History of the Kyivan Region.

So here we have the Ukrainian hryvna, nominal - 10. The year of issue of this coin is 2017, mint: National Bank of Ukraine, Kiev. Total circulation – 35,000. The coin is dedicated to the 85th anniversary of the formation of the Kiev region.

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. 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). 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.

Kyiv Oblast has a total area of 28,100 km2 (10,849 sq mi) 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 – Homyel Oblasts of Belarus.

The oblast is equally split between both banks of the Dnieper River north and south of Kyiv. Other significant rivers in the oblast are the Dnieper's tributaries: Pripyat, Desna, Teteriv, Irpin', Ros' and Trubizh. The length of the Dnipro River within the boundaries of the oblast totals 246 km (153 mi). 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.