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Kharkiv, [a] also known as Kharkov, [b] is the second-largest city in Ukraine. [7] Located in the northeast of the country, it is the largest city of the historic region of Sloboda Ukraine. Kharkiv is the administrative centre of Kharkiv Oblast and Kharkiv Raion. It had a population, before the Russian invasion, of 1,421,125 (2022 estimate). [8]
Original variant with scroll reading KHARKIV OBLAST. The Oblast flag is a rectangular cloth (width to length ratio 2: 3) of crimson color with an image in the central part of the region's coat of arms. The height of the shield is 1/2 the width of the flag. The flag is double-sided.
Map of Ukraine with regions flags. The flags of the subdivisions of Ukraine exhibit a wide variety of regional influences and local histories, reflecting different styles and design principles. Most local flags were designed and adopted after Ukrainian independence in 1991.
Flag of the City of Kharkiv. Incumbent ... The following is a list of mayors of the city of Kharkiv, Ukraine. ... As part of the independent Ukrainian state, 1918
The Coat of arms of Kharkiv is the official coat of arms of both Kharkiv city and Kharkiv Oblast. It is also a historical flag of Sloboda Ukraine. History
Ukraine is the second-largest European country, after Russia, and the largest country entirely in Europe. Lying between latitudes 44° and 53° N, and longitudes 22° and 41° E., it is mostly in the East European Plain. Ukraine covers an area of 603,550 square kilometres (233,030 sq mi), with a coastline of 2,782 kilometres (1,729 mi). [45]
Berestyn (Ukrainian: Берестин, IPA: [bɛrɛˈstɪn]), formerly known as Krasnohrad (Ukrainian: Красноград) or Krasnograd, [1] is a city in Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine. From 1784 to 1922, it was known as Kostiantynohrad. [a] It serves as the administrative center of Berestyn Raion.
The status of these cities was inherited by independent Ukraine when the Soviet Union was dissolved. The two Crimean cities of Sevastopol and Kerch were occupied by Russia at the beginning of the Russo-Ukrainian War in February 2014, and were declared annexed in March 2014, but remain in internationally recognized territory of Ukraine.