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Kharkiv was a major target for Russian forces in the eastern Ukraine campaign during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine before they were pushed back to the Russia-Ukraine border. The city remains under intermittent Russian fire , with reports that almost a quarter of the city was destroyed by April 2024.
Kharkov Governorate. Kharkov Governorate[a] was an administrative-territorial unit (guberniya) of the Russian Empire founded in 1835. It embraced the historical region of Sloboda Ukraine. From 1765 to 1780 and from 1796 to 1835 the governorate was called Sloboda Ukraine Governorate. In 1780–1796 there existed the Kharkov Viceroyalty.
Oct 3, 2024 · Kharkiv, city in northeastern Ukraine. It lies at the confluence of the Uda, Lopan, and Kharkiv rivers. It was founded about 1655 as a military stronghold to protect Russia’s southern borderlands. It is the second largest city in Ukraine and is the center of a metropolitan area comprising many satellite towns.
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Ukraine is the second-largest European country, after Russia, and the largest country entirely in Europe. Lying between latitudes 44° and 53° N, and longitudes 22° and 41° E., it is mostly in the East European Plain. Ukraine covers an area of 603,550 square kilometres (233,030 sq mi), with a coastline of 2,782 kilometres (1,729 mi). [50]
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- The Kharkiv National Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre
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- Current Situation in Kharkiv
The city of Kharkiv is situated in the northeastern part of Ukraine, at the meeting point of the Kharkiv, Udy, and Lopan rivers, with the watershed of the Seversky Donets River. Kharkiv is located at a distance of 481.5km from the Ukrainian capital Kyiv and about 32km south of the Russia-Ukraine border. Situated at an elevation of 152m, Kharkiv cov...
According to the Köppen climate classification, Kharkiv experiences a humid continental climate. It has warm summers and freezing, snowy winters. May to September is the warm season. July is the hottest month, having an average high temperature of 26.1°C and a low temperature of 16.6°C. The cold season lasts from November to March. Januaryis the co...
As of 2021, Kharkiv has a population of 1,425,987 inhabitants. A significant portion of the city’s population speaks the Russian language. The city’s residents also have strong ties with Russia, with many of them traveling to and fro for businesses and family visits. The city of Kharkiv has a “diversified service economy”with many people employed i...
Freedom Square
One of the most notable landmarks in the city of Kharkiv, the Freedom Square is considered Europe’s 8th largest city-center square and the world’s 28th largest square. The Freedom Square is approximately 690-750m in length and has a width of 96-125m. The principal portion of Freedom Square is bordered by the Shevchenko Park in the south, Hotel Kharkiv in the north, Sumska Street in the east, and by a site that contained a statue of Lenin in the west. Several significant buildings are located...
Annunciation Orthodox Cathedral
The Annunciation Orthodox Cathedral is the principal Orthodox church in Kharkiv. The church’s construction was completed on October 2, 1888, based on the designs by a local architect named Mikhail Lovtsov. The Annunciation Orthodox Cathedral is one of the world’s tallest Orthodox churches that incorporates the elements of the Neo-Byzantine architectural style and features a unique 80m tall bell tower.
Named after N. V. Lysenko, the Kharkiv National Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre located in Kharkiv is one of the leading Ukrainian theatres. The Kharkiv National Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre presents operas in Ukrainian, French, Russian and Italian languages. There are two halls in the Theatre. The bigger one has a seating capacity of 1500 p...
Archaeological studies have revealed several cultural artifacts dating back to the Bronze Age and the Sarmatian and Scythian settlers. It is believed that the site of the present-day city of Kharkiv formed a part of the area belonging to the Chernyakhov culture from the 2nd to the 6th century. In 1654, the city was founded as a military stronghold ...
Russian President Vladimir Putin declared a full-scale military invasion of Ukraine in the early hours of February 24, 2022. Due to this Russian invasion, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky declared a ‘State of National Emergency.’ Since then, the Russian forces have launched heavy assaults on Ukraine from all sides. Being the second-largest ci...
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An administrative region in northeastern Ukraine formed on 27 February 1932, with an area of 31,400 sq km and a population in 2005 of 2,848,000. The oblast has 27 raions, 17 cities, 61 towns (smt), 381 rural councils and 1,683 villages and smaller rural settlements. The oblast’s capital is Kharkiv. Physical geography.
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Kharkiv was the capital of Soviet Ukraine from 1919 to 1934 - a place of bold architectural experiments and the center of Ukraine's cultural avant-garde. The expert on urban history Mikhail Ilchenko provides an insight into this period.
