Kharkiv
| Kharkiv (Харків) Kharkov (Харьков) |
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Counterclockwise: Assumption Cathedral (big image), Kharkiv city council, National University of Kharkiv, Taras Shevchenko monument, Kharkiv Railway station, Derzhprom
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| Nickname(s): The First Capital, Smart City | |||
 Map of Ukraine with Kharkiv highlighted |
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| Coordinates: 50°0′16″N 36°13′53″E / 50.00444°N 36.23139°ECoordinates: 50°0′16″N 36°13′53″E / 50.00444°N 36.23139°E | |||
| Country |
 Ukraine
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| Oblast | Kharkiv Oblast | ||
| Municipality | Kharkiv City Municipality | ||
| Founded | 1654 | ||
| Districts |
List of 9
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| Government | |||
| • Mayor | Hennadiy Kernes | ||
| • MPs: |
Oleksandr Feldman Anatoliy Denisenko Volodymyr Mysyk Vitaliy Khomutynnik Dmytro Svyatash Oleksandr Kirsch (PF) Valery Pisarenko |
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| Area | |||
| • City | 350 km2 (140 sq mi) | ||
| Elevation | 152 m (499 ft) | ||
| Population (2014) | |||
| • City | 1,430,885 
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| • Density | 4,500/km2 (12,000/sq mi) | ||
| • Metro | 1,732,400 | ||
| Demonym(s) | Kharkivite | ||
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) | ||
| Postal code | 61001—61499 | ||
| Licence plate | ХА, 21 (old) | ||
| Sister cities | Belgorod, Bologna, Cincinnati, Kaunas, Lille, Moscow, Nizhny Novgorod, Nuremberg, Poznań, St. Petersburg, Tianjin, Jinan, Kutaisi, Varna, Rishon LeZion, Brno, Daugavpils | ||
| Website | http://www.city.kharkov.ua/en/ | ||
Kharkiv (Ukrainian: Харків, pronounced [ˈxɑrkiu̯], Russian: Харьков) is the second-largest city in Ukraine. In the northeast of the country, it is the largest city of the Slobozhanshchyna historical region. The city has a population of about 1.5 million people. Kharkiv is the administrative centre of Kharkiv Oblast and of the surrounding Kharkiv district.
The city was founded in 1654 and after a humble beginning as a small fortress grew to be a major centre of Ukrainian industry, trade and culture in the Russian Empire.
Kharkiv was the first capital of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, from December 1919 to January 1934, after which the capital relocated to Kiev.
Presently, Kharkiv is a major cultural, scientific, educational, transport and industrial centre of Ukraine, with 60 scientific institutes, 30 higher education universities and institutions, 6 museums, 7 theatres and 80 libraries.
Its industry specializes primarily in machinery and in electronics. There are hundreds of industrial companies in the city, including the Morozov Design Bureau and the Malyshev Tank Factory (leaders in world tank production from the 1930s to the 1980s); Khartron (aerospace and nuclear power plants automation electronics); the Turboatom (turbines for the hydro-, thermal- and nuclear-power plants), and Antonov (the multipurpose aircraft manufacturing plant).
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