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Kyi, Schek and Khoriv

Kyi (alt. sp. Kiy, Kij or Kyj), Schek and Khoriv (Ukrainian: Кий, Щек і Хорив, Russian: Кий, Щек и Хорив) three brothers, sometimes mentioned along with their sister Lybid' (Ukrainian: Либідь; Russian: Лыбедь, Lybed') who according to the Primary Chronicle were the founders of Kiev (Kyiv) (now the capital of Ukraine). Archeological excavations have shown, there indeed was an ancient settlement from the 6th century. Some speculate that Kyi was a real person, a knyaz from the tribe of eastern Polans. But the majority of scholars consider them as purely mythological. Kyi, Schek and Khoriv are depicted in two almost-identical sculptures, one at Maidan Nezalezhnosti, and other at Naberezhnoye road, both in Kiev.

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