Kharkiv Oblast

Kharkiv Oblast (, translit. Kharkivs’ka oblast’; an aa referred tae as  Kharkivshchyna – ) is an oblast (province) in eastren Ukraine. The oblast borders Roushie tae the north, Luhansk Oblast tae the east, Donetsk Oblast tae the sootheast, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast tae the soothwast, Poltava Oblast tae the wast an Sumy Oblast tae the northwast. The aurie o the oblast is 31,400 km², correspondin tae 5.2% o the tot territory o Ukraine.

The oblast is the third maist muckle region o Ukraine, wi a population o 2,857,751 (2004), mair nor hauf (1.5 million) o whom live in the ceety o Kharkiv, the oblast's admeenistrative center. While the Roushie leid is primarily spoken in the ceeties o Kharkiv oblast, elsewhaur in the oblast maist indwallers speak Ukrainian.

 History 

The territory o the Kharkiv oblast haes been permanently inhabitit syne at least the late Paleolithic period (10,000–12,000 year ago) but airchaeological evidence indicates a human (Neanderthal) presence as early as the Mousterian period some 80,000 year ago.

The territory wis relatively spairsely inhabitit till the 1630s, when muckle nummers o Ukrainians began tae settle thare afore an durin the Khmelnytsky Uprisin. Maist o the settlers wur migrants frae the Dnieper region, mony o whom wur fleein fechtin atween Cossacks, Poles an Tatars. Thay cried the newly settled region the Sloboda Ukraine or Slobozhanshchina, as the aurie is still whiles cried, an ruled it frae the newly established fortress-ceety o Kharkiv (foondit 1656). In 1654, the region wis incorporatit intae Muscovy (an subsequently the Roushie Empire) unner the terms o the Treaty o Pereyaslav.

Ower the next 340 year, the aurie became hivily Roushifee'd. Kharkiv itsel became ane o the cultural an admeenistrative centres o the Roushie Empire in the mid-18t century, an served as the caipital o the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic frae 1919 till 1934, when the Soviet authorities muivit the caipital back tae Kiev. The modren Kharkiv oblast is a relatively recent creation, haein been established on 27 Februar 1932. Durin the Holodomor the population o the Kharkiv Oblast thegither wi Kiev Oblast suffered the maist. The region saw major fechtin durin Warld War II in several Battles o Kharkov atween 1941 an 1943.

 Points o interest 
The follaein steids wur nominatit for the Seiven Wonders o Ukraine.
 Derzhprom Biggin
 Pokrov monastery (Kharkiv)
 Skovoroda museum

 Demographics 

Its population (as o 2001) is 2,895,800 million (1328900 males (45,9 %), 1566900 females (54,1%)).

As o the 2001 census, the ethnic groups athin the Kharkiv Oblast are:

 Ukrainians – 70.7%,
 Roushies – 25.6%,
 Belaroushies – 0.5%
 Jews – 0.4%,
 Armenians – 0.4%,
 Azeris – 0.2%,
 Georgians – 0.15%,
 Tatars – 0.14%,
 ithers – 2.1%,;

the groups bi native leid:

Ukrainian 53.8%,
Roushie 44.3%,
ither leids 1.9%.

 Economy 
The Kharkiv oblast haes a primarily industrially based economy, includin ingineerin, metallurgy, manufacturin, production o chemicals an fuid processin. It an aa haes an important agricultural sector wi 19,000 square kilometres o arable land (comprising 5.9% o the tot arable lands o Ukraine).

An aa in Kharkiv is the Airplane plant for space controllin seestems. It is a major centre for aw branches o ingineerin, frae muckle-scale manufactur tae microelectronics. An aa situatit in Kharkiv Oblast is a gas field, which is ane o the biggest in Ukraine.

 Subdiveesions 

The Kharkiv Oblast is admeenistratively subdividit intae 27 raions (destricts), as well as 7 ceeties (municipalities) which are directly subordinate tae the oblast govrenment: Chuhuiv, Izium, Kupiansk, Liubotyn, Lozova, Pervomaiskyi, an the admeenistrative centre o the oblast, Kharkiv.

