Vyshhorod is a city in the Kiev Oblast

Kiev Oblast

Kyiv Oblast, sometimes written as Kiev Oblast is an oblast in central Ukraine.The administrative center of the oblast is the city of Kyiv , also being the capital of Ukraine...

 (province

Oblast

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), in central Ukraine

Ukraine

Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...

. It is the administrative centre of the Vyshhorodskyi Raion

Vyshhorodskyi Raion

Vyshhorod Raion is a raion in Kiev Oblast of Ukraine. Its administrative center is Vyshhorod....

 (district

Raion

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), and is located along the Dnieper River

Dnieper River

The Dnieper River is one of the major rivers of Europe that flows from Russia, through Belarus and Ukraine, to the Black Sea.The total length is and has a drainage basin of .The river is noted for its dams and hydroelectric stations...

 upstream from the national capital, Kiev

Kiev

Kiev or Kyiv is the capital and the largest city of Ukraine, located in the north central part of the country on the Dnieper River. The population as of the 2001 census was 2,611,300. However, higher numbers have been cited in the press....

. Population: 27,000 (2011 est.)

The earliest historical mention of Vyshgorod, whose name literally translates as "the town upstream", dates as early as 946

946

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, when it was described as the favourite residence of Saint Olga.