This is one of the most important cities of Eastern Europe. The city of Kiev is home to many high-technology industries and has a big investment on education, with high-standard schools and universities. As a consequence, it is a culturally developed city, which can be seen by the many theatres in the city, part of Ukrainians everyday life. There are the Kiev Opera House, the Kiev Puppet Theatre, the Lesya Ukrainka National Academic Theatre of Russian Drama, the Ivan Franko National Academic Drama Theatre, among others.