What is Kharkiv?
[[Image:Kharkiv-town-flag.svg|thumb|150px|Flag]] [[Image:Coat of arms of Kharkiv.svg|thumb|90px|Coat of arms]] '''Kharkiv'''<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.britannica.com/place/Kharkiv-Ukraine|title=Kharkiv on Encyclopædia Britannica - current edition|accessdate=2017-04-15|publisher=Britannica.com}}</ref> also known as '''Kharkov''', is a [[city]] in [[Ukraine]], the capital of [[Kharkiv Oblast]]. It is the [[List of cities in Ukraine|second largest city in Ukraine]]. It is in the east of Ukraine and has a very well developed [[economy]]. It was founded in 1655 and the population as of 2024 was 1,3 million. Kharkiv was also the first city in Ukraine where the [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] power was proclaimed and Soviet government was formed. == History == The city was established in 17th century by Cossacks. In 1745 became the governorate capital. Kharkiv has the university since 1805, technical high school since 1885. The population in 1897 was 173,989. It consisted of [[Russians]] (63.2%), [[Ukrainians]] (25.9%), [[Jews]] (5.7%), [[Poles]] (2.3%), [[Germans]] (1.35%) etc. Kharkiv was the capital of the [[Ukrainian SSR| Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic]] from 1919 to 1934. Before the [[Eastern Front (World War II)|Nazi invasion]] Kharkiv was the great industrial center. It had 1.5 mln people. In 1941, October 25 the city was occupied by [[Nazi Germany|German]] troops. 1943, August 23 became the day of liberation of Kharkiv by the Red Army. In 1973 metro in Kharkiv was open. In 2022-2024 Kharkiv was bombed during the Russian Invasion . == Notable people == *[[Mikhail Koshkin]], the Soviet tank designer, chef designer of the T-34 tank. *[[Ilya Mechnikov]], [[Russians|Russian]] [[zoologist]]. He won the 1908 [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]]. *[[Victor Skumin]], [[Russians|Russian]] [[professor]], [[philosopher]], [[writer]], [[psychologist]], [[psychiatrist]], [[psychotherapy|psychotherapist]], and [[medical doctor]]. *[[Katya Soldak]], born 1977 in Kharkiv, [[journalist]] for [[Forbes]], doc