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{{Short description|Oblast (region) of Ukraine}}
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| name                            = Kyiv Oblast
| native_name                     = Київська область
| native_name_lang                = uk<!-- ISO 639-2 code e.g. "fr" for French. -->
| official_name                   = Kyivska oblast<ref>{{Cite book|last1=Syvak|first1=Nina|last2=Ponomarenko|first2=Valerii|last3=Khodzinska|first3=Olha|last4=Lakeichuk|first4=Iryna|date=2011|editor-last=Veklych|editor-first=Lesia|others=scientific consultant Iryna Rudenko; reviewed by Nataliia Kizilowa; translated by Olha Khodzinska|title=Toponymic Guidelines for Map and Other Editors for International Use|url=https://unstats.un.org/unsd/geoinfo/UNGEGN/docs/Toponymic%20guidelines%20PDF/Ukraine/Verstka.pdf|page=20|access-date=2020-10-06|via=[[United Nations Statistics Division]]|publisher=DerzhHeoKadastr and Kartographia|publication-place=Kyiv|isbn=978-966-475-839-7|archive-date=January 25, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210125171426/https://unstats.un.org/unsd/geoinfo/ungegn/docs/Toponymic%20guidelines%20PDF/Ukraine/Verstka.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>
| nickname                        = {{lang|uk|Київщина}} ({{transliteration|uk|Kyivshchyna}})
| settlement_type                 = [[Oblasts of Ukraine|Oblast]]
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| image_flag                      = Flag of Kyiv Oblast.svg
| flag_alt                        = Flag of Kyiv Oblast
| image_shield                    = Coat of Arms of Kiev Oblast.svg
| shield_alt                      = Coat of arms of Kyiv Oblast
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| subdivision_type                = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
| subdivision_name                = {{Flagu|Ukraine}}
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| parts_type                      = [[List of cities in Kyiv Oblast|Largest cities]]
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| seat_type                       = [[Administrative centre|Administrative center]]
| seat                            = [[Kyiv]]
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| leader_title                    = [[Head of the Kyiv Oblast State Administration]]
| leader_name                     = [[Mykola Kalashnyk]] (since 24 March 2025)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Zelenskyy appoints Kalashnyk as head of Kyiv Regional State Administration|url=https://ukranews.com/en/news/1071958-zelenskyy-appoints-kalashnyk-as-head-of-kyiv-regional-state-administration|date=24 March 2025|access-date=10 April 2025 |website=[[Ukrainian News Agency]] |language=en}}</ref>
| leader_title1                   = [[Kyiv Oblast Council|Oblast council]]
| leader_name1                    = 84 seats
| leader_title2                   = Chairperson
| leader_name2                    = Yaroslav Dobryanskyy (acting)
| unit_pref                       = Metric<!-- or US or UK -->
| area_footnotes                  = 
| area_total_km2                  = 28131
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| area_rank                       = [[List of Ukrainian oblasts and territories by area|Ranked 8th]]
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| population_footnotes            = <ref name="ua2022estimate" />
| population_total                = 1795079{{increase}}
| population_rank                 = [[List of Ukrainian oblasts and territories by population|Ranked 10th]]
| population_as_of                = 2022
| population_blank1_title         = Annual growth
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| population_density_km2          = auto
| demographics_type2       = GDP
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|demographics2_title1     = Total
|demographics2_info1      = ₴ 292 billion<br />(€7.6 billion)
| demographics2_title2     = Per capita
|demographics2_info2      = ₴ 162,696<br />(€4,200)
|blank5_name_sec1= [[Human Development Index|HDI]] (2022)
|blank5_info_sec1 = 0.737<ref>{{Cite web|title= Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab |url= https://globaldatalab.org/shdi/table/shdi/UKR/?levels=1+4&years=2022&interpolation=0&extrapolation=0 |website=hdi.globaldatalab.org|language=en}}</ref><br />{{color|#0c0|high}}
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| blank3_name_sec1                = [[List of urban-type settlements in Ukraine by subdivision#Kyiv Oblast|Settlements]]
| blank3_info_sec1                = 30
| blank4_name_sec1                = Villages
| blank4_info_sec1                = 1,127<ref name="KyivRegionStatistics07" />
| timezone1                       = [[Eastern European Time|EET]]
| utc_offset1                     = +2
| timezone1_DST                   = [[Eastern European Summer Time|EEST]]
| utc_offset1_DST                 = +3
| postal_code_type                = [[Ukrainian postal codes|Postal code]]
| postal_code                     = 07-09
| area_code_type                  = [[Area code#Ukraine|Area code]]
| area_code                       = +380 44 (Kyiv city)<br />+380 45 (outside Kyiv city)<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.kyivpost.com/news/city/detail/48318/ |title=announcement of new telephone codes in Kyiv Post |access-date=October 29, 2009 |archive-date=January 4, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100104113828/http://www.kyivpost.com/news/city/detail/48318/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
| iso_code                        = [[ISO 3166-2:UA|UA-32]]
| registration_plate_type         = [[Vehicle registration plates of Ukraine|Vehicle registration]]
| registration_plate              = AI
| blank_name_sec2                 = [[FIPS 10-4]]
| blank_info_sec2                 = [[List of FIPS region codes (S-U)#UP: Ukraine|UP13]]
| blank1_name_sec2                = [[NUTS statistical regions of Ukraine]]
| blank1_info_sec2                = UA61
| website                         = {{URL|koda.gov.ua}}
| footnotes                       = 
}}

'''Kyiv Oblast''' ({{langx|uk|Київська область|translit=Kyivska oblast}}, {{IPA|uk|ˈkɪjiu̯sʲkɐ ˈɔblɐsʲtʲ|IPA}}), also called '''Kyivshchyna''' ({{lang|uk|Київщинa}}, {{IPA|uk|ˈkɪjiu̯ʃtʃɪnɐ|IPA}}), is an [[Administrative divisions of Ukraine|oblast]] (province) in central and northern [[Ukraine]]. It surrounds, but does not include, the city of [[Kyiv]], which is administered as a [[city with special status]]. However, Kyiv also serves as the [[Capital (political)|administrative center]] of the oblast. The [[Kyiv metropolitan area]] extends out from Kyiv city into parts of the oblast, which is significantly dependent on the urban economy and transportation of Kyiv.

The population of Kyiv Oblast is {{Ua-pop-est2022|1,795,079|punct=.}} Its largest city is [[Bila Tserkva]], with a population over 200,000.

The [[Chernobyl Exclusion Zone]] is in the northern part of Kyiv Oblast. It is administered separately from the oblast and public access is prohibited.

