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Kharkiv
Kharkiv , Rus. Kharkov, city (1990 est. pop. 1,600,000), capital of Kharkiv region, E Ukraine, at the confluence of the Kharkiv, Lopan, and Udy rivers in the upper Donets valley. Ukraine's second largest city, Kharkiv is also one of the country's main rail junctions and economic and cultural cente... Read more
Simon Kuznets
Simon Kuznets , 1901-85, American economist, b. Kharkiv, Russia (now in Ukraine), grad. Columbia (B.S., 1923; M.A., 1924; Ph.D., 1926). He emigrated to the United States in 1922. After serving as a fellow on the Social Science Research Council (1925-27), he worked for the National Bureau of Economic... Read more
Poltava
Poltava , city (1989 pop. 315,000), capital of Poltava region, E Ukraine, on the Kiev-Kharkiv highway and on the Vorskla River, a tributary of the Dnieper. It is an industrial center and important rail junction in the rich black-earth agricultural region. The city has railroad shops, food- and tobac... Read more
Odessa
Odessa , Ukr. Odesa, city (1989 pop. 1,115,000), capital of Odessa region, in Ukraine, a port on Odessa Bay of the Black Sea. The third largest Ukrainian city after Kiev and Kharkiv, Odessa is an important rail junction and highway hub and is a major industrial, cultural, scientific, and resort ce... Read more
Kiev
Kiev , Ukrainian Kyyiv, Rus. Kiyev, city (1990 est. pop. 2,600,000) and municipality with the status of a region (oblast), capital of Ukraine and of Kiev region, a port on the Dnieper River. The largest city of Ukraine, Kiev is a leading industrial, commercial, and cultural center. Food processi... Read more
Ukraine
Ukraine , Ukr. Ukraina, republic (2005 est. pop. 47,425,000), 232,046 sq mi (601,000 sq km), E Europe. It borders on Poland in the northwest; on Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, and Moldova in the southwest; on the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov in the south; on Russia in the east and northeast; and on ... Read more

Encyclopedia entries related to "Kharkiv"

Kharkiv
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Kharkiv , Rus. Kharkov, city (1990 est. pop. 1,600,000), capital of Kharkiv region, E Ukraine, at the confluence of the Kharkiv, Lopan, and Udy rivers in the upper Donets valley. Ukraine's second largest city, Kharkiv is also...
Ivashko, Vladimir Antonovich
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Russian History ...Ukraine and made his career in politics. He graduated from the Kharkiv Mining Institute in 1956 and joined the Communist Party in 1960. In 1978 he was appointed secretary of the Kharkiv oblast (provincial) committee of the Party, and by 1986 he...
Ukraine
Encyclopedia entry from: World Press Encyclopedia ...Russian Empire, came out in the Russian language with Kharkovsky Ezhenedel ń ik ( Kharkiv Weekly ) in 1812, Kharkovskie Izvestiya ( Kharkiv News ) in 1817, and the magazine Ukrainsky Vestnik ( Ukrainian Herald ) in 1816, just to name...
Odessa
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...Black Sea. The third largest Ukrainian city after Kiev and Kharkiv, Odessa is an important rail junction and highway hub and...1819 to 1849, and in 1866 it was linked by rail with Kiev, Kharkiv, and the Romanian city of Jassy. Industrialization began...
Kharkov
Book article from: World Encyclopedia Kharkov ( Kharkiv ) City in ne Ukraine. It was founded in the 17th century to serve as a stronghold for the Ukrainian Cossacks defending Russia...
Boris Artzybasheff
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Boris Artzybasheff , 1899-1965, American draftsman, illustrator, writer, and cartoonist, b. Kharkiv, Russia (now in Ukraine); son of Mikhail Petrovich Artzybashev . In 1919 he went to New York City, where he worked in an engraving...
place-name changes
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to World War II ...Bahru Johor Baharu Juba river Jubba river Kalinin Tver Karen state Kayin state Kassa Košice Katanga Shaba Kharkov Kharkiv Kiangsu Jiangsu Kiev Kyiv Kirgizia Kyrgystan Kissoué Kiswe Knocke Knokke-Heist Konigsberg Kaliningrad Koritsa Korc...
Simferopol
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...pop. 344,000), capital of the autonomous republic of Crimea, S Ukraine, on the Salgir River and on the Sevastopol-Kharkiv rail line. It is a land and water transport hub and a commercial center in the heart of a truck-farming and fruit-growing...
Simon Kuznets
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Simon Kuznets , 1901-85, American economist, b. Kharkiv, Russia (now in Ukraine), grad. Columbia (B.S., 1923; M.A., 1924; Ph.D., 1926). He emigrated to the United...
Ukrainian literature
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...ethnography is represented in the works of Levko Borovykovsky (1806-89) and Ambros Metlynsky (1814-70), poets of the Kharkiv romantic school. With the founding in the 1830s of a university in Kiev, the capital became once again the cultural center...

