Kharkov
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Kharkov is situated in the north-eastern part of Ukraine at the flow-together of the rivers Kharkov and Lopan. The town's area amounts to 297.4 sq. kilometers. The population of Kharkov is about 2 million people. The excellent geographical position of the city, its being located close to the largest industrial centers of Ukraine and Russia, the developed network of communication facilities made Kharkov one of the largest traffic junction of the country. A lot of cites of the word are connected with Kharkov via air routs. |
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1653. This year is considered the year of the foundation of the city Kharkov. What is the origin of the city's name? There is a legend about it. Long ago, there was a farmstead of a rich peasant in this place. His name was Khariton, but people called him Kharko, and the place where he lived was called Kharkov's farmstead. After that the whole place was named Kharkov. But, most probably, the city received its name after the river which is flowing through Kharkov. Its name is Kharkov, too. The other river which is flowing through Kharkov is the Lopan'. A settlement was organized in the place where both rivers meet. The first settlers were Ukrainain peasants and Cossacks. This place was well protected. From three sides there were swampy banks and from the fourth side it was surrounded by a vast forest. |
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The features of the old Kharkov and those of today's city merge into a unique picture created by the specific architecture of its buildings, squares and streets. The most treasured pieces of architecture have been presented in the central part of the city. In the former monastery yard there stands the three-cupola Pokrovsky cathedral, the oldest stone building of the town. Not far from it there stands the renowned Uspensky cathedral built in the Russian baroque style with the iconostasis designed by Bartholomew Rastrelli. The bell-tower of the cathedral today accommodates the concert hall for organ and chamber music. No less beautiful and attractive is the Blagoveschensky cathedral with its alternating strips of red brick and white plaster that remind one of old-Bizantine temples. |
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The famous monument to the Great Kobzar, Taras Shevchenko, belongs to Soviet period. One of the most widely known Kharkov edifices built in the constructionist style is the Derzhprom (the House of State Industry). It was the first multi-storied building of in-situ reinforced concrete erected in the USSR. The architecture of the historical Kharkov integrally merges with its modern administrative buildings, cultural, educational and shopping centers which all form the unique ensemble of the city. |
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Kharkov is one of the largest centers of Ukrainian industry. Among the cities of the ex-USSR it is only second to Moscow and St.Petersburg. There are 249 big industrial enterprises in the city. The leading role in the structure of its industrial potential belongs to mechanical engineering and metal working, electrical power engineering, and production of construction materials. Chemical, printing and wood-working industries are also well-developed. |
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The city has a high-capacity base for civil engineering. The products of Kharkov enterprises are well known in Ukraine and abroad. They are tractors and turbines, jet planes and automated machine-tools, electrical motors and engines for agricultural machinery, TV-sets and electrical devices, medical equipment and pharmaceuticals. Specialists from Kharkov have greatly contributed to rocket engineering and exploration of space. The control systems for carrier rockets and space vehicles as well as several generations of rocket systems developed by researchers and engineering specialists from Kharkov are well known in the world. The systems constitute the basis of the national space programme. In the city there are a number of light industry enterprises (textile, knitted fabric, tailoring, etc.). |
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The research and development
potential of the city is represented by its research and design
institutes and design offices. In Kharkov there is the biggest regional
center of the Ukrainian Academy of Sciences. Over 150 institutions
of Kharkov deal with science and research work. Fundamental research
scientific schools of Kharkov are the leading ones in the country.
Investigations of Kharkov scientists in the field of solid-state
physics, cryobiology and cryomedicine, radioelectronics and radiophysics,
crystal synthesis, low temperature physics, genetics and selection
are known all over the word. Specialists in various fields of knowledge are trained in Kharkov at 24 state educational institutions including 6 academies and 10 universities. Such institutions as Kharkov State University (renamed recently into Kharkov National University), State Law Academy, Kharkov Technical University of Radio Electronics, Engineering and Pedagogic Academy are widely known and respected. There is also a growing number of non-state educational institutions. The city has more than 200 schools, lyceums and colleges. |
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