Eastern Ukraine
Kharkivs’ka Oblast’
Kharkiv Raion

Kharkiv

Kharkiv is a major city in the Kharkiv region of and is the second largest city in Ukraine with a population of over 1.5 million inhabitants. The city is in the northeast of the Ukraine.
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  • Type: City with 1,450,000 residents
  • Description: capital city of Kharkiv Oblast in eastern Ukraine
  • Also known as: “Chárkiv”, “Harkov”, “Khar’kov”, “Kharkoff”, and “Kharkov”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Ukrainian dramatic theatre and M. F. Sumtsov Kharkiv Historical Museum.

Theater building
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The Kharkiv Ukrainian Drama Theatre also known as the Taras Shevchenko Kharkiv Academic Ukrainian Drama Theatre is a national theatre founded in 1935 out of remnants of the suppressed Berezil Theatre, which was founded by Les Kurbas in 1922.

Museum
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The is a history museum located in Kharkiv, . Its dedicated to history and culture of Ukraine and ethnicities living here.

Theater building
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The Kharkiv National Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre named after Mykola Lysenko is a theater in Kharkiv, Ukraine. The postmodern theater building was built in 1991 and features tufa tiles.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Zhuravlivka, Kharkiv and Derzhprom.

Suburb
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is a suburb.

Suburb
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The or Gosprom building is an office building located on Freedom Square in Kharkiv, . Built in the Constructivist style, it was the first modern skyscraper building in the Soviet Union upon its completion in 1928.

Quarter
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is a quarter.

