Kharkiv - the administrative center of the Kharkiv region. During the 1920-1934 biennium - the capital of Soviet Ukraine. Kharkov - is the second most populous city in Ukraine, there are about half a million people.
The city was founded in 1654 on the site of the ancient city Donets. The city rivers Kharkiv, Lopan, Uda.
The city is the largest square in Europe - Freedom Square.
Museum of Kharkov:
• Kharkiv Historical Museum;
• Kharkiv Art Museum;
• Folk Art Museum Slobozhanshchina;
• Museum of Natural History;
• Literary Museum;
• Aerospace Museum, and more.
Attractions in Kharkiv:
• St. Basil's Cathedral, 1689;
• Cathedral of the Assumption, XVIII century.;
• Catherine Palace, XVIII century.;
• Provision store, XVIII century. Etc..
Notable natives of Kharkov are:
• Ludmila Gurchenko - actress;
• V. Afanasyev - founder of the first Ukrainian puppet theater;
• Leonid Bykov - actor;
• Vladimir Bessonov - player, coach,
• Alona and Kateryna Bondarenko - tennis;
• Mary Burmaka - singer;
• Yana Dementieva - Olympic champion, vesluvalnytsya;
• Vasyl Karazin - scientist;
• Ivan Sirko - Ataman Zaporizhzhya Sich;
• Ignat Khotkevych - writer, composer and politician;
• Valeriy Shiryaev - player;
• Andrew Tsaplienko - journalist.
In Kharkiv annually hosts numerous festivals.