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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]
1654 - Kharkiv founded by Zaporozhian Cossacks (regiment's capital of Kharkiv Regiment). 1689 - Church of the Intercession (Kharkiv) built. [1] 1734 - Kharkov Collegium founded. [2] 1764 - Church of the Holy Trinity built. [1] 1765 - Town becomes capital of Sloboda Ukraine governetore in Russian Empire. [2] 1777 - Assumption Cathedral built. [1]
The M. F. Sumtsov Kharkiv Historical Museum (Ukrainian: Харківський історичний музей імені М. Ф. Сумцова, Kharkivskyi Istorychnyi Muzei Imeni M. F. Sumtsova) is a history museum located in Kharkiv, Ukraine. Its dedicated to history and culture of Ukraine and ethnicities living here. [2]
Kharkiv Governorate [a] was an administrative-territorial unit of the Russian Empire founded in 1835. It embraced the historical region of Sloboda Ukraine.From 1765 to 1780 and from 1796 to 1835 the governorate was called Sloboda Ukraine Governorate.
The "No. 183" designation was left in Nizhny Tagil, while in Kharkov the factory merged into Factory No. 75, a previously existing plant known for its T-34 diesel engines. T-54 production was started in the Urals and Kharkov in 1947–1948, and the move ended with the 1951 re-establishment of the Design Bureau, now called KB-60M, in Kharkov.
The four oblasts in southern and eastern Ukraine originated from Yekaterinoslav, Kherson, Taurida and Kharkov Governorates and Don Host Oblast of the Russian Empire. They were reorganized over the years during Communist rule when Ukraine was part of the Soviet Union. The boundaries remained static after Ukraine became independent in 1991.
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On March 3, 1733, Kharkiv suffered the most disastrous fire in its history. It destroyed more than 300 households with all buildings, all shops, ruined the St Nicholas church and almost burned down the Assumption church. Only its walls remained intact while all the interiors, the roof and domes were destroyed.