Talk:Kyiv/sources

This page provides an overview of which styleguides, encyclopedias, dictionaries and other relevant organizations switched from Kiev spelling to Kyiv spelling and when. It also lists what styleguides, encyclopedias, dictionaries and other relevant organizations currently have not switched to Kyiv spelling and are continuing to use Kiev spelling. Please feel free to add to this list. See Talk:Kiev/sources/comments and Talk:Kiev/naming for discussion.

Please note these lists are not exhaustive.

Kiev

Academic journals (Kiev)

• Russian Meteorology and Hydrology ( (example of usage from 2020: [1])

Academic encyclopedias and dictionaries (Kiev)

• Merriam-Webster dictionary: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Kiev

Media (Kiev)

Unclear (need to clarify with the publication on what their styleguide says as of July 2020, Kyiv or Kiev)

• NBC News: unclear as of July 2020: NBC used Kyiv 152 times in their articles in the last 6 months (examples: example of NBC using Kyiv, March 26, 2020, example of NBC using Kyiv, June 9, 2020, example of NBC using Kyiv, July 2, 2020); NBC used Kiev 27 time in their articles in the last 6 months (examples: example of NBC using Kiev, April 2, 2020, example of NBC using Kiev, , April 25, 2020 (although both articles are reprints from Reuters, which has since switched to Kyiv in June 2020))
• CBS News: unclear as of July 2020: CBS News used Kyiv 9 times in their articles in the last 6 months (examples: example from Feb 22, 2020); CBS News used Kiev 26 time in their articles in the last 6 months (examples: example from Jan 17, 2020, example from Jan 31, 2020)

Clearly stated that so far they have not switched from Kiev to Kyiv

• CNN [2] (example of usage from June 2020)

Style guides (Kiev)

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Airport naming institutions (Kiev)

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Library institutions (Kiev)

none

Supranational institutions (Kiev)

Commonwealth of Independent States

Kyiv

Academic journals (Kyiv)

• Europe-Asia Studies (example of usage from 1995: [3])
• Environmental Health Perspectives (example of usage from 1999: [4])
• International Affairs (example of usage from 2000: [5]; example of usage from 2002: [6])
• Reproductive Health Matters (example of usage from 2001: [7])
• Canadian Journal of Political Science (example of usage from 2003: [8])
• Numen (example of usage from 2004: [9])
• Journal of Productive Analysis (example of usage from 2009: [10])
• International Journal of Sociology (example of usage from 2012: [11] )
• The Slavic and East European Journal (example of usage from 2012: [12] )
• Russian History (example of usage from 2013: [13] )
• European Journal of Epidemiology (example of usage from 2014: [14] )
• International Journal of Drug Policy (example of usage from 2015: [15])
• Journal of Educational Media, Memory & Society (example of usage from 2015: [16] )
• World Affairs (example of usage from 2016: [17], 2020: [18])
• Experimental Biology and Medicine (example of usage from 2017: [19])
• The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition (example of usage from 2018: [20])
• BJOG (example of usage from 2019: [21])
• Harvard International Review (example of usage from 2019: [22] (2018) [23] )
• JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association (usage example from 2019: [24])
• Journal of Hospital Infection (example of usage from 2019: [25] )
• PLOS Medicine (example of usage from 2019: [26])
• Slavic Review (example of usage from 2019: [27] )
• Journal of Epidemiology and Global Health (example of usage from 2019: [28] )
• Australian Journal of Forensic Sciences (example of usage from 2019: [29])
• Annalen der Physik (example of usage from 2020: [30] )
• IEEE (example of usage from 2019: [31] [32]; (example of usage from 2020: [33] )
• Geographia Polonica (example of usage from 2020: [34] )
• Journal of Health & Pollution (example of usage from 2020: [35] )
• Marine Pollution Bulletin (example of usage from 2020: [36] )

Academic encyclopedias and dictionaries (Kyiv)

• Webster's New World College Dictionary 5th Edition: 2018. source: https://www.hmhbooks.com/shop/books/Websters-New-World-College-Dictionary-Fifth-Edition/9781328859440
• Encyclopedia Britannica: November 2019. source: https://www.britannica.com/place/Kyiv

Media (Kyiv)

Media-outlets that used Kyiv spelling since their inception: Voice of America (since 1942), Radio Free Europe (since 1953), Euronews (since 1993), bne IntelliNews (since January 2006; source [37])

