Wayback machine shows “Kiev” as the capital of Ukraine in Wikipedia for September 15, 2020, and “Kyiv” September 19, 2020. I’m curious what changed that week?
Kyiv is the Ukrainian spelling. Kiev is the Russian spelling, In the past number of years as Ukrainian nationalism has written, so has a preference for the use of Ukrainian spellings and pronunciations.
Wayback machine shows “Kiev” as the capital of Ukraine in Wikipedia for September 15, 2020, and “Kyiv” September 19, 2020. I’m curious what changed that week?
Kyiv is the Ukrainian spelling. Kiev is the Russian spelling, In the past number of years as Ukrainian nationalism has written, so has a preference for the use of Ukrainian spellings and pronunciations.
can confirm I've always seen it Kiev previous to this news cycle