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What country used to own Kiev?

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Anonymous

12y ago
Updated: 8/19/2019

Multiple countries and empires used to have control over Kiev. The city was first control by the Varangians (a form of Eastern European vikings) in the Middle Ages. It was then captured by the Mongol Empire around 1240 and completely destroyed. Over the next few centuries the city would be controlled by the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, Poland, and then finally the Russian Empire. It remained a part of the Russia (later renamed the Soviet Union) until 1991 upon the Ukraine's independence. Today, the city remains as the Ukraine's capital.

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12y ago

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