Kharkiv

Kharkiv is a big city in Ukraine, a country in eastern Europe. It is the second-biggest city in the country.

Three rivers meet in Kharkiv.

Kharkiv is in the northeast of Ukraine, Universalis says, where three rivers meet: the Udy, the Lopan and the Kharkiv. It is the main town of the Kharkiv Oblast, a region with the same name.

Ukraine's statistics service estimated that 1,421,125 people lived in Kharkiv on 1 January 2022. Only Kyiv, the capital, had more.

City Population's table of Ukrainian cities (State Statistics Service of Ukraine) shows Kharkiv at 1,443,754 at the 1979 census, 1,609,959 in 1989, 1,470,902 in 2001 and an estimated 1,421,125 on 1 January 2022, second after Kyiv (2,952,301). The Kharkiv Oblast had 2,598,961 people at the same date.

City Population notes that Russia's invasion of Ukraine since February 2022 has considerably affected the number and spread of people in the country, so these figures come from before it.

This photo was taken from high up on a snowy winter day. In the middle is a white building with a very tall tower. On top of the tower is a shiny golden dome.

Around it are streets, cars and snowy trees.

The photo, taken from the air on 20 January 2021, shows the Dormition Cathedral in Kharkiv. Its tall white tower is lined with columns and topped by a golden dome, and smaller golden domes rise from the building behind it. Snow covers the roofs, the trees and the park in front.

About 1.9 kilometers to the north, Wikidata places Derzhprom, a set of buildings on Freedom Square, 108 meters tall, built from 1925 and opened in 1928.

The Commons description names the building as the Dormition (Uspensky) Cathedral, 2 Kvitky-Osnovianenka Street, recorded as monument number 63-101-1004 in Ukraine. The photo, by Ekaterina Polischuk, won 7th prize worldwide in Wiki Loves Monuments 2021.

Universalis says Kharkiv kept many monuments of its past, such as the 17th-century Pokrovsky Cathedral. Wikidata dates Derzhprom on Freedom Square to 1925-1928 and gives it a height of 108 m.

Kharkiv has a university and many other colleges. There are theaters, museums and even a planetarium, where you can learn about the stars.

Factories in the city make big machines.

Universalis calls Kharkiv one of Ukraine's liveliest centers of culture and learning. Besides its university, founded in 1805, it has a polytechnic institute, universities of medicine and agriculture, and engineering schools. It also has a botanical garden, a philharmonic hall, theaters, a planetarium and many museums.

Universalis says its industry is led by machine building: diesel locomotives, machine tools, mining and farm machinery, bicycles, generators and turbines.

Universalis lists Kharkiv's higher education (the university of 1805, a polytechnic institute, universities of medicine and agriculture, engineering schools), research institutes, a sports park, a botanical garden, a philharmonic hall, theaters (the oldest from 1780), a planetarium and many museums.

It describes industry led by machine building (diesel locomotives, machine tools, mining equipment, farm machinery, bicycles, generators, steam turbines, electrical equipment) along with food and consumer goods, with natural gas an important source of heat and energy.