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The modern Kharkiv Oblast was established on 27 February 1932. In the summer of 1932, some parts of the oblast were included in the newly created Donetsk Oblast originally centered in Artemivsk (later in Stalino). Then in the fall, some territories of the Kharkiv Oblast were used in the creation of Chernihiv Oblast.
The Russian occupation of Kharkiv Oblast, officially the Kharkov Military–Civilian Administration, [b] is an ongoing military occupation that began on 24 February 2022, after Russian forces invaded Ukraine and began capturing and occupying parts of Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine. Russian forces failed to capture the capital city of the oblast, Kharkiv.
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] Kharkiv was founded in 1654 as a fortress, and within the Russian Empire grew to become a major centre of industry, trade, and Ukrainian culture in Sloboda Ukraine.
A major Ukrainian counteroffensive [a] operation began on 6 September 2022, during the Russian invasion of Ukraine. [18] Following the launch of the Kherson counteroffensive in southern Ukraine in late August, Ukrainian forces began a second counteroffensive in early September in Kharkiv Oblast, in eastern Ukraine.
There are 17 populated places in Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine, that have been officially granted city status (Ukrainian: місто, romanized: misto) by the Verkhovna Rada, the country's parliament. [2] Settlements with more than 10,000 people are eligible for city status, although the status is typically also granted to settlements of historical ...
Hours after the declared annexation, the Ukrainian army recaptured several towns in Donetsk Oblast as part of the 2022 Ukrainian Kharkiv counteroffensive. At the time of the annexation proceedings in early October, Russian authorities stated that the Luhansk People's Republic and Donetsk People's Republic (collectively called the Donbas [ 34 ...
Raions of Kharkiv Oblast prior to 2020. The city of Kharkiv is shown in dark blue. Before July 2020, Kharkiv Oblast was subdivided into 32 regions: 25 districts and 7 city municipalities (mis'krada or misto), officially known as territories governed by city councils. [3] Cities under the oblast's jurisdiction: Kharkiv (Харків), the ...
Hlyboke (Ukrainian: Глибоке; Russian: Глубокое) is a village in Lyptsi rural hromada, Kharkiv Raion, Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine. It is located 29.68 kilometres (18.44 mi) south-southwest from the centre of Kharkiv city, at about 5.2 kilometres (3.2 mi) east-southeast (ESE) of the Russia–Ukraine border.