• CBC: January 2011 (previously Kyiv was also used by CBC from 1999 to 2004). Official quote from CBC: CBC News adopted the spelling Kyiv for the city in 2011. (source: https://www.cbc.ca/news2/indepth/words/kiev-or-kyiv.html , archived-source: http://archive.is/kpvo0
• Canadian Press: January 2018. Official quote from the Canadian Press Stylebook 18th edition: The Canadian Press stylebook adopts the Ukrainian rather than the Russian spelling of Ukrainian capital: Kyiv source: https://www.thecanadianpress.com/writing-guides/the-canadian-press-stylebook/
• Toronto Star: January 2018. Official quote from the Toronto Star: We [at Toronto Star] follow The Canadian Press style (which adopts the Ukrainian rather than the Russian spelling). It’s Kyiv. source: https://www.thestar.com/trust/2018/01/26/the-stars-style-committee-on-the-importance-of-language.html ; archived-source: http://archive.is/d50oE
• The Guardian, 13 February 2019, Official quote from The Guardian: From February 13 the capital of Ukraine will be written as Kyiv at The Guardian. (source @The Guardian styleguide: https://www.theguardian.com/guardian-observer-style-guide-k ; archived-source @The Guardian styleguide: http://archive.is/r5OpE
• The Calvert Journal 2 April, 2019 Official quote from The Calvert Journal: We have decided the time is right to change to Kyiv (source: https://www.calvertjournal.com/articles/show/11100/kiev-kyiv-what-to-call-ukrainian-capital , archived-source: http://archive.is/hq4xW
• Associated Press: 14 August, 2019. Official quote from AP: We are making a significant change in our style for the Ukrainian capital city Kiev. It will henceforth be written in text, captions and datelines as Kyiv. (source on AP: https://blog.ap.org/announcements/an-update-on-ap-style-on-kyiv , archived-source: http://archive.is/ONA0S
• Bloomberg News: 15 August, 2019. Official quote from AP's staff writer Leonid Bershidsky: Bloomberg News will switch to Kyiv spelling starting August 15, 2019 since we follow AP Stylebook in such matter; official quite from John Micklethwait, the author of The Bloomberg Way, Bloomberg's stylebook: The Bloomberg Way doesn’t address this specifically, so our style is to default to AP (as with any style issue we don’t cover). As you know, AP has switched to Kyiv, so that is what we do. (source Leonid Bershidsky's Twitter: https://twitter.com/Bershidsky/status/1161672014286991362)
• NPR: September 23, 2019. Official quote from NPR: Guidance: The Capital Of Ukraine Is Spelled 'Kyiv' (source on NPR: https://www.npr.org/sections/memmos/2019/09/23/763509886/guidance-the-capital-of-ukraine-is-spelled-kyiv, archived-source: http://archive.is/Lx7Ch
• The Wall Street Journal: October 3, 2019. Official quote from WSJ: After careful consideration, we have joined Associated Press and Webster’s New World College Dictionary (5th) in using the spelling Kyiv for the capital of Ukraine (source on WSJ: https://blogs.wsj.com/styleandsubstance/2019/10/03/vol-32-no-9-kyiv/, archived-source: http://archive.is/wip/yk3Eh
• The Globe and Mail: October 10, 2019. Official quote from The Globe and Mail: The Globe is changing its style on the capital of Ukraine from the Russian-derived "Kiev" to "Kyiv," the transliteration the Ukrainian government uses (source The Globe and Mail's correspondent Adrian Morrow: https://twitter.com/adrianmorrow/status/1182340357255831552, archived-source: http://archive.is/cLGGZ
• BBC: October 14, 2019. Official quote from BBC: From today, BBC News will be changing its spelling of the Ukrainian capital from #Kiev to #Kyiv, bringing us in line with the many international organizations, government agencies, international aviation industry members and media who’ve adopted this spelling. (source on BBC News Press Team @Twitter: https://twitter.com/bbcnewspr/status/1183707458642108416, archive-source: http://archive.is/PGhmq; source on BBC News Ukrainian: https://www.bbc.com/ukrainian/news-49999939 , archived-source: http://archive.is/ap1vS ; source on BBC Style Guide: https://www.bbc.co.uk/academy/en/articles/art20130702112133577, archived-source: http://archive.vn/SD07M
• The Washington Post: October 2019. Official quote from TWP: The Washington Post changes its style guide for the capital of Ukraine, which henceforth will be Kyiv, and not Kiev. This change is effective immediately. These changes are in accordance with the way Ukrainian capital is spelled by Ukrainian institutions, as well by by other media organizations. (source from WP's correspondent Adam Taylor's Twitter: https://twitter.com/mradamtaylor/status/1184470206925676544 , archived-source from WP's correspondent Adam Taylor's Twitter: http://archive.is/yFzVy; source on Voice of America: https://ukrainian.voanews.com/a/kyiv-not-kiev/5126392.html, source-archived: http://archive.is/nL48F ; source on The Washington Post: https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/starting-in-the-1970s-womens-first-names-were-included-in-post-references/2019/11/23/73dc1eb2-0d59-11ea-bd9d-c628fd48b3a0_story.html , archived-source: http://archive.is/ZrUos )
• The Economist, October, 29 2019. Official quote from The Economist: Kyiv spelling is now used at The Economist for Ukraine's capital (source news about this on Ukrinform: https://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-society/2808601-the-economist-starts-using-kyiv-instead-of-kiev.html , archived-source: http://archive.is/ka7Lv
• Financial Times, October, 29 2019. Official quote from Financial Times: Kyiv spelling is now used at Financial Times for Ukraine's capital (source news about this on Ukrinform: https://www.ukrinform.ua/rubric-kyiv/2808219-financial-times-vidteper-pisatime-kyiv-zamist-kiev.html , archived-source: http://archive.is/wip/kh5YL
• The New York Times: November 18, 2019. Official quote from NYT: Note: Days after this article was published, The New York Times changed its style of spelling for the capital of Ukraine to Kyiv, reflecting the transliteration from Ukrainian, rather than Russian. The change is reflected in articles published after Nov. 18. (source from NYT's correspondent Andrew E. Kramer's Twitter: https://twitter.com/AndrewKramerNYT/status/1196496095184084997, archived-source from NYT's correspondent Andrew E. Kramer's Twitter: http://archive.is/wip/3Xqgm; source: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/13/us/politics/kiev-pronunciation.html , archived-source: http://archive.is/KjrWw
• BuzzFeed: December 31, 2019. Official quote from BuzzFeed: We updated our style to “Kyiv” to refer to Ukraine’s capital city. The “Kiev” spelling is transliterated from the Russian language, while "Kyiv" is from Ukrainian. (source on BuzzFeed Styleguide @Twitter: https://twitter.com/styleguide/status/1212079459282685954 , archived-source: http://archive.is/wip/0I4rB ; BuzzFeed Styleguide: https://www.buzzfeed.com/emmyf/buzzfeed-style-guide ; archived-source BuzzFeed Styleguide: http://archive.is/G2Y13
• Reuters, June 12, 2020. Official quote from Reuters: From June 15 the capital of Ukraine will be written as Kyiv at @Reuters. (source Reuters' journalist Tommy Lund @Twitter: https://twitter.com/tommylundn/status/1271344841243471872, archived-source: http://archive.is/UqgwX; source @Reuters styleguide: http://handbook.reuters.com/index.php?title=K#Kyiv.2C_not_Kiev ; archived-source @Reuters styleguide: http://archive.is/QZyqw
• Facebook, June 26, 2020. Official quote from Facebook: After reviewing, we switched to using the page “Kyiv” to represent this region. (source: Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine (MFA of Ukraine) Dmytro Kuleba and MFA of Ukraine page CorrectUA, archived-source: http://archive.is/XKXoz

