[SERKIT]

Kyiv is the Ukraine term, Kiev is the Russian term. Same for Odessa and Odesa. I’d rather use the Ukraine versions....

[GaltAdonis]

Thanks, folks!
I've been wondering about the different pronunciations for a few days.

[delchiante]

When I hear of Kiev/Kyiv, I think of the great gate and the movement within a composition that a couple American wrastlers used as their walk up song..

Great gate of Kiev/Kyiv.
A Russian composer, so probably spelled Kiev to him.

[lizma2]

My Ukrainian Grandpa who went through the Bolshevik Revolution called it Kiev

[Chode]

100%

same=same Japan=Nippon

[Flash Bazbeaux]

There’s also Ukranian v. Polish, in the western Ukraine - Rivni vs. Rovno. And in western Poland there’s Polish v. German: Danzig v. Gdansk. These are territories that got stolen back and forth, and ceded or returned by conquest or treaty. Some more than once, probably.