The lowest points of relief are located on Hem (only 4-8 mcodes above the level of the river). Dnepr and his influxes (Desna, Pripyat’, Berezina, Pochayna, Glubochica, Mallet, and also Lybed’) since olden times played an enormous role in economic and political life of population of Middle Podneprov. Territory of modern Kiev escorts as though on the key locked the shirokorazvetvlennuyu system of river ways, getting the name “Way from varangian in greeks”. Major trade-routes intersected here. From every quarter Kiev was surrounded by natural borders, doing a city practically unapproachable for enemies. And, finally, Kievan territory had a first-class river harbour - river of Pochaynu. It is impossible to imagine the fate of Kiev in tearing away of fates of the Kiev escorts people, his culture and art, in tearing away from history of the Ukrainian state the capital of which is this ancient city. Kiev is the name of city, history of which counts above XV ages, and which passed difficult, complete dramatic effect way from gorodischa of slavonic tribe of glades to one of the largest Kiev escorts cities of the world.
After Kiev history fastened the name “Mother of cities of Russians”, cradles of brotherly people - Russian, Ukrainian and Byelorussian. Kiev escorts, of the highly developed and mighty rannefeodal’nogo state of Kievan Russia became one of those centers, where borned and formed the Old Russian culture, causing and until now admiration of descendants. Kievan Russia in dark ages was not only well known in the countries of the West and the East but also was legally acknowledged the mighty state.