Kyiv Trivia Quiz Questions

Trivia quiz questions with answers about the city of Kyiv in Ukraine

Kyiv Trivia Quiz Questions with Answers

Kyiv is the capital and most populous city of what country?
A: Ukraine.

It is in north-central Ukraine along what river?
A: The Dnieper River.

As of 1 January 2021, what was its population?
A: 2,962,180, making Kyiv the seventh-most populous city in Europe.

The city's name is said to derive from the name of Kyi, one of its four what?
A: It’s legendary founders.

The city probably existed as a commercial center as early as what century?
A: The 5th century.

It was a Slavic settlement on the great trade route between where?
A: Scandinavia and Constantinople.

Kyiv was a tributary of the Khazars until its capture by whom in the mid-9th century?
A: The Varangians (Vikings). `

Under Varangian rule, the city became a capital of Kievan Rus', the first what?
A: East Slavic state.

It was destroyed during what?
A: The Mongol invasions in 1240.

It was a provincial capital of marginal importance in the outskirts of the territories controlled by its powerful neighbors, first Lithuania, then Poland and ultimately who?
A: Russia.
The city prospered again during the Russian Empire's what?
A: Industrial Revolution in the late 19th century.

In 1918, after the Ukrainian People's Republic declared independence from Soviet Russia, Kyiv became what?
A: Its capital.

From 1921 onwards, Kyiv was a city of what?
A: Soviet Ukraine, which was proclaimed by the Red Army, and, from 1934, Kyiv was its capital.

The city was almost completely ruined during what war?
A: World War II.

The city quickly recovered in the postwar years, remaining the Soviet Union's what?
A: Third-largest city.

Following the collapse of the Soviet Union and Ukrainian independence in 1991, Kyiv remained Ukraine's capital and experienced a steady influx of what?
A: Ethnic Ukrainian migrants from other regions of the country.

During the country's transformation to a market economy and electoral democracy, Kyiv has continued to be Ukraine's what?
A: Largest and wealthiest city.

There are several legendary accounts of the what?
A: The origin of the city.

One legend states that Saint Andrew passed through the area in the 1st century and where the city is now he erected a what?
A: A cross, where a church later was built.

Since the Middle Ages an image of what saint has represented the city as well as the duchy?
A: Saint Michael.

By 1000 AD the city had a population of how many?
A: 45,000.

In World War II, the city suffered significant damage, and Nazi Germany occupied it from 19 September 1941 to when?
A: 6 November 1943.

Axis forces killed or captured more than 600,000 Soviet soldiers in what Battle?
A: The great encirclement Battle of Kyiv in 1941.

Most of those captured never what?
A: Returned alive.

The catastrophic accident at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in 1986 occurred only how far from the city?
A: 100 km (62 mi) north of the city.

The prevailing south wind did what?
A: Blew most of the radioactive debris away from Kyiv.

In the course of the collapse of the Soviet Union the Ukrainian parliament proclaimed what?
A: The Declaration of Independence of Ukraine in the city on 24 August 1991.