Kharkiv

Latitude
49.9923° or 49° 59′ 32″ north
Longitude
36.231° or 36° 13′ 52″ east
Population
1,450,000
Elevation
128 metres (420 feet)
IATA airport code
HRK
United Nations Location Codes
UA HRK and UA KIV
Open location code
8GXRX6RJ+WC
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1685829423
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
706483
Wiki­data ID
Q42308
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Kharkiv” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Charkif”
  • Afrikaans: “Charkof”
  • Afrikaans: “Kharkov”
  • Albanian: “Karkiv”
  • Amharic: “ኻርኪው”
  • Arabic: “خاركوف”
  • Arabic: “خاركيف”
  • Aragonese: “Khárkiv”
  • Armenian: “Խարկով”
  • Arpitan: “Kharkiv”
  • Asturian: “Kharkiv”
  • Azerbaijani: “Xarkiv”
  • Azerbaijani: “Xarkov”
  • Balinese: “Kharkiv”
  • Bashkir: “Харьков”
  • Basque: “Kharkiv”
  • Basque: “Kharkov”
  • Belarusian: “Харкаў”
  • Bengali: “খারকিভ”
  • Betawi: “Harkip”
  • Bhojpuri: “खारकीव”
  • Bhojpuri: “ख़ारकीव”
  • Bhojpuri: “ख़ारकोफ़”
  • Bosnian: “Harkiv”
  • Bosnian: “Harkov”
  • Breton: “C’harkiv”
  • Breton: “Kharkiv”
  • Bulgarian: “Харків”
  • Bulgarian: “Харков”
  • Bulgarian: “Харьков”
  • Burmese: “ခါရ်ကီဗ်”
  • Catalan: “Jarkov”
  • Catalan: “Kharkiv”
  • Catalan: “Khàrkiv”
  • Catalan: “Kharkov”
  • Catalan: “Khàrkov”
  • Cebuano: “Kharkiv”
  • Central Kurdish: “خارکیڤ”
  • Chechen: “Харьков”
  • Chinese: “Kharkiv”
  • Chinese: “卡爾可夫”
  • Chinese: “哈尔基夫”
  • Chinese: “哈尔科夫”
  • Chinese: “哈爾可夫”
  • Chinese: “哈爾基夫”
  • Chinese: “哈爾科夫”
  • Chinese: “夏爾奇夫”
  • Chuvash: “Харьков”
  • Crimean Tatar: “Harkiv”
  • Croatian: “Harkiv”
  • Croatian: “Harkov”
  • Czech: “Charkiv”
  • Czech: “Charkov”
  • Danish: “Kharkiv”
  • Danish: “Kharkov”
  • Dutch: “Charkiv”
  • Dutch: “Charkiw”
  • Dutch: “Charkov”
  • Dutch: “Charkow”
  • Dutch: “Kharkiv”
  • Dutch: “Kharkov”
  • Eastern Mari: “Харьков”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “خاركيڤ”
  • Erzya: “Харкив ош”
  • Esperanto: “Ĥarkiv”
  • Esperanto: “Ĥarkivo”
  • Esperanto: “Ĥarkov”
  • Esperanto: “Ĥarkovo”
  • Estonian: “Harkiv”
  • Estonian: “Harkov”
  • Faroese: “Kharkiv”
  • Finnish: “H’arkiv”
  • Finnish: “Harkiv”
  • Finnish: “Harkov”
  • Finnish: “Harkova”
  • Finnish: “Kharkiv”
  • Finnish: “Kharkov”
  • French: “Charcovie”
  • French: “Charkhov”
  • French: “Charkov”
  • French: “Karkhov”
  • French: “Karkiv”
  • French: “Karkov”
  • French: “Kharkiv”
  • French: “Kharkov”
  • Galician: “Khárkiv”
  • Galician: “Kharkov”
  • Georgian: “ხარკივი”
  • Georgian: “ხარკოვი”
  • German: “Charkiv”
  • German: “Charkiw”
  • German: “Charków”
  • German: “Kharkiv”
  • German: “Kharkov”
  • Greek: “Χάρκιβ”
  • Greek: “Χάρκοβο”
  • Greek: “Χαρκόφ”
  • Gujarati: “ખારકીવ”
  • Hausa: “Kharkiv”
  • Hebrew: “חארקוב”
  • Hebrew: “חארקיב”
  • Hebrew: “חרקוב”
  • Hebrew: “חרקיב”
  • Hindi: “ख़ारकिव”
  • Hindi: “खार्किव”
  • Hungarian: “Harkiv”
  • Hungarian: “Harkov”
  • Icelandic: “Harkív”
  • Icelandic: “Kharkív”
  • Ido: “Harkiv”
  • Ido: “Kharkiv”
  • Ido: “Kharkov”
  • Indonesian: “Kharkiv”
  • Indonesian: “Kharkov”
  • Interlingue: “Kharkiv”
  • Irish: “Kharkiv”
  • Italian: “Carcovia” (historical)
  • Italian: “Char’kov”
  • Italian: “Charkiv”
  • Italian: “Charkov”
  • Italian: “Harkiv”
  • Italian: “Harkìv”
  • Italian: “Karkov”
  • Italian: “Khar’kov”
  • Italian: “Kharkiv”
  • Italian: “Kharkov”
  • Japanese: “ハリキフ”
  • Japanese: “ハリコフ”
  • Japanese: “ハルキウ”
  • Japanese: “ハルキヴ”
  • Japanese: “ハルキフ”
  • Javanese: “Kharkiv”
  • Javanese: “Kharkov”
  • Kalaallisut: “Kharkiv”
  • Kannada: “ಖಾರ್ಕಾಫ್”
  • Kannada: “ಖಾರ್ಕಿವ”
  • Kannada: “ಖಾರ್ಕಿವ್”
  • Kara-Kalpak: “Xarkov”
  • Kazakh: “Harkıv”
  • Kazakh: “Harkov”
  • Kazakh: “Харьков”
  • Khmer: “ខាគីវ”
  • Kirghiz: “Харьков”
  • Komi: “Харьков”
  • Korean: “카르키프”
  • Korean: “카리프”
  • Korean: “하르코프”
  • Korean: “하르키우”
  • Korean: “하리꼬브”
  • Korean: “하리코프”
  • Kotava: “Xarkiv”
  • Kurdish: “Xarkiv”
  • Kurdish: “Xarkîv”
  • Ladin: “Kharkiv”
  • Lak: “Харков”
  • Lak: “Харьков”
