Where Have We Been? The city of Kyiv has a long and deep cultural history. Its founding year is debated to be 482. The Golden Age of Kyiv began in the 10th-12th century as a part of Kievan Rus, a region of which Kyiv was the capital. The Dneiper River, like most major cities of the past, provided transport, faster trade movement, and water for irrigation, agriculture, and drinking. Hence Kyiv was one of the cities that thrived during this period and had the conditions to be the location of a great city.