== History ==
Kyiv Oblast was created as part of the [[Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic]] on February 27, 1932 among the first five original oblasts in Ukraine. It was established on territory that had been known as Ruthenian land.<ref>Tolochko, O.P. ''[http://resource.history.org.ua/cgi-bin/eiu/history.exe?&I21DBN=EIU&P21DBN=EIU&S21STN=1&S21REF=10&S21FMT=eiu_all&C21COM=S&S21CNR=20&S21P01=0&S21P02=0&S21P03=TRN=&S21COLORTERMS=0&S21STR=Ruska_zemlia Ruthenian land (РУСЬКА ЗЕМЛЯ)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200829172705/http://resource.history.org.ua/cgi-bin/eiu/history.exe?&I21DBN=EIU&P21DBN=EIU&S21STN=1&S21REF=10&S21FMT=eiu_all&C21COM=S&S21CNR=20&S21P01=0&S21P02=0&S21P03=TRN=&S21COLORTERMS=0&S21STR=Ruska_zemlia |date=August 29, 2020 }}''. Encyclopedia of History of Ukraine.</ref>

Earlier historical administrative units that became the territory of the oblast include the [[Kiev Voivodeship]] under the [[Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth]] and [[Grand Duchy of Lithuania]], and the [[Kiev Viceroyalty]] and [[Kiev Governorate]] under the [[Russian Empire]]. The northern part of the oblast belongs to the historical region of [[Polesia]] (''Polissia'').

In Kyiv region, there was a specific folk icon-painting style much influenced by the [[Kyiv Pechersk Lavra]] painting school. Saints were depicted on the deep purple or black background, their clothes dark, their haloes dark blue, dark green or even black, outlined by thin white dotted contours. The Kyiv region's icons collection is the part of the exhibition of the [[Museum of Ukrainian home icons]] in the Historical and cultural complex "[[Radomysl Castle|The Radomysl Castle]]".<ref>Богомолець. О. "Замок-музей Радомисль на Шляху Королів Via Regia". — Київ, 2013</ref>

The current borders of the oblast were set following the [[Chernobyl disaster]] in 1986. Administrative oversight of the new city of [[Slavutych]], which was constructed as part of the [[Chernihiv Oblast]], was then transferred to the Kyiv Oblast (''see [[#Chernobyl zone|Chernobyl zone]] below'').

On 24 February 2022, [[Russian Armed Forces]] invaded Kyiv Oblast as part of its [[2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine]].<ref name="aljazeera2022/4/3/ukraine" /> Ukraine launched a counter-offensive to retake the region in March 2022. The oblast was declared free of invaders on 2 April 2022 by the Ukrainian Deputy Minister of Defense [[Hanna Maliar]].<ref name="aljazeera2022/4/3/ukraine">[https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/4/3/ukraine-retakes-whole-kyiv-region-as-russian-troops-pull-back Ukraine ‘retakes whole Kyiv region’ as Russia looks east] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220531082738/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/4/3/ukraine-retakes-whole-kyiv-region-as-russian-troops-pull-back |date=May 31, 2022 }}, [[aljazeera.com]] (3 April 2022)</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://t.me/UkraineNow/8291|title=Ukraine NOW|access-date=April 2, 2022|archive-date=April 2, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220402183708/https://t.me/UkraineNow/8291|url-status=live}}</ref> According to the [[Ukrainian Ministry of Defense]] its troops had retaken more than 30 towns and villages around Kyiv.<ref name="aljazeera2022/4/3/ukraine" /> However, on April 9, 2022 the Russians attacked the Oblast again, even destroying a railway station in [[Bucha, Ukraine|Bucha]].<ref>{{Cite news|url = https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-04-09/ukraine-latest-zelenskyy-russia-missile-strike-bucha-mass-graves/100979322|title = Ukraine latest: Zelenskyy denounces Russian missile strike on train station as a war crime, bodies recovered from mass graves in Bucha|newspaper = ABC News|date = April 9, 2022|access-date = April 16, 2022|archive-date = April 16, 2022|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220416005645/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-04-09/ukraine-latest-zelenskyy-russia-missile-strike-bucha-mass-graves/100979322|url-status = live}}</ref>

== Geography ==
Kyiv Oblast has a total area of {{convert|28100|km2|sqmi|0|abbr=on}} (approximately 35 times the area of Kyiv city) and is located in north-central Ukraine. On the west it borders the [[Zhytomyr Oblast]], on the southwest – [[Vinnytsia Oblast]], on the south – [[Cherkasy Oblast]], on the southeast – [[Poltava Oblast]], on the east and northeast – [[Chernihiv Oblast]], and on the north – [[Homiel Voblast|Homyel Voblasts]] of [[Belarus]].

The oblast is equally split between both banks of the [[Dnieper River]] (''Dnipro'') north and south of Kyiv. Other significant rivers in the oblast are the [[Dnieper River#Tributaries of the Dnieper|Dnieper's tributaries]]: [[Pripyat River|Pripyat]] (''Prypiat'') (R), [[Desna River|Desna]] (L), [[Teteriv River|Teteriv]] (R), [[Irpin River|Irpin']] (R), [[Ros' River|Ros']] (R) and [[Trubizh]] (L).

The length of the Dnipro River within the boundaries of the oblast totals {{convert|246|km|mi|0|abbr=on}}. The oblast has a total number of 177 rivers intersecting the region; 13 reservoirs (the most notable ones being [[Kyiv Reservoir]] and the [[Kaniv Reservoir]]), over 2000 ponds, and approximately 750 small lakes.

=== Climate ===

The climate of Kyiv Oblast is characteristic of the [[Polesia]] area and other neighboring forested areas. The oblast has a moderately [[continental climate]] with relatively mild winters and warm summers. The temperatures range from {{convert|-6.1|°C|°F}} in January to {{convert|19.2|°C|°F}} degrees in July{{dubious|date=December 2012}}.

[[File:Oleksandriia Park in Bila Tserkva.jpg|thumb|left|250px|View of the historical [[Landscape garden|landscape park]] "[[Arboretum Oleksandriya|Oleksandriya]]" in the city of [[Bila Tserkva]].]]

=== Vegetation ===

Kyiv Oblast has small mountains and slopes on the right bank of the Dnieper River. This entire area is surrounded by a continuous belt by greenery and forests. The oblast's "green area" covers {{convert|436|km2|sqmi|0|abbr=on}}, characterized by 250 different sorts of trees and bushes.

== Demographics ==
{{historical populations|1970|1834021|1979|1923905|1989|1939973|2001|1827894|2011|1717649|2022|1795079|align=right|cols=1|source=<ref>{{cite web|title=Division of Ukraine|url=http://pop-stat.mashke.org/ukraine-division.htm}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Ukraine: Provinces and Major Cities|url=https://citypopulation.de/en/ukraine/cities/}}</ref>}}

According to the [[2001 Ukrainian census]], [[Ukrainians|ethnic Ukrainians]] accounted for 92.5% of the population of Kyiv Oblast, and [[Russians in Ukraine|ethnic Russians]] for 6.0%.<ref>{{in lang|uk}} [http://pop-stat.mashke.org/ukraine-ethnic2001.htm Етнічний склад населення України, 2001 рік]</ref><ref>[http://db.ukrcensus.gov.ua/MULT/Database/Census/databasetree_en.asp Банк даних, перепис 2001 року]</ref>

The current estimated population (excluding Kyiv) is around 1.72&nbsp;million (as of 2013). The population density is 63.01/km<sup>2</sup>.

