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Kharkiv (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 50 00 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 50.0000 decimal degrees |
| Long: 036 15 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 36.2500 decimal degrees |
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Note: Located at junction of Udy, Lopan & Kharkiv rivers; suffered heavy damage in WW II; surviving structures include 17th-cen. Pokrovsky Cathedral & 19th-cen. Patriarchal Cathedral; produces electrical equipment, bicycles & foodstuffs. |
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| Kharkiv (preferred,C,V,English-P,U,N)
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| Kharkov (C,V,English)
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| Charkow (C,V)
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| Char'kov (C,V)
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| Har'kov (C,V)
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| Харків (C,V,Ukrainian,U)
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| חארקוב (C,U,Hebrew )
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| Харьков (C,V,Russian,U)
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Kharkiv (inhabited place) (P) |
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Place Types: |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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founded 1656 |
| city (C) |
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| regional capital (C) |
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| industrial center (C) |
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| communications center (C) |
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| educational center (C) |
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| transportation center (C) |
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| capital (H) |
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of Ukrainian SSR until relocated to Kiev in 1934 |
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