  • Lao: “ຄາຄິຟ”
  • Latin: “Charcovia”
  • Latin: “Charkiv”
  • Latin: “Charkov”
  • Latin: “Charkovia”
  • Latin: “Zacharpolis”
  • Latvian: “Harkiva”
  • Latvian: “Harkova”
  • Limburgan: “Charkiv”
  • Limburgan: “Charkov”
  • Literary Chinese: “哈爾科夫”
  • Lithuanian: “Charkivas”
  • Lithuanian: “Charkovas”
  • Lombard: “Charkiv”
  • Lower Sorbian: “Charkiw”
  • Luxembourgish: “Charkiw”
  • Luxembourgish: “Charkow”
  • Macedonian: “Харков”
  • Madurese: “Kharkiv”
  • Malagasy: “Kharkiv”
  • Malay: “Kharkiv”
  • Malayalam: “ഖാർകിവ്”
  • Maltese: “Karkiv”
  • Maltese: “Kharkiv”
  • Manx: “Kharkiv”
  • Manx: “Kharkov”
  • Maori: “Kharkiv”
  • Marathi: “खार्कीव्ह”
  • Marathi: “खार्कोव्ह”
  • Mazanderani: “خارکیف”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Kharkiv”
  • Mingrelian: “ხარკივი”
  • Mingrelian: “ხარკოვი”
  • Moksha: “Харкив”
  • Mongolian: “Харьков”
  • N'Ko: “ߞߊ߬ߙߌ߬ߞߌߝߎ߬”
  • N'Ko: “ߞߊ߬ߙߑߞߌߝ߭”
  • N'Ko: “ߞߊ߬ߙߑߞߐߝ߭”
  • Nepali: “खार्किभ”
  • Nepali: “हर्किभ”
  • Northern Frisian: “Charkiw”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Kharkiv”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Kharkov”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kharkiv”
  • Norwegian: “Kharkiv”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Kharkiv”
  • Ossetian: “Харьков”
  • Panjabi: “ਖਾਰਕੀਵ”
  • Papiamento: “Kharkiv”
  • Persian: “خارکف”
  • Persian: “خارکوف”
  • Persian: “خارکیف”
  • Piemontese: “Kharkiv”
  • Polish: “Charkiw”
  • Polish: “Charków”
  • Polish: “Kharkiv”
  • Pontic: “Χάρκοβο”
  • Portuguese: “Carcóvia”
  • Portuguese: “Charkow”
  • Portuguese: “Kharkiv”
  • Portuguese: “Kharkov”
  • Romanian: “Harkiv”
  • Romanian: “Harkov”
  • Russia Buriat: “Харьков”
  • Russian: “город в Украине”
  • Russian: “первая столица Украины”
  • Russian: “Харьков”
  • Rusyn: “Харків”
  • Rusyn: “Харьков”
  • Sardinian: “Kharkiv”
  • Scots: “Kharkiv”
  • Scots: “Kharkov”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Kharkiv”
  • Serbian: “Charkiw”
  • Serbian: “Харкив”
  • Serbian: “Харків”
  • Serbian: “Харков”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Harkov”
  • Sicilian: “Kharkiv”
  • Silesian: “Charkůw”
  • Sinhala: “කාකිව්”
  • Slovak: “Charkiv”
  • Slovak: “Charkov”
  • Slovenian: “Harkiv”
  • Slovenian: “Harkov”
  • South Azerbaijani: “خارکیف”
  • Spanish: “Jarkiv”
  • Spanish: “Járkiv”
  • Spanish: “Jarkov”
  • Spanish: “Járkov”
  • Spanish: “Kharkiv”
  • Spanish: “Kharkov”
  • Swahili: “Kharkiv”
  • Swahili: “Kharkov”
  • Swedish: “Charkiv”
  • Swedish: “Charkiw”
  • Swedish: “Charkov”
  • Swedish: “Charkow”
  • Swedish: “Harkiv”
  • Swedish: “Kharkiv”
  • Swedish: “Kharkov”
  • Tagalog: “Lungsod ng Khariv”
  • Tajik: “Харкив”
  • Tajik: “Харков”
  • Talysh: “Xarkiv”
  • Tamil: “கார்கீவ்”
  • Tamil: “கார்க்கிவ்”
  • Tamil: “கார்க்கோவ்”
  • Tatar: “Харкау”
  • Tatar: “Харкив”
  • Tatar: “Харьков”
  • Telugu: “ఖార్కివ్”
  • Thai: “Kharkiv”
  • Thai: “Kharkov”
  • Thai: “คาร์กิว”
  • Thai: “คาร์คอฟ”
  • Tosk Albanian: “Charkiw”
  • Turkish: “Harkiv”
  • Turkish: “Harkov”
  • Turkish: “Kharkov”
  • Turkmen: “Har­kiw”
  • Twi: “Kharkiv”
  • Tyap: “Khari̱kyip”
  • Tyap: “Kharkiv”
  • Tyap: “Kharkov”
  • Udmurt: “Харьков”
  • Ukrainian: “Захарполіс”
  • Ukrainian: “Харків”
  • Ukrainian: “Харьків”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Charkiw”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Charkow”
  • Urdu: “خارکیف”
  • Uzbek: “Xarkov”
  • Veps: “Har’kov”
  • Vietnamese: “Kharkiv”
  • Vietnamese: “Kharkov”
  • Volapük: “Harkiv”
  • Volapük: “Kharkiv”
  • Võro: “Harkiv”
  • Walloon: “Xharkiv”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Kharkiv”
  • Welsh: “Kharkiv”
  • Western Armenian: “Խարքով”
  • Western Frisian: “Charkov”
  • Western Mari: “Харьков”
  • Western Panjabi: “خارکیف”
  • Wu Chinese: “哈尔基夫”
  • Wu Chinese: “哈尔科夫”
  • Yakut: “Харьков”
  • Yiddish: “כארקאוו”
  • Yiddish: “כארקעוו”
  • Yue Chinese: “哈尔科夫”
  • “Harkiv”
  • “खारकीव”

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