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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.Kharkov - a city in northeastern UkraineKharkov - a city in northeastern Ukraine; former capital of the Ukraine
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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The first diary was kept by an unknown member of the 23rd Panzer Division from the German victory at Kharkov in April 1942 through the advance through the Caucasus to defeat at Stalingrad in March 1943.
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