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The Kyiv Independent

English-language Ukrainian media outlet
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Summary

The Kyiv Independent is an online newspaper[1]. It draws 667 Wikipedia views per month (online newspaper category, ranking #24 of 199).[2]

Key Facts

  • Country: Ukraine[3]
  • Instance of: independent media[4]
  • Editor: Olha Rudenko[5]
  • Headquarters location: Kyiv[6]
  • Commons category: The Kyiv Independent[7]
  • Language of work or name: English[8]
  • Distribution format: audio podcast[9], web page[10]
  • Inception: November 2021[11]
  • Significant event: full-scale Russo-Ukrainian war[12]
  • Official website: https://kyivindependent.com[13]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Kyiv Independent[14]
  • Employees: 30[15]
  • Replaces: Kyiv Post[16]
  • Title: The Kyiv Independent[17]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: WikiProject Ukraine[18]
  • Social media followers: 1,426,710[19], 2,148,916[20], 6030[21], 7360[22], 11,100[23], 25,800[24], 29,000[25], 33,000[26], 39,000[27], 48,600[28], 55,300[29], 75,500[30], 87,800[31], 131,000[32]

Why It Matters

The Kyiv Independent has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[33] It is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[34]

Related Entities

online newspaper Ukraine

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . kyivindependent.com. kyivindependent.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . YouTube API. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . YouTube API. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . YouTube API. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . YouTube API. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . YouTube API. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . YouTube API. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . YouTube API. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . YouTube API. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . YouTube API. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . YouTube API. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [33] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [34] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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