Style guides (Kyiv)

Geographic and governmental styleguides

• The United Nations Editorial Manual Online: ca. November 2002. [38][39] refers to the country data in the UN Multilingual Terminology Database[40]. The database entry for Ukraine [41] lists the capital city as Kyiv and includes the remark In its letter of 14 November 2002 the Ukrainian Government requested that the capital be rendered as Kyiv rather than Kiev.
• United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names: World Geographical Names database. ca. November 2002. [42]
• CIA World Factbook: [43]: by June 2007 [44].
• European Union Interinstitutional Style Guide; Annex A5 “List of countries, territories and currencies: April 2012. Official quote from the EU: 18.4.2012: Ukraine, capital ‘Kiev’ replaced by ‘Kyiv’ source: http://publications.europa.eu/code/en/en-5000500.htm
• BGN: June 17, 2019. Official quote from BGN: "At its 398th meeting on June 11, 2019, the Foreign Names Committee of the United States Board on Geographic Names (BGN) voted unanimously to retire the spelling “Kiev” as a BGN Conventional name for the capital of Ukraine. The spelling “Kyiv” has been the BGN Approved name since 2006, and is now the only name available for standard use within the United States (U.S.) Government, per the authority of the BGN (source on BGN: http://geonames.nga.mil/gns/html/PDFDocs/BGNStatement_Kyiv.pdf, archived-source: http://archive.is/pLZlO
• U.S. Government Publishing Office Style Manual: ca. June 2019 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GPO-STYLEMANUAL-2016/summary

