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Kharkiv (Ukrainian: Харків, Russian: Харьков, Kharkov) is a major city in the Kharkiv region of Ukraine and is the second largest city in Ukraine with a population of over 1.5 million inhabitants. The city is in the northeast of Ukraine. The site of the city is a hilly plain, more than half of the area of the city is about 100m above sea level. It sits at the confluence of three rivers: the Lopan, the Udy, and the Kharkiv. The city has 9 administrative districts.
Kharkiv (Ukrainian: Ха́рків) is the second-largest city and municipality in Ukraine. Located in the northeast of the country, it is the largest city in 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.).Kharkiv was founded in 1654 as a Kharkiv fortress, and after these humble beginnings, it grew to be a major centre of industry, trade and Ukrainian culture in the Russian Empire. At the beginning of the 20th century, the city was predominantly Russian in population, but after the Soviet government's policy of Ukrainization, the city became populated mainly by Ukrainians with a significant number of Russians. Kharkiv was the first capital of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, from December 1919 to January 1934, after which the capital relocated to Kyiv. Presently, Kharkiv is a major cultural, scientific, educational, transport and industrial centre of Ukraine, with numerous museums, theatres and libraries, including the Annunciation and Dormition Cathedrals, the Derzhprom building in Freedom Square, and the National University of Kharkiv. Kharkiv was a host city for UEFA Euro 2012.
Industry plays a significant role in Kharkiv's economy, specialising primarily in machinery and electronics. There are hundreds of industrial facilities throughout the city, including the Morozov Design Bureau and the Malyshev Tank Factory (leaders in world tank production from the 1930s to the 1980s), Khartron (aerospace, nuclear power plants and automation electronics), Turboatom (turbines for hydro-, thermal- and nuclear power plants), and Antonov (the multipurpose aircraft manufacturing plant).