The urban population, according to the [[Ukrainian Census (2001)|2001 Ukrainian Census data]], accounted for 1,053,500 people, or 57.6%, and the rural population – for 774,400 people, or 42.4%.<ref>[http://www.ukrcensus.gov.ua/eng/regions/reg_Kyiv/ Ukrcensus.gov.ua – Kyiv region] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060218190749/http://www.ukrcensus.gov.ua/eng/regions/reg_Kyiv/ |date=February 18, 2006 }} URL accessed on November 26, 2006</ref>

According to the data, the number of men accounted for 845,900 people, or 46.3%, that of women – 982,000 people, or 53.7%.

=== Language ===
{{See also|Languages of Ukraine}}
[[File:UkraineNativeLanguagesCensus2001detailed-en.png|thumb|right|400px|According to the [[2001 Ukrainian census]], [[Ukrainian language|Ukrainian]] was the native language for over 92% of Kyiv Oblast's population: it was the dominant language in all of the city, town, and village councils of the oblast.]]
Due to the [[Russification of Ukraine]] during the Soviet era, the share of Ukrainian speakers in the population of Kyiv Oblast gradually decreased, while the share of Russian speakers increased.<ref>{{cite web |language=ru |url=https://bibliotekanauki.pl/articles/568412 |title=Динамика численности этнических украинцев в УССР: на основе итогов Всесоюзных переписей населения 1959 г., 1970 г. и 1979 г. |access-date=2024-08-03 |archive-date=2024-06-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240629092655/https://bibliotekanauki.pl/articles/568412 |url-status=live }}</ref> Native language of the population of Kyiv Oblast according to the results of population censuses:<ref>Итоги Всесоюзной переписи населения 1959 года: Украинская ССР, стр. 168—193</ref><ref>Численность и состав населения СССР: по данным Всесоюзной переписи населения 1979 года. Центральное статистическое управление СССР, 1984</ref><ref>''Чорний С.'' Національний склад населення України в ХХ сторіччі (2001)</ref><ref>Итоги Всесоюзной переписи населения 1970 года. Том IV — М., Статистика, 1973</ref><ref>{{cite web |author=|language=uk |url=http://2001.ukrcensus.gov.ua/results/nationality_population/nationality_popul1/ |url-status=live |title=Всеукраїнський перепис населення 2001. Розподіл населення за національністю та рідною мовою |access-date=2014-08-21 |archive-date=2019-10-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191024043444/http://2001.ukrcensus.gov.ua/results/nationality_population/nationality_popul1/ }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author=|language=|url=http://database.ukrcensus.gov.ua/MULT/Dialog/varval.asp?ma=19A050501_021&ti=19A050501_021.%20%D0%EE%E7%EF%EE%E4%B3%EB%20%ED%E0%F1%E5%EB%E5%ED%ED%FF%20%E7%E0%20%ED%E0%F6%B3%EE%ED%E0%EB%FC%ED%B3%F1%F2%FE%20%F2%E0%20%F0%B3%E4%ED%EE%FE%20%EC%EE%E2%EE%FE%20%280%2C1%29&path=..%2FDatabase%2FCensus%2F05%2F01%2F&lang=1&multilang=uk |url-status=live |title=Перепис 1989. Розподіл населення за національністю та рідною мовою (0,1) |access-date=2022-03-19 |archive-date=2020-10-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201029090750/http://database.ukrcensus.gov.ua/MULT/Dialog/varval.asp?ma=19A050501_021&ti=19A050501_021.%20%D0%EE%E7%EF%EE%E4%B3%EB%20%ED%E0%F1%E5%EB%E5%ED%ED%FF%20%E7%E0%20%ED%E0%F6%B3%EE%ED%E0%EB%FC%ED%B3%F1%F2%FE%20%F2%E0%20%F0%B3%E4%ED%EE%FE%20%EC%EE%E2%EE%FE%20%280%2C1%29&path=..%2FDatabase%2FCensus%2F05%2F01%2F&lang=1&multilang=uk }}</ref>
{| class="standard sortable"
! ||1959||1970||1989||2001
|-
| [[Ukrainian language|Ukrainian]]||92.5%||91.9%||88.4%||92.3%
|-
| [[Russian language in Ukraine|Russian]]||6.5%||7.5%||10.9%||7.2%
|-
| Other||1.0%||0.6%||0.7%||0.5%
|}