Journalistic styleguides

Major journalistic styleguides that recently switched to Kyiv spelling (note that while all these styleguides get distributed via print and online for others to use, only two of them are considered the most widely used by other media-outlets and only these two have separate enwiki articles: The Associated Press Stylebook and The New York Times Manual of Style and Usage):

• Canadian Press Stylebook: January 2018. Official quote from the Canadian Press Stylebook 18th edition: "The Canadian Press stylebook adopts the Ukrainian rather than the Russian spelling of Ukrainian capital: Kyiv" source: https://www.thecanadianpress.com/writing-guides/the-canadian-press-stylebook/
• The Guardian Style Guide: 13 February 2019, Official quote from The Guardian: "From February 13 the capital of Ukraine will be written as Kyiv at The Guardian". (source @The Guardian styleguide: https://www.theguardian.com/guardian-observer-style-guide-k ; archived-source @The Guardian styleguide: http://archive.is/r5OpE
• The Associated Press Stylebook: 14 August, 2019. Official quote from AP: "We are making a significant change in our style for the Ukrainian capital city Kiev. It will henceforth be written in text, captions and datelines as Kyiv." (source on AP: https://blog.ap.org/announcements/an-update-on-ap-style-on-kyiv , archived-source: http://archive.is/ONA0S
• NPR Style Guide: September 23, 2019. Official quote from NPR: "Guidance: The Capital Of Ukraine Is Spelled 'Kyiv'" (source on NPR: https://www.npr.org/sections/memmos/2019/09/23/763509886/guidance-the-capital-of-ukraine-is-spelled-kyiv, archived-source: http://archive.is/Lx7Ch ; NPR style guide source https://training.npr.org/styleguide/#K )
• The Globe and Mail Style Book: October 10, 2019. Official quote from The Globe and Mail: "The Globe is changing its style on the capital of Ukraine from the Russian-derived "Kiev" to "Kyiv," the transliteration the Ukrainian government uses" (source The Globe and Mail's correspondent Adrian Morrow: https://twitter.com/adrianmorrow/status/1182340357255831552, archived-source: http://archive.is/cLGGZ
• The BBC News Style Guide: October 14, 2019. Official quote from BBC: "From today, BBC News will be changing its spelling of the Ukrainian capital from #Kiev to #Kyiv, bringing us in line with the many international organizations, government agencies, international aviation industry members and media who’ve adopted this spelling." (source on BBC News Press Team @Twitter: https://twitter.com/bbcnewspr/status/1183707458642108416, archive-source: http://archive.is/PGhmq; source on BBC News Ukrainian: https://www.bbc.com/ukrainian/news-49999939 , archived-source: http://archive.is/ap1vS ; source on BBC Style Guide: https://www.bbc.co.uk/academy/en/articles/art20130702112133577, archived-source: http://archive.vn/SD07M
• The Washington Post Style Guide: October 2019. Official quote from WP: "The Washington Post changes its style guide for the capital of Ukraine, which henceforth will be Kyiv, and not Kiev. This change is effective immediately. These changes are in accordance with the way Ukrainian capital is spelled by Ukrainian institutions, as well by by other media organizations." (source from WP's correspondent Adam Taylor's Twitter: https://twitter.com/mradamtaylor/status/1184470206925676544 , archived-source from WP's correspondent Adam Taylor's Twitter: http://archive.is/yFzVy; source on Voice of America: https://ukrainian.voanews.com/a/kyiv-not-kiev/5126392.html, source-archived: http://archive.is/nL48F ; source on The Washington Post: https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/starting-in-the-1970s-womens-first-names-were-included-in-post-references/2019/11/23/73dc1eb2-0d59-11ea-bd9d-c628fd48b3a0_story.html , archived-source: http://archive.is/ZrUos )
• The Economist Style Guide: October, 29 2019. Official quote from The Economist: "Kyiv spelling is now used at The Economist for Ukraine's capital" (source news about this on Ukrinform: https://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-society/2808601-the-economist-starts-using-kyiv-instead-of-kiev.html , archived-source: http://archive.is/ka7Lv
• Financial Times Style Guide: October, 29 2019. Official quote from Financial Times: "Kyiv spelling is now used at Financial Times for Ukraine's capital" (source news about this on Ukrinform: https://www.ukrinform.ua/rubric-kyiv/2808219-financial-times-vidteper-pisatime-kyiv-zamist-kiev.html , archived-source: http://archive.is/wip/kh5YL
• The New York Times Manual of Style and Usage: November 18, 2019. Official quote from NYT: "Note: Days after this article was published, The New York Times changed its style of spelling for the capital of Ukraine to Kyiv, reflecting the transliteration from Ukrainian, rather than Russian. The change is reflected in articles published after Nov. 18. " (source from NYT's correspondent Andrew E. Kramer's Twitter: https://twitter.com/AndrewKramerNYT/status/1196496095184084997, archived-source from NYT's correspondent Andrew E. Kramer's Twitter: http://archive.is/wip/3Xqgm; source: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/13/us/politics/kiev-pronunciation.html , archived-source: http://archive.is/KjrWw
• BuzzFeed Style guide: December 31, 2019. Official quote from BuzzFeed: "We updated our style to “Kyiv” to refer to Ukraine’s capital city. The “Kiev” spelling is transliterated from the Russian language, while "Kyiv" is from Ukrainian." (source on BuzzFeed Styleguide @Twitter: https://twitter.com/styleguide/status/1212079459282685954 , archived-source: http://archive.is/wip/0I4rB ; BuzzFeed Styleguide: https://www.buzzfeed.com/emmyf/buzzfeed-style-guide ; archived-source BuzzFeed Styleguide: http://archive.is/G2Y13
• The Reuters Style Guide: June 12, 2020. Official quote from Reuters: "From June 15 the capital of Ukraine will be written as Kyiv at @Reuters". (source Reuters' journalist Tommy Lund @Twitter: https://twitter.com/tommylundn/status/1271344841243471872, archived-source: http://archive.is/UqgwX; source @Reuters styleguide: http://handbook.reuters.com/index.php?title=K#Kyiv.2C_not_Kiev ; archived-source @Reuters styleguide: http://archive.is/QZyqw

