For thousands of years, Ukraine has been under the grasp of different nations, intermittently. These nations include Russia, Poland, Germany, and more. Unfortunately, these years of reign over Ukraine (that rhymes), there have been some preeminant changes in the country, the countries people, and the reputation of the country in outside countries. One of these problems, which are huge if you travel to Kyiv, are the Russians. Unfortunately, not many immigrants from neighboring countries these days, will forget about their native language and customs. Thus, the dilemma of Kyiv v Kiev. In Ukrainian, Київ, can be be pronounced in English [correctly] as-- KYIV. The K is pronounced as heard in "track" (the CK). The Y can be pronounced as heard in "sit" (the I). The I can be pronounced as heard in "tree" (the EE). As for the V, it's pronounced as "vector" (the V). The other spelling- Kiev is in Russian and as a Ukrainian, I can tell when Americans, or any other persone says kEEev as opposed to KyEEv. Unfortunately, there are uneducated people who will always rant on what the correct spelling is (especially the Russians [believe it or not]). Therefore, the CORRECT SPELLING OF THE CAPITAL OF UKRAINE IS "[(•KYIV•)]". Thank you for reading. 
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