Native language of the population of the [[Administrative divisions of Ukraine|raions, cities and city councils]] of Kyiv Oblast according to the [[2001 Ukrainian census]]:<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://db.ukrcensus.gov.ua/MULT/Dialog/varval.asp?ma=19A050501_021_023&ti=19A050501_021_023.%20Distribution%20of%20the%20population%20by%20nationality%20and%20native%20language,%20Zaporizka%20oblast%20(2)&path=../Database/Census/05/02/02/&lang=2&multilang=en |title=Розподіл населення за національністю та рідною мовою, Київська область |access-date=2024-04-02 |archive-date=2024-04-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240402124123/http://db.ukrcensus.gov.ua/MULT/Dialog/varval.asp?ma=19A050501_021_023&ti=19A050501_021_023.%20Distribution%20of%20the%20population%20by%20nationality%20and%20native%20language,%20Zaporizka%20oblast%20(2)&path=../Database/Census/05/02/02/&lang=2&multilang=en |url-status=live }}</ref>
{| class="standard sortable"
!  ||Ukrainian||Russian
|-
| '''Kyiv Oblast''' ||'''92.3%'''||'''7.2%'''
|-
| City of [[Bila Tserkva]] ||86.6%||12.3%
|-
| City of [[Berezan, Kyiv Oblast|Berezan]] ||92.1%||7.5%
|-
| [[Boryspil]] (city council) ||88.4%||11.1%
|-
| City of [[Brovary]] ||86.4%||12.9%
|-
| City of [[Vasylkiv]] ||87.3%||12.2%
|-
| [[Irpin]] (city council) ||87.8%||11.6%
|-
| City of [[Pereiaslav|Pereiaslav-Khmelnytskyi]] ||95.9%||3.6%
|-
| City of [[Fastiv]] ||90.8%||8.6%
|-
| City of [[Rzhyshchiv]] ||95.1%||4.3%
|-
| City of [[Slavutych]] ||55.4%||42.6%
|-
| [[Baryshivka Raion]] ||96.5%||3.0%
|-
| [[Bila Tserkva Raion]]<br />(in pre-2020 borders) ||95.7%||4.0%
|-
| [[Bohuslav Raion]] ||97.6%||2.2%
|-
| [[Boryspil Raion]]<br />(in pre-2020 borders) ||95.7%||3.8%
|-
| [[Borodianka Raion]] ||94.7%||4.8%
|-
| [[Brovary Raion]]<br />(in pre-2020 borders) ||96.9%||2.8%
|-
| [[Vasylkiv Raion]] ||95.4%||4.2%
|-
| [[Volodarka Raion]] ||97.8%||1.9%
|-
| [[Vyshhorod Raion]]<br />(in pre-2020 borders) ||90.3%||9.3%
|-
| [[Zghurivka Raion]] ||97.0%||2.3%
|-
| [[Ivankiv Raion]] ||96.5%||3.1%
|-
| [[Kaharlyk Raion]] ||97.0%||2.7%
|-
| [[Kyiv-Sviatoshyn Raion]] ||91.4%||8.1%
|-
| [[Makariv Raion]] ||95.7%||3.8%
|-
| [[Myronivka Raion]] ||96.7%||3.0%
|-
| [[Obukhiv Raion]]<br />(in pre-2020 borders) ||87.3%||12.2%
|-
| [[Pereiaslav-Khmelnytskyi Raion]] ||97.1%||2.6%
|-
| [[Poliske Raion]] ||97.2%||2.2%
|-
| [[Rokytne Raion, Kyiv Oblast|Rokytne Raion]] ||98.0%||1.8%
|-
| [[Skvyra Raion]] ||97.4%||1.9%
|-
| [[Stavyshche Raion]] ||98.3%||1.4%
|-
| [[Tarashcha Raion]] ||97.9%||1.7%
|-
| [[Tetiiv Raion]] ||98.2%||1.5%
|-
| [[Fastiv Raion]]<br />(in pre-2020 borders) ||96.2%||3.3%
|-
| [[Yahotyn Raion]] ||96.1%||3.5%
|}
{{clear}}
[[Ukrainian language|Ukrainian]] is the only official language on the whole territory of Kyiv Oblast.<ref>{{cite web |language =uk |url=https://zakon.rada.gov.ua/laws/show/2704-19 |title=Про забезпечення функціонування української мови як державної |access-date=2020-03-25 |archive-date=2020-05-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200502182619/https://zakon.rada.gov.ua/laws/show/2704-19 |url-status=live }}</ref>

According to a poll conducted by ''[[Rating (sociological group)|Rating]]'' from 16 November to 10 December 2018 as part of the project «Portraits of Regions», 68% of the residents of Kyiv Oblast believed that the Ukrainian language should be the only state language on the entire territory of Ukraine. 9% believed that Ukrainian should be the only state language, while Russian should be the second official language in some regions of the country. 19% believed that Russian should become the second state language of the country. 4% found it difficult to answer.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://ratinggroup.ua/files/ratinggroup/reg_files/rg_40000_portraits_of_the_regions_122018_press.pdf |title="ПОРТРЕТИ РЕГІОНІВ": ПІДСУМКИ. Зведені дані, порівняльний аналіз між областями |publisher=[[Rating (sociological group)|Рейтинг]]|date=2018-12-26|language=uk}}</ref>

On 21 March 2023, [[Kyiv Oblast Council]] approved the «Programme for the Development and Functioning of the Ukrainian Language as the State Language in All Spheres of Public Life in the Kyiv Oblast for 2023—2025», the main objectives of which are to strengthen the positions of the Ukrainian language in various spheres of public life in the oblast and to [[Ukrainization|Ukrainianize]] the [[Ukrainian refugee crisis|refugees from other regions of Ukraine]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.radiosvoboda.org/a/news-mova-rozvytok-kyivshchyna/32327985.html|title=Для Київщини затверджено програму розвитку української мови до 2025 року|publisher=[[Radio Free Europe]]|date=2023-03-21|language=uk}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://kor.gov.ua/rishennia/pro-zatverdzhennia-prohramy-rozvytku-ta-funktsionuvannia-ukrainskoi-movy-iak-derzhavnoi-v-usikh-sferakh-suspilnoho-zhyttia-u-kyivskiy-oblasti-na-2023-2025-roky/|title=Про затвердження Програми розвитку та функціонування української мови як державної в усіх сферах суспільного життя у Київській області на 2023—2025 роки|publisher=Київська обласна рада|date=2023-03-21|language=uk}}</ref>

According to the research of the ''Content Analysis Centre'', conducted from 15 August to 15 September 2024, the topic of which was the ratio of Ukrainian and Russian languages in the Ukrainian segment of [[social media]], 87.2% of posts from Kyiv Oblast were written in Ukrainian (83.6% in 2023, 75.9% in 2022, 29.3% in 2020), while 12.8% were written in Russian (16.4% in 2023, 24.1% in 2022, 70.7% in 2020).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://ms.detector.media/internet/post/36568/2024-10-28-chastka-dopysiv-ukrainskoyu-movoyu-v-sotsmerezhakh-zrosla-do-56-tsentr-kontent-analizu/ |title=Частка дописів українською мовою в соцмережах зросла до 56 %, — Центр контент-аналізу |date=2024-10-28 |language=uk}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title="Радикальний прогрес". У соцмережах української стало набагато більше, — дослідження |url=https://texty.org.ua/fragments/111001/radykalnyj-prohres-u-socmerezhah-ukrayinskoyi-stalo-nabahato-bilshe-doslidzhennya/ |access-date=2023-12-11 |archive-date=2023-12-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231211202240/https://texty.org.ua/fragments/111001/radykalnyj-prohres-u-socmerezhah-ukrayinskoyi-stalo-nabahato-bilshe-doslidzhennya/ |url-status=live |language=uk}}</ref>

