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English: Districts of the Kiev region, from July 17, 2020 Русский: Районы Киевской области с 17 июля 2020 года Українська: Райони Київської області з 17 червня 2020 року
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 painting school. Saints were depicted on the deep purple or black background, their clothes dark, their haloes dark blue, dark green or even black ...
Subdivisions of Kyiv, the capital city of Ukraine, include formal administrative subdivisions known as urban districts (raions) and also more specific, informal subdivisions referred to as historical neighborhoods.
In Ukraine, the term oblast denotes a primary administrative division.Under the Russian Empire and into the 1920s, Ukraine was divided between several governorates.The term oblast was introduced in 1932 by Soviet authorities when the Ukrainian SSR was divided into seven oblasts, replacing the previous subdivision system based on okruhas and encompassing 406 raions (districts). [2]
Kyiv (also Kiev) [a] is the capital and most populous city of Ukraine. It is in north-central Ukraine along the Dnieper River . As of 1 January 2022, its population was 2,952,301, [ 2 ] making Kyiv the seventh-most populous city in Europe. [ 11 ]
An oblast in Ukraine, sometimes translated as region or province, is the main type of first-level administrative division of the country. Ukraine is a unitary state , thus the oblasts do not have much legal scope of competence other than that which is established in the Ukrainian Constitution and by law.
Bila Tserkva, the most populous city in Kyiv Oblast [2] [12] Brovary, second largest city in the oblast and the largest satellite city of Kyiv [2] [13] Boryspil, the oblast's fourth largest city and the site of the largest airport in Ukraine [2] [14] Pripyat, the country's smallest city and a ghost town as the result of its abandonment after the Chernobyl disaster [2] [15]
Before July 2020, Kyiv Oblast was subdivided into 38 regions: 25 districts and 13 city municipalities (mis'krada or misto), officially known as territories governed by city councils. [3] Cities under the oblast's jurisdiction: Berezan (Березань) Bila Tserkva (Біла Церква) Boryspil (Бориспіль) Brovary (Бровари)