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The Ukrainian and Russian alphabets have different glyphs and pronunciations for a few letters. In Ukrainian, it is Ки́їв, and in Russian, it is Ки́ев. They Rom
by happytoexplain 5y ago
The Ukrainian and Russian alphabets have different glyphs and pronunciations for a few letters. In Ukrainian, it is Ки́їв, and in Russian, it is Ки́ев. They Romanize differently, and it is considered a sign of solidarity with Ukraine to use their spelling/pronunciation.
- aix1 5y agoJust wanted to note that the acute accent over the и (in both Russian and Ukrainian) indicates the stress and is only used in fairly narrow contexts such as dictionary entries. Normally it's just Киев/Київ.
- happytoexplain 5y agoThanks, I was just wondering about that.