What is "kharkiv"

Kharkiv (, ), is the second-largest city in Ukraine. Located in the north-east 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 within the Russian Empire.

Kharkiv was the first capital of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic December 1917 - January 1935, after which the capital relocated to Kiev.

Presently, Kharkiv operates as 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 aircrafts manufacturing plant).

Kharkiv may refer to:

• Kharkiv, a city in Ukraine
• Kharkiv River, a river in Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine
• FC Metalist Kharkiv, a Ukrainian football team based in Kharkiv.
• 9167 Kharkiv, a main-belt asteroid