The Ukraine Kiev Mission currently covers the approximate area that includes all of the cities in red. This is for illustration purposes only, and does not necessarily imply the presence or absence of missionaries in a particular city.
The mission generally encompasses the western half of the country. The first missionaries arrived in October 1990, when the area (and much of eastern Europe) belonged to the Austria Vienna East Mission. In February 1992, the Ukraine Kiev Mission was formed. During 1992, missionaries went outside of Kiev for the first time, going to Donetsk, Gorlovka, and Khar'kov. In July 1993, the Ukraine Donetsk Mission was formed.
For the first several years, all missionary work was conducted in Russian, which is the primary language of many Ukrainians in the eastern part of the country. With the availability of the Book of Mormon in Ukrainian, the first missionaries were called to speak Ukrainian in 1996. This allowed the work to expand quickly into the western part of the country which predominantly speaks Ukrainian. At this time, some missionaries in the mission are still called to speak Russian, but they are now the minority.
In 1998, the church announced their intention to construct a temple in Kiev, but construction has not yet begun, pending the acquisition of land.
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