Source:
https://scmp.com/article/994759/russia-touch-garlic-charm

To Russia, with touch of garlic charm

Chicken Kiev may have gone from chic to kitsch, but with its golden breadcrumb crust and liquid garlic butter centre, the dish has spread far beyond its eponymous city. That is, if it did originate in Kiev at all.

Many attribute the invention of the dish to a French chef named Nicolas Appert, who is also known for the creation of airtight canning technology. It is said that he simply named the dish c?telettes de volaille (chicken cutlets).