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Kharkov

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Khar·kiv  (kärkv, ärkw) or Khar·kov (kärkôf, ärkf)
A city of northeast Ukraine east of Kiev. Founded in 1656, it was an important 17th-century frontier headquarters of Ukrainian Cossacks who were loyal to the Russian czars. Today it is a major industrial center and transportation hub. Population: 1,460,000.
Kharkov (Russian) [ˈxarjkəf]
n
(Placename) a city in the E Ukraine: capital of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic (1917-34); university (1805). Pop.: 1 521 400 (1998 est.)
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Noun1.KharkovKharkov - a city in northeastern Ukraine; former capital of the Ukraine
Kharkiv
Ukraine, Ukrayina - a republic in southeastern Europe; formerly a European soviet; the center of the original Russian state which came into existence in the ninth century


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Education: Architecture Degree, Kharkov Institute of Municipal Engineers, Ukraine; Master's and Ph.
Making it happen by York, Emily Bryson / Los Angeles Business Journal
He graduated from Kharkov Higher Tank Command School, Armored Troops Academy, and General Staff Academy.
Internal Troops: from past to future by Rogozhkin, N.Ye. / Military Thought
And after the disintegration of the USSR, Mikhailov continued to confront power with truth: Both "On the Ground," 1991 (the Russian title of which is taken from the Gorky play The Lower Depths), and the brutal "Case Histories," 1998, chronicle the street life of Moscow and Mikhailov's native Kharkov with an unblinking eye.
Boris Mikhailov: Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston by Harris, Larissa / Artforum International
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