After Ukraine declared independence in 1991, Kyiv Oblast, as well as Ukraine as a whole, experienced a gradual [[Ukrainization]] of the education system, which had been [[Russification of Ukraine|Russified]]<ref>Barbara A. Anderson and Brian D. Silver, "Equality, Efficiency, and Politics in Soviet Bilingual Education Policy, 1934-1980," American Political Science Review 78 (December 1984): 1019-1039.</ref> during the Soviet era. Dynamics of the ratio of the [[Medium of instruction|languages of instruction]] in general secondary education institutions in Kyiv Oblast:<ref>«Статистичний щорічник України за 1998 рік» — К., 1999. {{cite web |url=https://pics.livejournal.com/alina_ma/pic/000ghttb |title=Джерело |website=pics.livejournal.com |access-date=2024-12-26}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author=|url=https://ukrstat.gov.ua/druk/st_sc/SEU2008_u.zip |title=Збірник «Статистичний щорічник України» за 2008 рік |publisher=[[State Statistics Service of Ukraine|Державна служба статистики України]] |language=uk |access-date=2024-08-10 |archive-date=2022-04-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220408201718/http://ukrstat.gov.ua/druk/st_sc/SEU2008_u.zip |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author=|url=https://ukrstat.gov.ua/druk/publicat/kat_u/2013/sb/10_13/sz_Ukr_2012.zip |title=Збірник «Статистичний щорічник України» за 2012 рік |publisher=[[State Statistics Service of Ukraine|Державна служба статистики України]] |language=uk |access-date=2024-08-10 |archive-date=2024-08-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240807143246/https://ukrstat.gov.ua/druk/publicat/kat_u/2013/sb/10_13/sz_Ukr_2012.zip |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author=|url=https://ukrstat.gov.ua/druk/publicat/kat_u/2019/zb/11/zb_yearbook_2018.pdf |title=Збірник «Статистичний щорічник України» за 2018 рік |publisher=[[State Statistics Service of Ukraine|Державна служба статистики України]] |language=uk |access-date=2024-08-10 |archive-date=2024-08-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240803223353/https://ukrstat.gov.ua/druk/publicat/kat_u/2019/zb/11/zb_yearbook_2018.pdf |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ukrstat.gov.ua/operativ/operativ2022/osv/osv_rik/zso21_ue.xlsx |script-title=uk:Загальна середня освіта в Україні у 2021 році |language=uk |script-website=uk:Державна служба статистики України |access-date=2024-07-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240707121443/https://www.ukrstat.gov.ua/operativ/operativ2022/osv/osv_rik/zso21_ue.xlsx |archive-date=2024-07-07 |url-status=live}} — {{cite web |url=https://www.ukrstat.gov.ua/operativ/operativ2022/osv/osv_rik/arch_pto_u.htm |script-title=uk:Сайт Державної служби статистики України |language=uk |script-website=uk:Державна служба статистики України |access-date=2024-06-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240604201459/https://www.ukrstat.gov.ua/operativ/operativ2022/osv/osv_rik/arch_pto_u.htm |archive-date=2024-06-04 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ukrstat.gov.ua/operativ/operativ2023/osv/osv_rik/zso22_ue.xlsx |script-title=uk:Загальна середня освіта в Україні у 2022 році |language=uk |script-website=uk:Державна служба статистики України |access-date=2024-06-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240626161348/https://www.ukrstat.gov.ua/operativ/operativ2023/osv/osv_rik/zso22_ue.xlsx |archive-date=2024-06-26 |url-status=live}} — {{cite web |url=https://www.ukrstat.gov.ua/operativ/operativ2022/osv/osv_rik/arch_pto_u.htm |script-title=uk:Сайт Державної служби статистики України |language=uk |script-website=uk:Державна служба статистики України |date=|access-date=2024-06-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240604201459/https://www.ukrstat.gov.ua/operativ/operativ2022/osv/osv_rik/arch_pto_u.htm |archive-date=2024-06-04 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://stat.gov.ua/sites/default/files/2024-02/Збірник%20Статистичний%20щорічник%20України%202022%20рік.pdf |title=Збірник «Статистичний щорічник України» за 2022 рік |publisher=[[State Statistics Service of Ukraine|Державна служба статистики України]] |language=uk |access-date=2024-08-10 |archive-date=2024-08-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240807143242/https://stat.gov.ua/sites/default/files/2024-02/Збірник%20Статистичний%20щорічник%20України%202022%20рік.pdf |url-status=live}}</ref>
{| class="standard"
|-
| [[Medium of instruction|Language of instruction]], <br />% of pupils || 1991—<br />1992 || 1992—<br />1993 || 1993—<br />1994 || 1994—<br />1995 || 1995—<br />1996 || 2000—<br />2001 || 2005—<br />2006 || 2007—<br />2008 || 2010—<br />2011 || 2012—<br />2013 || 2015—<br />2016 || 2018—<br />2019 || 2021—<br />2022 || 2022—<br />2023
|-
| [[Ukrainian language|Ukrainian]]|| 84.6% || 86.7% || 89.7% || 91.1% || 92.0% || 97.0% || 99.0% || 99.0% || 99.0% || 99.0% || 99.4% || 99.7% || 99.95% || 100.0%
|-
| [[Russian language in Ukraine|Russian]] || 15.4% || 13.3% || 10.3% || 8.9% || 8.0% || 3.0% || 1.0% || 1.0% || 1.0% || 1.0% || 0.6% || 0.3% || 0.05% || —
|-
|}

According to the [[State Statistics Service of Ukraine]], in the 2023—2024 school year, all 237,624 pupils in general secondary education institutions in Kyiv Oblast were studying in classes where [[Ukrainian language|Ukrainian]] was the language of instruction.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ukrstat.gov.ua/operativ/operativ2023/osv/osv_rik/zso23_ue.xlsx |title=Загальна середня освіта в Україні у 2023 році |language=uk |website=www.ukrstat.gov.ua |date=|access-date=2024-06-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240601143959/https://www.ukrstat.gov.ua/operativ/operativ2023/osv/osv_rik/zso23_ue.xlsx |archive-date=2024-06-01 |url-status=live}} — {{cite web |author=|url=https://www.ukrstat.gov.ua/operativ/operativ2022/osv/osv_rik/arch_pto_u.htm |title=Сайт Державної служби статистики України |language=uk |website=www.ukrstat.gov.ua |date=|access-date=2024-06-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240604201459/https://www.ukrstat.gov.ua/operativ/operativ2022/osv/osv_rik/arch_pto_u.htm |archive-date=2024-06-04 |url-status=live}}</ref>

=== Age structure ===
: ''0–14 years:'' 14.9% {{increase}} (male 132,559/female 123,816)
: ''15–64 years:'' 69.8% {{decrease}} (male 576,559/female 621,753)
: ''65 years and over:'' 15.3% {{decrease}} (male 84,026/female 177,360) (2013 official)

=== Median age ===
: ''total:'' 39.7 years {{steady}}
: ''male:'' 36.3 years {{steady}}
: ''female:'' 43.0 years {{decrease}} (2013 official)

=== Age structure of Kyiv City ===
: ''0–14 years:'' 14.1% {{increase}} (male 203,453/female 192,111)
: ''15–64 years:'' 73.3% {{decrease}} (male 962,391/female 1,093,183)
: ''65 years and over:'' 12.6% {{increase}} (male 129,293/female 223,285) (2013 official)

=== Median age of Kyiv City ===
: ''total:'' 37.6 years {{increase}}
: ''male:'' 35.4 years {{increase}}
: ''female:'' 39.9 years {{increase}} (2013 official)

== Points of interest ==
The following historic-cultural sites were nominated for the [[Seven Wonders of Ukraine]].
* [[Pereiaslav]] museum of folk architecture
* [[Liutych platzdarm]]
* [[Ivan Kozlovsky]] villa
* [[Dobranychivka settlement]]
* [[Saint Pokrov Church (Parkhomivka)]]
* [[Museum-villa of Kateryna Bilokur]]
* [[Arboretum Oleksandriya|Landscape garden Oleksandria]]

== Administrative divisions ==
{{Main|Administrative divisions of Kyiv Oblast}}
The oblast is divided into 7 raions, which are further divided into 69 hromadas.

