Kiev - history of Kiev and other useful information about city

Kiev - Hero City and the capital of Ukraine - Kiev majestic is the largest city of the country.
It is located on the banks of the Dnieper proud, Let the waters far along Russia and Belarus.
He eclipsed the beauty of its many Russian cities, and the status of the center of Culture attracts more and more visitors and tourists to get acquainted with the history of the city and its attractions touch.
To date, Kiev is the sixth largest city in Europe.
According to statistics from the Main Directorate of the beginning of 2012, the population of Kiev diligently nearing 3 million people.

History of Kiev
History of Kiev, built on the beautiful and interesting legends, almost Biblical episodes has not been established before the end of the facts of their origin. The founders of the great city were three brothers Kyi, Schek and Horeb, and with them their sister Lybid.
Interpretation of historical chronicles lost in his stories about the mythological creation of the brothers and sisters of Quillan: kind of like Prince was one, and came up with relatives for beauty. Some chronicles say that McDermott and his team arrived from Persia following glagolstvuyut that, and he was not a prince, and conquered Kiev hail pirate gang.
Some authentic documents report that was not Lybed sister founders of the city, and was accompanied by their not being able to choose whose wife wants to be.
The real point itself remains foundation. On lap Kiyanitsa mountain - is the first throne brother Kyi, he sat on her reign. Accordingly, the existing and Schekovitsa Horevitsa - it thrones his two brothers.
And in honor of his sister called a river, where tourists try not to show - do not brag about anything. May soon happen to the word of the folk, which read: "First Lybed ssohnetsya than a woman will rule Kiev" is the tale went after Princess Olga, which was some time before the last princess, in whose hands was the hero-city.

Areas of Kyiv
Capital of the independent state of Ukraine, Kyiv became more recently, since 1991.
The city itself, like a puzzle made up of several areas located on the banks of the Dnieper. Total of ten.
On the right bank districts much more: it Goloseevskiy Solomensky areas and then Svyatoshinsky, Obolon, Podolsky, Caves and Shevchenko areas.
To the left of the river strontium Darnitskiy district, Dnieper and Desna.
According to many people of Kiev to live better on the left bank, and to work on the right. On the left bank of the spring floods themselves less because of the smaller population areas, more quiet, calm, overcome the mysteries of nature and the beauty of the parks. Due to the extensive range of all possible forms of transport and the problems with the movement of the estate, you can live on the left side, and the right to work or attend meetings.

Transportation in Kiev
With transport in Kiev problems do not happen ever. Movement across the sky with a comfortable landing provide three rather big airport. First of all I want to say about the international airport Borispol. It is located about 20 km east than entry to Kiev.
Boryspil - a Kyiv region, and if you, for whatever - reason not profitable to go to the center, you can easily remove any hotel you like, for temporary accommodation and sightseeing and the region and the capital. And, even if you do not like to be a settler hotel room, at your service apartments in Kiev and Borispol, you can choose from the presented on our website catalog.
Many tourists say that this route was interesting and cheaper than ordering tickets and link to the hotels because of non-payment of lunches and dinners. In the apartment you to myself. You can sleep, how much will the body, book tours in multiple agencies or arrange them yourself.
Kiev is very friendly and smiling people. You never fail to help, answer questions, and even show the sights, which they are proud.
If you need to be in the center of the city's events, then welcome to the International Airport Kiev (Zhulyany). It is a few minutes from the city center, very convenient for travel and business trips. Gostomel - this cargo airport.
In the 60 years of the discovery was conducted underground. Cable cars, trolleys, trams, and, of course, the buses - no problem for the Ukrainian capital.
Successful communication with suburban areas actively move on flat roads of Kiev taxis involved flights to the destination non-stop in a shorter time and lower cost than a taxi.