Talk:Kyiv

Edit request

Please combine the hatnotes since Kyiv and Kiev mean the same thing. Having them in separate hatnotes makes no sense at all.

{{Redirect|Kiev|the food item|Chicken Kiev||Kyiv (disambiguation)}}

--~2025-41392-66 (talk) 18:45, 17 December 2025 (UTC)

The specific note about Chicken kiev was only added a few weeks ago. I've reverted it. --User:Khajidha (talk) (contributions) 18:59, 17 December 2025 (UTC)

Good point! ScottyNolan (talk) 20:35, 9 March 2026 (UTC)

Name of the city

The correct name of the city is Kiev. Bashkortostan702 (talk) 16:36, 20 January 2026 (UTC)

See WP:KYIV. We've been having this discussion for so long that it literally has its own internal page. Legendbird (talk) 12:22, 21 January 2026 (UTC)

From 1995 Kyiv is the only right and official name. The city is named after a potential founder of that city - Kyi, that logically leads to "Kyiv". (By legend Kyiv was found by three brothers: Kyi, Shchek,Khoryv— and their sister Lybid). Also, It's the right transliteration from ukrainian. ~2026-16120-59 (talk) 16:25, 14 March 2026 (UTC)

As a separate language, English can and often does use different names than Ukrainian. --User:Khajidha (talk) (contributions) 14:21, 16 March 2026 (UTC)

Kyiv is the correct English name of the city according to the city authorities themselves. Xomegas (talk) 03:28, 24 April 2026 (UTC)

Remind me when the Ukrainian government received control over the English language. --User:Khajidha (talk) (contributions) 12:00, 24 April 2026 (UTC)

If the government of a country or city specifies a certain English name for a city and the name is in widespread use, then it should be used by Wikipedia. Most sources now use "Kyiv" over "Kiev". Xomegas (talk) 12:17, 24 April 2026 (UTC)

The point is that it is usage by English sources that matters, not the official request. --User:Khajidha (talk) (contributions) 14:41, 24 April 2026 (UTC)

What the "government of a country or city specifies" means zero here. We look at what is the most common usage in the English language per sources (or we're supposed to... don't look at Mt McKinley). Ukraine has no authority to dictate what the world uses. With Kyiv, the English speaking world changed the spelling because of the Russian invasion. They didn't however change the pronunciation. Fyunck(click) (talk) 20:13, 24 April 2026 (UTC)

Change of the spelling has nothing to do with russian invasion. Kyiv is capital of Ukraine, in Ukrainian language name of the city is "Київ" not russian version "Киев" which in English transliterates as "Kiev". If for example polish cities have correct transliteration in English then Ukrainian cities also have right to be translitarated correctly. Ілля Тертишник (talk) 20:40, 24 July 2026 (UTC)

There is no such thing as "right to be transliterated correctly". English has the right to use wharever names it chooses. Sometimes those will match the native names. Sometimes they won't. --User:Khajidha (talk) (contributions) 22:42, 24 July 2026 (UTC)

Who determines what is correct in English ?. All major media like New York time's, BBC, Reuters or mapping service's like google maps major Airline's. They all use form "Kyiv" not "Kiev". So there's no point in calling it "Kiev" anymore. World is changing and Ukraine is independent for 30+ years already. Russia is no longer deciding how our city is called. Ілля Тертишник (talk) 11:01, 25 July 2026 (UTC)

I didn't say anyone was still calling it Kiev. I was simply pointing out that whatever it is called in English is the business of English speakers only. What Ukrainians do or don't like is totally beside the point. --User:Khajidha (talk) (contributions) 14:03, 25 July 2026 (UTC)

Suggestion for improving illustrations

Paton's_Bridge_at_night_02

Південний_міст,_Київ3

Батьківщина-Мати_перед_Дніпром

Ян Суходольский (talk) 00:20, 1 June 2026 (UTC)

Reduced image sizes. Danski454 (talk) 19:45, 11 June 2026 (UTC)

Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 11 June 2026

Change "Kiev is the traditional English name for the city,[17][20][21] but because of its historical derivation from the Russian name, Kiev lost favor with many Western media outlets after the outbreak of the Russo-Ukrainian War in 2014 in conjunction with the KyivNotKiev campaign launched by Ukraine to change the way that international media were spelling the city's name.[22]" to "Kiev is the English name for the city when transliterated from the Russian language,[17][20][21] but because of its historical derivation from the Russian name, Kiev lost favor with many Western media outlets after the outbreak of the Russo-Ukrainian War in 2014 in conjunction with the KyivNotKiev campaign launched by Ukraine to change the way that international media were spelling the city's name.[22]" Proeditorbos (talk) 18:05, 11 June 2026 (UTC)

 Not done as the current wording is more precise than the requested change. Thanks. Ktkvtsh (talk) 02:45, 13 June 2026 (UTC)