Yak tebe ne lyubyty, Kyieve miy!

Yak tebe ne lyubyty, Kyieve miy! (Ukrainian: Як тебе не любити, Києве мій! English: How can I not love you, my Kyiv?) is a lyrical song of Kyiv composer Ihor Shamo and lyrics by poet Dmytro Lutsenko. At first the song was performed in 1962 in duet by Yuriy Gulyayev and Kostiantyn Ohnyevyi who at that time performed at Kyiv Opera Theatre.

Commemorative coin with a face of Dmytro Lutsenko and name of his poem

Memorial plaque of Ihor Shamo in Kyiv with his notes to the song

After over half a century later, in 2014 the song became official anthem of Kyiv city.[1]