Kharkiv

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Kharkiv

Total population

1,447,652

Coordinates49.99°, 36.23°

Demographic figures from State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Kharkiv, also known as Kharkov, is the second-largest city in Ukraine. Located in the northeast of the country, it is the largest city of the historic region of Sloboda Ukraine. Kharkiv is the administrative center of Kharkiv Oblast and Kharkiv Raion. Prior to the Russian invasion of Ukraine in early 2022, it had an estimated population of 1,421,125.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Notable people from here

Hryhorii Kvitka-Osnovianenko

Ukrainian writer (1778–1843)

Serhiy Shyshchenko

Ukrainian footballer (born 1976)

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Yuriy Syvukha

footballer

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Izrail Metter

Soviet writer (1909–1996)

Mikhail Lyubich

Ukrainian mathematician

Lyudmila Bikmullina

Ukrainian model

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Michael C. Astour

Ukrainian orientalist

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Olha Shliakhova

Ukrainian basketball player (born 1976)

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Oleksandr Horbachuk

fencer

Oleksandr Polivoda

Ukrainian cyclist

Maik Yohansen

Ukrainian poet (1896-1937)

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Ihor Kryvobok

Ukrainian footballer

Marat Tishchenko

Soviet/Russian helicopters designer (1931-2015)

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Roman Medvedjev

Ukrainian association football player

Yuriy Gurzhy

Ukrainian musician, disc jockey and record producer

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Drago

German rapper

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Ukraine

• Bazargan
  833.9 mi away · pop. 9,000
• Parsabad
  913.8 mi away · pop. 81,782
• Tazeh Shahr
  916.8 mi away · pop. 8,629
• Bonab-e-Jadid
  930 mi away · pop. 4,430
• Khamaneh
  937.5 mi away · pop. 3,056
• Tabriz
  961.5 mi away · pop. 1,558,693
• Bostanabad
  989.4 mi away · pop. 16,592
• Bahreman
  996.8 mi away · pop. 738
• Sarab
  1002.3 mi away · pop. 45,000
• Sareyn
  1005 mi away · pop. 5,459
• Ardabil
  1005.9 mi away · pop. 482,632
• Shinabad
  1021.1 mi away

Browse all places in Ukraine →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Kharkiv

The 1932-33 original photographs from Kharkiv, Ukraine

Alexander Wienerberger · 1988

City Maps Kharkiv Ukraine

James McFee · 2017

[Newspapers from Kharkiv, Ukraine]

1989

Greater Than a Tourist- Kharkiv Ukraine

Greater Than A. Tourist · 2018

Kharkiv (Ukraine) Photo Album 350 (In Ukranian & English)

2003

Where currents meet

Tanya Zaharchenko · 2015

The 2005 Economic and Product Market Databook for Kharkiv, Ukraine

2005

The 2006 Economic and Product Market Databook for Kharkiv, Ukraine

Philip M. Parker · 2006

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

Beefsteak Polypore

Fistulina hepatica

Seen 2026-07-31

Duke of Burgundy

Hamearis lucina

Seen 2026-07-31

European Hornet

Vespa crabro

Seen 2026-07-31

small balsam

Impatiens parviflora

Seen 2026-07-31

Green Shield Bug

Palomena prasina

Seen 2026-07-31

Eurasian Red Squirrel

Sciurus vulgaris

Seen 2026-07-30

Small Rivulet

Perizoma alchemillata

Seen 2026-07-30

Flowering-rush

Butomus umbellatus

Seen 2026-07-30

violet leaf beetle

Chrysolina sturmi

Seen 2026-07-30

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).

Gallery

Geotagged photos within ~6 miles of Kharkiv, from Wikimedia Commons contributors.

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