AtlasUkraineKyivOne word pinned hereKyiv50.4500°N 30.5236°E · Q1899One English word in this atlas traces back to Kyiv. It sits in Ukraine.ShareAll of Ukraine Pinned hereKiev cakenoun · 1956Well attestedA factory mistake in 1956 is the cake's own official origin story.The Karl Marx confectionery factory in Kyiv, now part of Roshen, produced the first cakes in 1956, and the company's own legend credits a batch of egg whites left out overnight. English keeps the older Kiev transliteration in the cake's name even though the city is now written Kyiv.Named from the placeRead →Nearest pinsChernobyl syndromeChernobyl, Ukraine93 kmchernobyliteChernobyl, Ukraine93 kmkarpatkaCarpathians, Serbia532 kmardealiteTransylvania, Romania654 km