The territory of Kharkov region could well contain such countries as Belgium, Luxembourg, Monaco, Vatican, Malta, and Liechtenstein put together, and with their populations. The History of Slobozhanshchina and the Glorious Kharkov City Towns of Kharkov Region Kharkov region was formally created on the 27 February 1932.
Kharkov region is situated in the north-eastern part of Ukraine.
The territory is 31.4 thousand square kilometres. The extension along the south north line is 210 km, along the east west line - 220 km. The total length of 867 rivers is 6.4 thousand km, the length of 156 of those rivers being more than 10 km each. There are also lakes in the region, the biggest of which is Liman. About 50 artificial reservoirs were created, the biggest of them are Krasnooskolskoye, Pechenezhskoye, Krasnopavlovskoye.