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| Kharkiv | ||
| Oblast | Kharkiv Oblast | |
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| Residents | 1.446.107 (2019) | |
| height | 152 m | |
| Tourist info web | www.kharkov.ua | |
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Kharkiv, ukr. Харків, russ. Харькoв is a city in northeastern the Ukraine. With a population of 1.5 million, Kharkiv is behind Kiev the second largest city in the country.
background
Kharkiv was founded in the 17th century to strengthen the southern border of the Russian Empire. In the 18th century the city became the administrative center of a governorate. With the construction of railways and the mining of iron ore and coal, Kharkiv became an industrial center. One of the most famous companies is Malyshev. The plant, founded in 1895 to build locomotives, later produced the legendary battle tank T34. During the course of the Second World War, the city was fiercely contested and largely destroyed because of its industry and its strategic location. Since the collapse of the Soviet Union, Kharkiv has been part of Ukraine, but the majority of the population is of Russian descent.
Kharkiv hosted three preliminary round matches in June 2012 European Football Championship 2012.
getting there
| Distances | |
| Kiev | 480 km |
|---|---|
| Lviv | 1020 km |
| Odessa | 715 km |
| Sevastopol | 740 km |
| Donetsk | 300 km |
| Moscow | 735 km |
By plane
- Kharkiv airport (IATA: HRK)
By train
Journeys by train from Germany take about 36 hours, see for more details Travel by train in Ukraine. The "Passashyrski" train station is close to the city center.
By bus
There are bus connections within Ukraine, e.g. a company bus needs Autolux of Kiev to Kharkov around 7 hours, the journey costs 155 UAH (around 15 €, as of 2012).
In the street
mobility
There is a connection to the from the passenger station metro at the station "Pivdenny Vokzal" (метро "Пiвденний вокзал"). The underground network was expanded with a view to the 2012 European Football Championship.
Tourist Attractions
- Freedom Square. Laid out in 1925-1928, with an area of 11 hectares the largest square in Ukraine and one of the largest in the world. There is a university here and that DershpromHouse, the first skyscraper in Ukraine.
- Uspensky Cathedral. Assumption Cathedral, built around 1770, the bell tower is almost 90 m high and was built after the victory over Napoleon. With its organ, the building serves as a music hall.
- Church of the Annunciation. Built around 1900, main church of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine.
- Pokrovsky Cathedral. Cathedral of the Monastery of the Protection of the Virgin Mary, oldest building in the city from 1689, on Constitution Square.
- cenotaph. Unveiled in 1977 in the northern part of the city in memory of the role of the Kharkivites during World War II (Great Patriotic War).
- Mirror beam fountain, opposite the opera. Popular meeting place, built in memory of the Great Patriotic War.
- Shevchenko Park. Laid out in 1804 between the monument to the poet Taras Shevchenko and the university. Concert hall, zoo (founded in 1895), water cascade to Klokhovskaya Street.
- Police Museum
- Little South Children's Railway. It connects the Gorky Park with the Forest Park.
- Funicular, in Gorky Park.
activities
shop
- Barabashovo Market, metro Akademika Barabashova. A 75 hectare market where you can get almost everything besides clothing and food.Open: daily except Mon 7:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
kitchen
nightlife
accommodation
On the Homepage of Kharkiv a number of accommodation options are listed, some of them only in Cyrillic script.
- Hotel Viva (****), Gagarina Av. 10/2, Kharkiv. Tel.: 38 (057) 784-07-90. Price: single from € 46, double from € 56 per night.
- Hotel Aurora (****), 10/12 Artema St., 61002 Kharkiv, Ukraine.
- Mirax Sapphire Boutique Hotel (****), Danilevskoho Str 30, 61058 Kharkiv, Ukraine. Tel.: 380 (73) 020-51-01. Price: 40 € per night.
Learn
Work
security
Eastern Ukraine, along with Kharkiv, was also dragged into the vortex of violence by the Crimean crisis (2014). Two people died here in fighting between pro and contra Ukrainian demonstrators. The situation is tense.
health
Practical advice
trips
literature
Web links
- http://www.city.kharkov.ua/ - Kharkiv official website
- http://centralpark.kh.ua/ City amusement park