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! Name  || Ukrainian Name || Administrative center|| Area <br />(km<sup>2</sup>) || Population<br />estimate 2021<ref>"[http://database.ukrcensus.gov.ua/PXWEB2007/ukr/publ_new1/2021/zb_chuselnist%202021.pdf Чисельність наявного населення України (Actual population of Ukraine)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220406120543/http://database.ukrcensus.gov.ua/PXWEB2007/ukr/publ_new1/2021/zb_chuselnist%202021.pdf |date=April 6, 2022 }}" (PDF) (in Ukrainian). [[State Statistics Service of Ukraine]]. Retrieved 11 July 2021.</ref>
|-
|[[File:Flag of Bilotserkivskyi Raion.gif|frameless|50x50px]]
|[[File:Coat of arms of Bilotserkivskyi Raion.png|frameless|33x33px]]
| [[Bila Tserkva Raion]]|| Білоцерківський район ||[[Bila Tserkva]]|| align="right" | 6,514.8 || align="right" | 436,115
|-
|[[File:Borispilskiy rayon prapor.png|frameless|49x49px]]
|[[File:Borispilskiy rayon gerb.png|frameless|33x33px]]
|[[Boryspil Raion]] || Бориспільський район||[[Boryspil]]|| align="right" |  3,873.2|| align="right" |203,273
|-
|[[File:Brovarskiy rayon prapor.png|frameless|50x50px]]
|[[File:Brovarskiy rayon gerb.png|frameless|33x33px]]
| [[Brovary Raion]]||Броварський район
|[[Brovary]]|| align="right" | 2,881.9|| align="right" | 242,180
|-
| –
| –
| [[Bucha Raion]]||Бучанський район
|[[Bucha, Kyiv Oblast|Bucha]]|| align="right" | 2,558.3|| align="right" | 362,382
|-
|[[File:Fastivskiy rayon prapor.png|frameless|66x66px]]
|[[File:Fastivskiy rayon gerb.png|frameless|33x33px]]
| [[Fastiv Raion]]||Фастівський район
|[[Fastiv]]|| align="right" | 1,761.2|| align="right" | 183,794
|-
|[[File:Flag of Obukhiv Raion.svg|frameless|50x50px]]
|[[File:Coat of Arms of Obukhiv Raion.svg|frameless|33x33px]]
| [[Obukhiv Raion]]|| Обухівський район||[[Obukhiv]]|| align="right" | 3,639.1|| align="right" | 228,829
|-
|[[File:Flag of Vyshhorod Raion, Kyiv Oblast.svg|frameless|50x50px]]
|[[File:Вишгородський район-герб.png|frameless|33x33px]]
| [[Vyshhorod Raion]]||Вишгородський район
|[[Vyshhorod]]|| align="right" | 4,333.0<ref>[https://vysh.gov.ua/vishgorodshhina/ Vyshhorod Raion] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220123204026/https://vysh.gov.ua/vishgorodshhina/ |date=January 23, 2022 }}. vysh.gov.ua</ref>|| align="right" | 131,957
|-
|[[File:Flag of Kyiv Oblast.svg|frameless|50x50px]]
|[[File:Herb Kyivskoi oblasti 1.svg|frameless|34x34px]]
| '''''Total Oblast'''''|| Київська область ||[[Kyiv]]|| align="right" | 28,131 || align="right" | 1,788,530
|}
* The area of Vyshhorod Raion does not account for the [[Chernobyl exclusion zone]] (2,600&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>).

Before the [[List of raions of Ukraine|July 2020 reform]], the oblast was subdivided into 25 [[raions]] (''administrative districts''). It consisted of [[List of cities in Ukraine|26 cities]], [[List of urban-type settlements in Ukraine by subdivision|30 towns]], and more than [[List of villages in Kyiv Oblast|1,000 villages]].

The following data incorporates the number of each type of administrative divisions of Kyiv Oblast:<ref name="KyivRegionStatistics07">''Statistical Yearbook of Kyiv Region for 2007'', Main Department of Statistics in Kyiv Region, 2008</ref>

* Administrative Center – 1 ([[Kyiv]]);
* [[Raions]] – 25;
* Settlements – 1183, including:
** Villages – 1127;
** Cities/Towns – 56, including:
*** [[Urban-type settlement]]s – 30;
*** Cities – 25, including:
**** Cities of oblast subordinance – 13;
**** Cities of raion subordinance – 14;
* [[Selsoviet|Rural council]]s – 605.

<!-- Deleted image removed: [[File:Map of Kyivska Oblast.gif|thumb|250px|Detailed map of Kyiv Oblast, with [[raion]]s and administrative centers.]] -->

As with other oblasts of Ukraine, the head of the Kyiv Oblast State Administration (governor) is appointed by the [[President of Ukraine]] and subordinated to the [[Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine]]. Local self-government body is the popularly elected Kyiv Oblast Rada, chaired by a Speaker (elected from among the councilors).

=== The "exclaves" ===
The municipality of [[Slavutych]] is within the borders of the neighboring [[Chernihiv Oblast]] on the eastern bank of the [[Dnieper]] river and the municipality has no common border with the Kyiv Oblast. Still, Slavutych is administered by the Kyiv Oblast authorities (being a kind of administrative [[exclave]]).

Similarly, the town of [[Kotsiubynske]], which is within the borders of [[Kyiv]] city (which is surrounded by the Kyiv Oblast), is administered by the Kotsiubynske Settlement Council.

=== Chernobyl zone ===
{{Main|Chernobyl Exclusion Zone}}

The north-western end of the oblast is a part of the [[Chernobyl Exclusion Zone]] due to the [[radioactive contamination]] caused by the [[Chernobyl accident|Chernobyl nuclear reactor accident]]. The largest cities within zone are [[Chernobyl (city)|Chernobyl]] and [[Prypiat, Ukraine|Prypiat]], which are now [[ghost town|abandoned]]. The city of Slavutych was built outside of the zone to host evacuated residents of Prypyat and personnel of the zone installations.

