Hill, the monument to Kyi, Shchek and Khoryv and Lybid, the legendary founders of the city located at the Dnieper embankment.