Kharkov Travel Guide
Kharkov is located in the Eastern part of Ukraine in the valley of rivers Kharkov, Lopan’ and Uda. At the territory of the city these rivers join and 
flow into river Donets. The territory of modern Kharkov city covers 300 square kilometers and is divided into nine districts. The name of the city can be written in two ways Kharkov (transliterated from Russian language) and Kharkiv (transliterated from Ukrainian language). Today Kharkov with population of about 2 millions is the second-largest city in Ukraine after the capital, Kiev.
Kharkiv is the city which can be said to produce everything – from a needle to an aircraft. More than 380 industrial enterprises are located in the city. Among them enterprises which are working in machine-building, electrotechnical, instrument-making, energy, food and light industries. The city of Kharkov is very big industrial and business centre of Ukraine. International airport of the city has about 200 flights a day; almost all of them are passenger flights. To see sights of Kharkov and feel the soul of the city we'd advice you contact translator, interpreter and guide in Kharkov. You can be sure to get Best services & best rates.
Kharkov is not only an industrial and business center of Ukraine, it is also a city with a long and glorious history. From 1918 to 1934 years Kharkov was the official capital of Ukraine. In 2004 the city celebrated its 350 anniversary and today it is one of the largest cultural and scientific centers of Ukraine and Eastern Europe. The city has about 60 scientific-research institutes, 13 national universities and numerous professional, technical and private higher education institutions, offering its students a wide range of disciplines.
The architecture of Kharkov Ukraine and its sightseeing attracts a lot of tourists. Uspenskiy (Dormition) Cathedral, Blagoveshenskiy (the Annunciation) Cathedral, Intercession Cathedral, Catholic Cathedral, Memorial Complex of Glory, Freedom Square which is the third large square in the Europe and the seventh in the world (according to list of city squares by size), Taras Shevchenko Monument, Mirror Stream, Militia Museum and many others.
The name of widely famous philosopher and educator Hrihoriy Skovoroda and painter Ilya Repin are connected with Kharkov (Kharkiv Ukraine). Skovoroda lectured at Kharkov Collegium. He died here in 1794 and was buried here. The house, where this famous painter Ilya Repin was born in a little town of Chuhuiv, not far from Kharkov and spent his childhood there. The exposition of his house-museum tells the visitors about his life and activity.
Kharkov Travel Guide will help you to visit the most interesting places in the city. Find below must see places in Kharkov Ukraine.
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Annunciation Cathedral in Kharkov
Cathedral of the Annunciation of Mother of God or the Annunciation Cathedral is located in Kharkov, on the Karl Marx Square, 1, and is the cathedral of the Kharkov Diocese of Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Moscow Patriarchate.The first church in the name
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Assumption Cathedral in Kharkov
Cathedral of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, also known as the Assumption Cathedral, is the oldest Orthodox Church in Kharkov, erected in honor of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary. The cathedral is located in the heart of the city on
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Freedom Square in Kharkov
Freedom Square in Kharkov is the central square of the city, the sixth-largest square in Europe and the twelfth in the world. Since its inception and until 1996 the square had the name of Dzerzhinsky, during the Great Patriotic War, in 1942 the German
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Aerial ropeway in Kharkov
The aerial ropeway in Kharkov is a walking and transport system, which links the Sumskaya Street near the cinema "Park" with Pavlovo Pole (Paul's Field), passing through Gorky Park and Sarzhin Yar.The aerial ropeway was commissioned in 1971. When its
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Kharkov Opera and Ballet Theatre
Kharkov National Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre named after N. Lysenko is the first Ukrainian steady-state opera house, where performances are put on the Ukrainian, Russian, French and Italian.The organization of the theater dates back to 1925 as the
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Museum of the police in Kharkov
Museum of the police in Kharkov is one of the most interesting places to visit, because it offers a rather extensive exposition for tourists, which was collected over a fairly long period of existence of the museum. The uniqueness of the Kharkov police
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Intercession Cathedral in Kharkov
Cathedral of the Intercession of Holy Virgin or Intercession Cathedral is located in Kharkov on the University Street, 8, and is the parish church in Kharkov Diocese of Ukrainian Orthodox Church, built in the name of Intercession of Holy Virgin.
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Cascade. Cascade stairs in Kharkov
Kharkov Cascade stairs or Cascade is located in the western part of the city park named after T.G. Shevchenko. It’s the name of the fountain, which was donated to the city for the celebration of its 300 anniversary in 1954. Why the cascade has the
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Sumskaya Street in Kharkov
Sumskaya Street, named Karl Liebknecht Street from 1924 to 1941, is the main street of Kharkov. It connects the Constitution Square with Gorky Park and Forest Park and then turns in the Belgorod Highway. The part of the street from Theatre Square to
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Shevchenko Drama Theatre in Kharkov
Kharkov State Academic Ukrainian Drama Theatre named after Shevchenko was founded in 1934 on the basis of the shattered theater “Berezil”. In 1935 the again based theater was named after T.G. Shevchenko, and in 1947 it received the honorary
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Memorial complex of Glory in Kharkov
In Kharkov, in the Forest Park in 1977 there was opened a beautiful and majestic memorial complex. The Complex of Glory immortalized the immortal and unforgettable feat of Soviet citizens in the fight against the Nazi invaders. The place for the memorial
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Constitution Square in Kharkov
Constitution Square in Kharkov is the central and the oldest square in the city, which was founded in 1659 simultaneously with the erection of the Kharkov prison. The Constitution Square has changed a lot of names for more than 3 centuries of its
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Shevchenko Garden in Kharkov
Shevchenko Garden is situated in the Kharkov’s centre and is a city park. It was founded in the years 1804 – 1805 by Vasily Nazarovich Karazin, the famous founder of the Kharkov University. The Garden was initially laid out in the virgin oak
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The railway station square in Kharkov
The foundation of the railway station square was arranged to opening the railway “Kursk – Kharkov – Azov” at the end of the sixties of the 20th century. There was initially at this place, named earlier Arkhieriskaya Levada, a
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Shevchenko Monument in Kharkov
The Monument to Taras Grigorievich Shevchenko, perpetuates the name of the great Ukrainian poet, writer, painter, thinker and kobzar. The monument is located in the city centre in the Shevchenko Garden in the central alley and is one of the most
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Gorky Park in Kharkov
Gorky Park is a main park of Kharkov. The park takes up more than 130 ha. The original name of this park from its founding till 1919 was the Nikolaevsky Park or Country Park. In the years of 1920 — 1936 it bore a name of the Utility Park or the
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Small Southern Children’s Railroad in Kharkov
Small Southern Children’s Railroad in Kharkov is a subdivision of Southern Railroad. Young railroaders undergo their theoretical and practical training and education here. The Children’s Railroad is a narrow gauge railroad and connects the
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