=== Important cities and towns ===
Important cities and towns of Kyiv Oblast include:

{|
|
* [[Bila Tserkva]] – important industrial center, historical city
* [[Brovary]] – important industrial center
* [[Boryspil]] – houses country's main international airport, industrial center
* [[Fastiv]] – important railway node, industrial center
* [[Irpin]]-[[Bucha, Ukraine|Bucha]]-[[Hostomel]]-[[Vorzel]]{{Ref label|A|a|none}}
|
* [[Pereiaslav]] – historic tourist attraction
* [[Slavutych]] – Ukraine's youngest city, houses personnel of the [[Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant]]
* [[Vasylkiv]] – industrial center, houses a major [[Vasylkiv (air base)|air base]]
* [[Vyshhorod]] – houses the [[Kyiv Reservoir|Kyiv Hydroelectric Power Plant]]
|}

;Biggest settlements (population in thousands)
* [[Bila Tserkva]] – 200.1
* [[Brovary]] – 86.8
* [[Boryspil]] – 54.0 (not counting two subordinated villages)
* [[Fastiv]] – 52.0
* [[Irpin]] – 40.6 (not counting four subordinated towns)

=== Governors ===
{{further|Governor of Kyiv Oblast}}
# [[Ivan Kapshtyk]]&nbsp;— as Presidential representative in Kyiv Oblast&nbsp;— 24 March 1992&nbsp;— June 1994
# [[Vasyl Sinko]]&nbsp;— 19 July 1995&nbsp;— 21 September 1996
# [[Anatoliy Zasukha]]&nbsp;— 22 September 1996&nbsp;— 19 January 2005
# [[Yevhen Zhovtyak]]&nbsp;— 4 February 2005&nbsp;— 24 May 2006
## acting [[Valeriy Kondruk]]&nbsp;— 24 May&nbsp;— 16 June 2006
# [[Vira Ulianchenko]]&nbsp;— 16 June 2006&nbsp;— 20 May 2009
## acting [[Viktor Vakarsh]]&nbsp;— 20 May&nbsp;— 17 September 2009
# [[Viktor Vakarsh]]&nbsp;— 17 September 2009&nbsp;— 18 March 2010
# [[Anatoliy Prysyazhnyuk]]&nbsp;— 18 March 2010&nbsp;— 2 March 2014
# [[Volodymyr Shandra]]&nbsp;— 2 March 2014&nbsp;— 3 February 2016<ref name="Shandrarkg C">{{in lang|uk}} [http://www.hromadske.tv/politics/poroshenko-priznachiv-maksima-melnichuka-golovoyu-/ Maksym Melnychuk Poroshenko appointed Head of Kyiv Regional State Administration] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160204091556/http://www.hromadske.tv/politics/poroshenko-priznachiv-maksima-melnichuka-golovoyu-/ |date=February 4, 2016 }}, [[hromadske.tv]] (3 February 2016)<br />[http://en.interfax.com.ua/news/general/322077.html Poroshenko sees direct elections of regional administration heads as threat to Ukraine's federalization] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160204091104/http://en.interfax.com.ua/news/general/322077.html |date=February 4, 2016 }}, [[Interfax-Ukraine]] (3 February 2016)</ref>
# [[Maksym Melnychuk]]&nbsp;— 3 February&nbsp;— 9 September 2016<ref name="Shandrarkg C" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://pda.pravda.com.ua/news/id_7120406/|title=Новини &#124; Українська правда|access-date=September 12, 2016|archive-date=September 13, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160913204459/http://pda.pravda.com.ua/news/id_7120406/|url-status=live}}</ref>
# [[Oleksandr Horhan]]&nbsp;— 28 October 2016&nbsp;— 30 October 2018
# [[Oleksandr Tereshchuk]]&nbsp;— 30 October 2018&nbsp;— 11 June 2019
## interim acting [[Vyacheslav Kucher]]&nbsp;— 11 June 2019&nbsp;— 9 July 2019
# [[Mykhailo Bno-Airiyan]]&nbsp;— з 10 July 2019&nbsp;— 28 October 2019
# [[Oleksiy Chernyshov]]&nbsp;— 28 October 2019&nbsp;— 4 March 2020
# [[Vasyl Volodin]]&nbsp;— 11 March 2020 — 8 February 2022
# [[Oleksiy Kuleba]]&nbsp;— 8 February 2022&nbsp;— 15 March 2022<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.president.gov.ua/documents/482022-41337|title=Указ Президента України "Про призначення О.Кулеби ГоловоюКиївської ОДА"|work=Сайт Офісу Президента України|date=8 February 2022|accessdate=8 February 2022|archive-date=9 February 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220209103705/https://www.president.gov.ua/documents/482022-41337}}</ref>
# [[Oleksandr Pavlyuk]]&nbsp;— 15 March — 21 May 2022
# [[Oleksiy Kuleba]]&nbsp;— 21 May 2022 — 24 January 2023
## interim acting [[Dmytro Nazarenko (politician)|Dmytro Nazarenko]]&nbsp;— 25 January 2023 — 10 April 2023

== Economy ==

=== Industry ===
Kyiv Oblast's main industry's include: power production, food, chemical and petrochemical industries, mechanical engineering and metal-working. The national share of tire production for automobiles constitutes – 63%, [[excavator]]s – 53%, paper and cardboard – 40%, hoisting cranes – 39%. In general, the oblast has 330 licensed industrial enterprises and 742 smaller industrial enterprises.<ref name="CMU">[http://www.kmu.gov.ua/control/en/publish/article?art_id=301241&cat_id=32596 Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine – Kyiv Region] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090324075312/http://www.kmu.gov.ua/control/en/publish/article?art_id=301241&cat_id=32596 |date=March 24, 2009 }} URL accessed on November 26, 2006</ref> The Boryspil Bus Plant in [[Prolisky]] produces 1,700 buses per year of various modifications, and several other auto-industry factories are also located in the oblast'.

=== Agriculture ===
In addition to industry, the oblast also has a developed agriculture production. In 1999, the gross grain yield in the region was about 1,118,600 tons, sugar-beets – 1,570,900 tons, sunflower seeds – 18,1 thousand tons, potatoes – 669,200 tons. The region also produced 156,900 tons of meat, 738,500 tons of milk and 855,2&nbsp;million eggs. At the beginning of 1999, there were 1,130 registered farms within the oblast.<ref name="CMU" />

=== Transportation ===
{{See also|Transport in Kyiv}}
[[File:Kyjob.gif|thumb|150px|right|Simplified map of the major railway lines in Kyiv Oblast.]]
Kyiv Oblast has a highly developed rail transport system.  The total length of the oblast's working railway lines is 88&nbsp;km (as of 1985). Through the territory of the oblast pass the: Moscow—Kyiv—[[Lviv]], Kyiv—[[Dnipro]]—[[Donetsk]] and other railway routes. In addition to inter-Ukraine and international rail routes, local [[Elektrichka|Elektrychka]] lines also pass through the oblast: Kyiv—Fastiv—Koziatyn, Kyiv—Fastiv—Myronivka, Kyiv—Teteriv, Kyiv—Nizhyn, and Kyiv—Yahotyn.