 Raions o the Kharkiv Oblast   In Scots In Ukrainian Admeenistrative Center  Balakliyskyi Raion Балаклійський район Balakliys'kyi raion Balakliia (Ceety)  Barvinkivskyi Raion Барвінківський район Barvinkivs'kyi raion Barvinkove (Ceety)  Blyzniukivskyi Raion Близнюківський район Blyzniukivs'kyi raion Blyzniuky (Urban-type settlement)  Bohodukhivskyi Raion Богодухівський район Bohodukhivs'kyi raion Bohodukhiv (Ceety)  Borivskyi Raion Борівський район Borivs'kyi raion Borova (Urban-type settlement)  Chuhuivskyi Raion Чугуївський район Chuhuivs'kyi raion Chuhuiv (Ceety)  Derhachivskyi Raion Дергачівський район Derhachivs'kyi raion Derhachi (Ceety)  Dvorichanskyi Raion Дворічанський район Dvorichans'kyi raion Dvorichna (Urban-type settlement)  Iziumskyi Raion Ізюмський район Iziums'kyi raion Izyum (Ceety)  Kehychivskyi Raion Кегичівський район Kehychivs'kyi raion Kehychivka (Urban-type settlement)  Kharkivskyi Raion Харківський район Kharkivs'kyi raion Kharkiv (Ceety)  Kolomatskyi Raion Коломацький район Kolomats'kyi raion Kolomak (Urban-type settlement)  Krasnohradskyi Raion Красноградський район Krasnohrads'kyi raion Krasnohrad (Ceety)  Krasnokutskyi Raion Краснокутський район Krasnokuts'kyi raion Krasnokutsk (Urban-type settlement)  Kupyanskyi Raion Куп'янський район Kupyans'kyi raion Kupiansk (Ceety)  Lozivskyi Raion Лозівський район Lozivs'kyi raion Lozova (Ceety)  Novovodolazkyi Raion Нововодолазький район Novovodolaz'kyi raion Nova Vodolaha (Urban-type settlement)  Pechenizkyi Raion Печенізький район Pecheniz'kyi raion Pechenihy (Urban-type settlement)  Pervomaiskyi Raion Первомайський район Pervomais'kyi raion Pervomaiskyi (Ceety)  Sakhnovshchynskyi Raion Сахновщинський район Sakhnovshchyns'kyi raion Sakhnovshchyna (Urban-type settlement)  Shevchenkivskyi Raion Шевченківський район Shevchenkivs'kyi raion Shevchenkove (Urban-type settlement)  Valkivskyi Raion Валківський район Valkivs'kyi raion Valky (Ceety)  Velykoburlutskyi Raion Великобурлуцький район Velykoburluts'kyi raion Velykyi Burluk (Urban-type settlement)  Vovchanskyi Raion Вовчанський район Vovchans'kyi raion Vovchansk (Ceety)  Zachepylivskyi Raion Зачепилівський район Zachepylivs'kyi raion Zachepylivka (Urban-type settlement)  Zmiivskyi Raion Зміївський район Zmiyivs'kyi raion Zmiiv (Ceety)  Zolochivskyi Raion Золочівський район Zolochivs'kyi raion Zolochiv (Urban-type settlement)

 Nomenclatur 

Maist o Ukraine's oblasts are named efter thair caipital ceeties, offeecially referred tae as "oblast centers" (, translit. oblasnyi tsentr). The name o each oblast is a relative adjective, formed bi addin a feminine suffix tae the name o respective centre ceety: Kharkiv is the centre o  the Kharkivs’ka oblast’ (Kharkiv Oblast). Maist oblasts are an aw whiles referred tae in a feminine noun form, follaein the convention o traditional regional place names, endin wi the suffix "-shchyna", as is the case wi the Kharkiv Oblast, Kharkivshchyna.

 Notes 

 Freemit airtins 
 Kharkiv Oblast Facts & Figures 
 Kharkiv Oblast statistics 
 Maps o Kharkiv oblast Ceeties, Touns an Veelages
 Aboot Kharkiv Oblast 
 Post codes directory o Kharkiv Oblast 


Category:Oblasts o Ukraine
Category:States an territories established in 1932