Kharkiv (Ukrainian: Ха́рків), also known as Kharkov (Russian: Харькoв), is the second-largest city and municipality in Ukraine. Located in the northeast of the country, it is the largest city of the historic Slobozhanshchyna region. Kharkiv is the administrative centre of Kharkiv Oblast and of the surrounding Kharkiv Raion. The latest population is 1,433,886 (2021 est.)
The city was founded in 1654 and was a major center of Ukrainian culture in the Russian Empire. Kharkiv was the first city in Ukraine to be occupied by the Soviet Union in December 1917 and became the first capital of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic until January 1935, after which the capital was relocated to Kyiv. Kharkiv is the administrative center of Kharkiv Oblast and the surrounding Kharkiv district.
Note[]
Most of Harry Turtledove's works are set during periods when Ukraine was under Russian and/or Soviet dominance, and use the spelling Kharkov.
Kharkiv in The Hot War[]
On 30 April 1951 during World War III, the United States bombed Kharkov with conventional explosives.[1]
References[]
- ↑ Bombs Away, pgs. 330.
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