Kiev or Kyiv (Ukrainian:, Kyiv, ; Russian:, Kiyev; see also ),'s the capital and the largest city of Ukraine, located in the north central part of the country on the Dnieper River. As of April 2007, official municipal estimates placed the population of Kiev at about 2.7 million inhabitants, although some much higher unofficial estimates are often published. Kiev's an important industrial, scientific, educational and cultural centre of Eastern Europe. It's home to many high-tech industries, high… (More on Kiev)