Kijów: All Data
Kijów is a city in Ukraine. This page covers its chronology of mentions across 5,500 years of history, including capitals, battles, events and subdivisions. Part of Phersu Atlas.
1. Lists and Timelines
Kyiv: Chronology of Mentions
Note: For polities of antiquity, the listed capital or subdivision capital may also represent one or several of the most important cities of the region.
863 AD
Capital of Kievan Rus'
1055 AD
Subdivision Capital of the Principality of Principality of Kiev, part of Kievan Rus'
1133 AD
Capital of Principality of Kiev
1240 AD
Mentioned in: Siege of Kiev (1240), part of Mongol invasion of Kievan Rus'
1241 AD
Capital of Principality of Kiev (Mongol Empire)
1243 AD
Mentioned in Event: Mongol invasion of Kievan Rus'
1261 AD
Mentioned in Event: Division of the Mongol Empire
1261 AD
Capital of Principality of Kiev (Golden Horde)
1620 AD
Subdivision Capital of the Voivodeship of Kijów Voivodeship, part of Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
1701 AD
Subdivision Capital of the Voivodeship of Kijów Voivodeship, part of Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
1914 AD
Subdivision Capital of the Governatorate of Kiev, part of Russian Empire
1917 AD
Capital of Ukrainian Republic
1917 AD
Mentioned in Event: Russian Civil War
1917 AD
Mentioned in Event: Ukrainian-Soviet War
1918 AD
Mentioned in: First Battle of Kiev, part of World War I
1918 AD
Capital of Ukraine (Germany)
1918 AD
Capital of Ukrainian People's Republic
1918 AD
Mentioned in Event: Bolsheviks take control of most of European Russia
1918 AD
Mentioned in Event: Russian Civil War
1918 AD
Mentioned in Event: Ukrainian-Soviet War
1918 AD
Capital of Ukraine State / Hetmanate
1919 AD
Mentioned in: Capture of Kiev by the White Army, part of Russian Civil War
1919 AD
Mentioned in: Third Battle of Kiev, part of Russian Civil War
1919 AD
Mentioned in: Second Battle of Kiev
1919 AD
Mentioned in Event: South Russia 1919 campaign
1919 AD
Mentioned in Event: Ukrainian-Soviet War
1920 AD
Mentioned in Event: Ukrainian-Soviet War
1920 AD
Mentioned in: Battle of Boryspil, part of Polish-Soviet War
1920 AD
Mentioned in: Battle of Bystryk, part of Polish-Soviet War
1922 AD
Mentioned in Event: Treaty on the Creation of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
1937 AD
Subdivision Capital of the Republic of Kiev, part of USSR
1941 AD
Mentioned in: Battle of Kiev, part of Battle of Kiev
1941 AD
Mentioned in Event: Battle of Kiev
1943 AD
Mentioned in Event: Battle of Kiev
1946 AD
Subdivision Capital of the Republic of Kiev, part of USSR
1955 AD
Subdivision Capital of the Republic of Kiev, part of USSR
1989 AD
Subdivision Capital of the Republic of Kiev, part of USSR
1991 AD
Mentioned in Event: Dissolution of the Soviet Union
1991 AD
Capital of Ukraine
2022 AD
Mentioned in: Battle of Lebedyn, part of Russian Invasion of Ukraine
2022 AD
Mentioned in: Battle of Kyiv (2022), part of Russian Invasion of Ukraine
2025 AD
Subdivision Capital of the Oblast of Kyiv Oblast, part of Ukraine
2025 AD
Subdivision Capital of the City of Kyiv, part of Ukraine