General info

Population : 1.5 000. The population of Kharkovskaya region is about 2.9 million.

Area of city : 303 square km.

Province/state : Kharkov is in its own administrative region.

Time zone : Kharkov is 3 hours ahead of Greenwich Mean Time, 7 hours ahead of Eastern Standard Time in the USA and Canada.

The relief is hilly plain with a lot of hollows and gullies. The city stands on 5 hills.

Climate is moderate continental with long but rather mild winter and warm or sometimes even hot summer.

Phone calls : The code of Ukraine is 380. The code of Kharkov is 057(2).

Kharkov is one of the biggest scientific and cultural center of Ukraine. There are more than 60 (scientific) research institutes, over 80 libraries, more than 1670 schools, 80 high schools in the city.

The city is divided into 9 administrative districts: Dzerzhinsky, Kievsky, Kominternovsky, Leninsky, Moskovsky, Oktyabrsky, Ordzhonikidzevsky, Frunzensky, Chervonozavodsky.

Kharkov is a city of glorious traditions, unusual destiny. Kharkovskaya region was formed on the 27 th of February 1932. It is situated in the north-east of Ukraine. The area of city is 210 km from north to south, 220 km from east to west.

The region has a rather high level of economic development. This is due to its favorable geographical position.