Dictionary entries related to "Kharkiv"

Tatlin, Vladimir
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Art Tatlin, Vladimir ( b Kharkov [now Kharkiv], Ukraine, 12 Dec. 1885; d Moscow, 31 May 1953). Russian painter, designer, and maker of abstract constructions, the...
Burliuk, David
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Art Burliuk, David ( b Kharkiv, Ukraine, 21 July 1882; d Southampton, Long Island, NY, 15 Jan. 1967) and Vladimir ( b Chernyanka, Ukraine, 27 Mar...

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Kharkiv Oblast trade delegation takes home results from U.S. visit
Newspaper article from: Ukrainian Weekly, The; 2/24/2002; ; 664 words ; ...CINCINNATI - A trade delegation from the Kharkiv Oblast has completed its swing through...development units, the delegation pitched the Kharkiv Oblast in Columbus, Cleveland and Cincinnati...delegation made the Ohio trip via the Kharkiv Partnership, a program designed to accelerate...
Cincinnati-Kharkiv sister cities formally renew their relationship
Newspaper article from: Ukrainian Weekly, The; 12/14/2003; ; 610 words ; ...sister city delegation led by the mayor of Kharkiv has completed a weeklong visit to Cincinnati...renewal of the 14-year-old Cincinnati-Kharkiv sister city agreement. The signing of a new agreement by Kharkiv Mayor Volodymyr Shumilkin and Cincinnati...
UKRAINE-KHARKIV-UNEMPLOYMENT-INTERVIEW.
Newspaper article from: Ukraine News; 3/4/2009; 634 words ; UKRAINE-KHARKIV-UNEMPLOYMENT-INTERVIEW Unemployment in Kharkiv worst in Ukraine, according to study Kyiv, March 3 (Interfax-Ukraine) - Kharkiv has the highest unemployment in Ukraine, experts from the Kharkiv branch of Kyiv Horshenin...
UKRAINE-KHARKIV-EURO-2012.
Newspaper article from: Ukraine News; 5/14/2009; 507 words ; UKRAINE-KHARKIV-EURO-2012 Kharkiv positive about preliminary success in Euro 2012 hosting competition Kharkiv, May 14 (Interfax-Ukraine) - Kharkiv is positive about its preliminary success in competition to host Euro 2012 football championship...
UKRAINE-KHARKIV-METRO.
Newspaper article from: Ukraine News; 8/21/2004; 514 words ; UKRAINE-KHARKIV-METRO Kuchma participates in opening ceremony of two new metro stations in Kharkiv Kharkiv, August 21 (Interfax-Ukraine) - Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma took part in the opening ceremony of two new metro stations in...
Kharkiv broadcast journalists observe their American counterparts
Newspaper article from: Ukrainian Weekly, The; 12/15/2002; ; 620 words ; ...12-15-2002 CINCINNATI - A group of Kharkiv-area broadcast journalists has completed...program was organized by the Cincinnati-Kharkiv Sister City Project under a Community...of democracy and free enterprise. The Kharkiv journalists met with their counterparts...
UKRAINE-LIBYA-KHARKIV-AIRCRAFT-PRODUCER-AIRCRAFT-SUPPLY.
Newspaper article from: Ukraine News; 8/15/2005; 562 words ; UKRAINE-LIBYA-KHARKIV-AIRCRAFT-PRODUCER-AIRCRAFT-SUPPLY Kharkiv Aviation Production Enterprise to supply Libya with VIP version of AN-74 TK-300 Kharkiv, August 15 (Interfax-Ukraine) - Kharkiv State...
Delegation from Kharkiv visits U.S. cities to promote investment
Newspaper article from: Ukrainian Weekly, The; 10/22/2000; ; 700+ words ; ...Weekly, The 10-22-2000 Delegation from Kharkiv visits U.S. cities to promote investment...WASHINGTON - An official delegation from the Kharkiv Oblast led by its chairman, Oleh Diomin...in support of the U.S.-sponsored "Kharkiv Initiative." This initiative was launched...
UKRAINE-KHARKIV-EURO-HOTELS.
Newspaper article from: Ukraine News; 7/30/2009; 567 words ; UKRAINE-KHARKIV-EURO-HOTELS Kharkiv authorities preparing city for Euro 2012 assigning categories...Ukraine) - Sun Light Hotel, at 19B, Kyrgyzska Street in Kharkiv, on July 20 was awarded a certificate of correspondence to the...
Ukraine gets ready to elect a president: Kharkiv electorate confounds
Newspaper article from: Ukrainian Weekly, The; 6/26/1994; ; 693 words ; ...Ukraine gets ready to elect a president: Kharkiv electorate confounds. pundits This bustling...are seriously campaigning in this city. Kharkiv's citizens have essentially been left...President The prevailing wisdom has it that Kharkiv, as well as much of eastern Ukraine...