Airport naming institutions (Kyiv)

• IATA (regulates what spelling is used for geographic names in airports): October, 2019. (source: list of all cities worldwide at iata.org: https://www.iata.org/contentassets/5989fc2df9824de3826cccfd279f9409/slot-alleviation-status-ns20-covid19.pdf )

Library institutions (Kyiv)

• The Library of Congress: 12 September, 2019. Official quote from LOC: "In accordance with LC-PCC PS for 16.2.2.5, we have applied the ALA/LC Romanization Table for Ukrainian in the new authorized access point rather than using a form that reflects another romanization scheme. This form is “Kyïv (Ukraine)." (source on LOC (listserv announcement): https://listserv.loc.gov/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind1909&L=PCCLIST&P=20135, archived-source: http://archive.is/XlarP ; source on LOC (entry): http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n81022031.html , archived-source: http://archive.is/BzK0T

Supranational institutions (Kyiv)

• NATO: ca. Jan 1997
• United Nations: ca. Nov 2002
• Organization for Security and Co-operation In Europe (OSCE) ca. Nov 2002
• Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) ca. Nov 2002
• US Government: October 3, 2006. Official quote from U.S. State Department spokesman Tom Casey: "Kyiv spelling is more in keeping with how the Ukrainians themselves pronounce the name of their capital. It is also now in keeping with how a number of international organizations, including NATO and the U.N., are now spelling it.; Official quote from U.S. State Department announcement: "all State Department offices and operations are requested to immediately begin using the new spelling ‘Kyiv’ in all written communication. The American diplomatic post there will henceforth be called Embassy Kyiv". source: https://www.kyivpost.com/article/content/world/us-government-changes-spelling-of-capital-to-kyiv-25273.html ; https://www.rferl.org/a/1143740.html ; http://www.ukrweekly.com/old/archive/2006/460614.shtml ; http://www.ukrweekly.com/old/archive/2006/430604.shtml ; http://www.ukrweekly.com/uwwp/associated-press-says-no-more-k-i-e-v/ ; http://www.brama.com/pipermail/mova/2006-October/000105.html ; http://web.archive.org/web/20061024204122/http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/dpb/2006/74784.htm
• European Union: Interinstitutional Style Guide, Annex A5 “List of countries, territories and currencies.: ca. Apr 2012 (external communication), ca Feb 2019 (internal communication). “18.4.2012 , Ukraine, capital: ‘Kiev’ replaced by ‘Kyiv’.” (source: http://publications.europa.eu/code/en/en-5000500.htm), EU changed the name of Ukrainian capital from "Kiev" to "Kyiv" (this affects email addresses (source: https://espreso.tv/news/2019/02/14/yes_zminyv_napysannya_z_kiev_na_kyiv_u_elektronnomu_lystuvanni; https://www.eurointegration.com.ua/news/2019/02/14/7092810/)
• World Bank Group ca. Oct 2019