The length of the oblast's roads totals 7,760&nbsp;km, including 7,489&nbsp;km of paved roads. The main roads passing thorough the oblast include:
* [[Saint Petersburg]]—Kyiv—[[Odesa]] ([[M01 highway (Ukraine)|M-01]]/[[M05 highway (Ukraine)|M-05]] route)
* Kyiv-[[Kovel]]-[[Lublin]] (M-07 route)
* [[Voronezh]]—[[Kharkiv]]-Kyiv-[[Lviv]]-[[Kraków]] ([[European route E40|E-40]], M-06/M03 route)
* [[Luhansk]]-[[Dnipro]]-Kyiv (M-04 route)<ref>Київська область: Карта автошляхів. – К.: ДНВП "[[SSPE Kartographia|Картографія]]", 2006</ref><ref>Україна: Карта автомобільних шляхів. – К.: Укрегеодезкартографія, 1993.</ref>

The oblast's main airports include two international airports: the [[Boryspil Airport]] and the [[Hostomel Airport|Hostomel (Antonov) Cargo Airport]]. [[Military of Ukraine|Ukrainian military]] airbases are located in the cities of [[Bila Tserkva]] and [[Uzyn]].

Strategic gas-pipelines in the oblast include [[Urengoy–Pomary–Uzhhorod pipeline]], and [[Shebelinka gas field|Shebelynka]]—[[Poltava]]—Kyiv.

== Education ==
Kyiv Oblast has 795 state-run schools of general education, 219 (27.5%) of which are situated in urban areas and 576 (72.5%) of which – in rural areas.<ref name="KRSA_education">{{cite web|url=http://www.kyiv-obl.gov.ua/eng/viewpage.php3?t=4&p=94 |title=Secondary and Higher Education |publisher=Kyiv Regional State Administration |access-date=December 25, 2006 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061210074522/http://www.kyiv-obl.gov.ua/eng/viewpage.php3?t=4&p=94 |archive-date=December 10, 2006 }}</ref> These schools are attended by 232,260 students, 141,416 (60.6%) which attend urban schools, and 98,944 (39.4%) which attend rural area schools.<ref name="KRSA_education" /> In addition, there are 12 evening schools with an enrollment of over 6,000 students, 15 private institutions teaching about 7,000 students, 23 vocational schools teaching over 14,300 students, 22 higher schools with an enrollment of over 34,900 students), and 52 [[Homeschooling|home-school]] institutions containing over 48,700 children.<ref name="KRSA_education" /> There are also 756 institutions of [[Nursery school|pre-school]] education attended by a total of 44,400 children, 52 home-school institutions, 22 vocational institutions, having an enrollment of 17,300 students.<ref name="KRSA_education" />

[[File:Borispil aerea.jpg|thumb|250px|Aerial view of [[Boryspil]], home of the [[Boryspil Airport]] from an airplane.]]

Also, educational institutions for orphans, physically and mentally disabled children represent an important component of Kyiv Oblast's educational system.

In addition to general education schools, the oblast has educational institutions specifically for gifted children, including:
* Fastiv Regional Natural and Mathematic School
* Kyiv Regional Lyceum of Physical Education and Sports
* Stritiv Higher Pedagogical School of [[Kobza]] Music
* Brovary Higher School of Physical Education (training ground for several world- and Olympic champions).

== Nomenclature ==
{{See also|Kyiv#Name|l1=Kyiv § Name}}

Most of Ukraine's oblasts are named after their capital cities, officially referred to as "oblast centers". The name of each oblast is a [[relative clause|relative]] [[adjective]], formed by adding a feminine [[suffix]] to the name of respective center city: Kyiv (in transliterated Ukrainian) is the center of the ''Kyivs’ka oblast''' (Kyiv Oblast). Most oblasts are also sometimes referred to in a feminine noun form, following the convention of traditional regional place names, ending with the suffix "-shchyna", as is the case with the Kyiv Oblast, ''Kyivshchyna''.

== Notes ==
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These neighboring settlements are practically merged into a [[conurbation]]
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== Gallery ==
<gallery>
File:Руїни і став Лазневий, дендропарк Олександрія, Біла Церква.jpg|[[Arboretum Oleksandriya]], Bila Tserkva
File:Honka in Mezhyhirya.jpg|[[Mezhyhirya Residence]]
File:Площа Богдана Хмельницького Пер-Хм.jpg|Bohdan Khmelnytsky Square, [[Pereiaslav]]
File:Ірпінь IMG 0024.jpg|Central square, [[Irpin]]
File:Aerial of KBP.jpeg|[[Boryspil International Airport]]
File:Церква Різдва Богородиці (дер.), село Тулинці 2.jpg|Church of the Nativity of Theotokos, Tulyntsi
File:Artillery pillbox 554 Kiev fortified region front-view-01.jpg|[[Pillbox (military)|Pillbox]] 554, a part of the [[Kiev Fortified Region]]
File:Змієві вали біля села Іванковичі.jpg|[[Serpent's Wall]]
File:Ржищівський заказник4.jpg|Rzhyshchiv Nature Reserve
File:Pripyat- Hotel Polissya (38488529242).jpg|Hotel Polissia, [[Pripyat]] 
</gallery>

== See also ==
* [[List of villages in Kyiv Oblast]]
* [[Subdivisions of Ukraine]]

== References ==
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* [http://www.kmu.gov.ua/control/en/publish/article?art_id=301241&cat_id=32596 Information Card of the Region] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090324075312/http://www.kmu.gov.ua/control/en/publish/article?art_id=301241&cat_id=32596 |date=March 24, 2009 }} – Official site of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine
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== External links ==
{{sister project links|Kyiv Oblast}}
* [http://www.kyiv-obl.gov.ua/ kyiv-obl.gov.ua] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220507230903/http://www.kyiv-obl.gov.ua/ |date=May 7, 2022 }} – Official website of Kyiv Oblast Administration
* [http://patent.net.ua/symbol/regions/kv/ua.html patent.net.ua] – Symbols of Kyiv Oblast
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20060211003927/http://chernobyl.in.ua/ Wormwood Forest] – a ''commercial'' site, however, containing free-access Chernobyl-related maps and photogallery {{in lang|en|uk}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110305190120/http://en.ukrainecityguide.com/regions/kievskaya/Kyiv_Region_.htm Kyiv Oblast from website Ukraine-CityGuide] {{in lang|uk|ru|en}}
*[https://vn.com.ua/ua/catalog/kievskaya-oblast/kiev Kyiv real estate] – a noncommercial site with detailed information on all residential complexes of Kyiv Oblast {{in lang|ru|uk}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110305190120/http://en.ukrainecityguide.com/regions/kievskaya/Kyiv_Region_.htm Kyiv Oblast from website Ukraine-CityGuide] {{in lang|uk|ru|en}}
* [http://www.radozamok.com.ua/en/ The Official Site of the Radomysl Castle] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200814134402/http://www.radozamok.com.ua/en/ |date=August 14, 2020 }} {{in lang|uk|ru|en}}

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