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The Dnieper River or ( also known as : " Dnepr ", " Dnyapro " or " Dnipro ") is one of the major rivers of Europe ( fourth by length ), rising near Smolensk , ___MASK41___ and flowing through ___MASK41___ , ___MASK70___ and ___MASK49___ to the Black Sea . It is the longest river of ___MASK49___ and ___MASK70___ and the fourth longest river in Europe . The total length ranges between and with a drainage basin of . The river is noted for its dams and hydroelectric stations . The Dnieper is an important navigable waterway for the economy of ___MASK49___ and is connected via the Dnieper  Bug Canal to other waterways in Europe . Vasylkiv ( translit . " Vasyl  kiv ") is a city located on the Stuhna River in Kiev Oblast ( province ) in central ___MASK49___ . Administratively , it is incorporated as a town of oblast significance . It also serves as the administrative center of Vasylkivskyi Raion ( district ) though it does not belong to the raion . A settlement with an over 1000 years history , it was incorporated as a city in 1796 . The city hosts the Vasylkiv air base since the Cold War . Population : . Kiev Oblast or Kyiv Oblast ( translit . " Kyivs  ka oblast "; also referred to as Kyivshchyna  ) is an oblast ( province ) in central ___MASK49___ . The administrative center of the oblast is the city of Kiev (" Kyiv "), which also serves as the capital of ___MASK49___ . Despite being located in the center of the Kiev Oblast , and hosting the governing bodies of the oblast , Kiev itself is a self - governing city with special status and not under oblast jurisdiction . Stuhna is a minor river in ___MASK49___ , a right tributary of Dnieper River . Its length is 68 km . The Cold War was a state of political and military tension after World War II between powers in the Eastern Bloc ( the ___MASK82___ and its satellite states ) and powers in the Western Bloc ( the United States , its NATO allies and others ). Historians do not fully agree on the dates , but a common timeframe is the period ( the second half of the 20th century ) between 1947 , the year the Truman Doctrine ( a U . S . policy pledging to aid nations threatened by Soviet expansionism ) was announced , and 1991 , the year the ___MASK82___ collapsed . ___MASK49___ ( tr . ) is a sovereign state in Eastern Europe , bordered by Russia to the east and northeast , Belarus to the northwest , Poland and Slovakia to the west , Hungary , Romania , and Moldova to the southwest , and the Black Sea and Sea of Azov to the south and southeast , respectively . ___MASK49___ is currently in territorial dispute with Russia over the Crimean Peninsula which Russia annexed in 2014 but which ___MASK49___ and most of the international community recognise as Ukrainian . Including Crimea , ___MASK49___ has an area of , making it the largest country entirely within Europe and the 46th largest country in the world . It has a population of about 44 . 5 million , making it the 32nd most populous country in the world . Kiev or Kyiv is the capital and largest city of ___MASK49___ , located in the north central part of the country on the Dnieper River . The population in July 2015 was ( though higher estimated numbers have been cited in the press ), making Kiev the 7th most populous city in Europe . Iryna V ' iacheslavivna Sekachova ( Ukrainian :   '   ; born 21 July 1976 in Vasylkiv , Kiev ) is a Ukrainian hammer thrower . Her personal best throw is 74 . 52 metres , achieved in July 2008 in Kiev .