Kiev, also Kyiv (Ukrainian: , Kyyiv, IPA: ; Russian: , Kiyev; see also Cities' alternative names) is the capital and the largest city of Ukraine, located in the north central part of the country on the Dnieper river. Since 2001, Kiev has officially had 2,660,401 inhabitants, though this figure has likely grown to more than 3.5 million since then.http://www.citypopulation.de/Ukraine-Cities.html Ukraine City Populations. URL accessed July 28, 2006 Administratively, Kiev is a national-level subordinated municipality, independent from surrounding Kiev Oblast.

KIEV was a Los Angeles radio station that first took to the air February, 1933 at 870 kHz.

KIEV (1500 AM) is a radio station licenced to Culver City, California and serving the Los Angeles area. The station is currently owned by Royce International Broadcasting, and is currently silent. A construction permit was issued for this defunct frequency by the FCC on March 27, 2001, but the station has not yet returned to the air.