Main facts about Kharkiv in Ukraine
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Kharkiv - the first Ukrainian city, which received the prize of Europe in 2010.
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In Kharkiv in 1932 for the first time in the USSR splintered the atomic nucleus.
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Almost half of the population of the city has a higher or incomplete higher education.
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The largest Square in Ukraine is the Freedom square in Kharkiv.
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21 inhabitants of Kharkiv flew into space.
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The first skyscraper of Ukraine is in Kharkiv - Derzhprom, built in 1928, height is 63 meters.
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Yuri Knorozov from Kharkov deciphered the hieroglyphs of the Maya
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In 2010, Kharkiv was recognized as the best city to live in Ukraine.
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The oldest zoo in Ukraine is in Kharkov
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Kharkiv region size such as Belgium.
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The longest street of Kharkov - Moscow Avenue. Length 18 km
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During World War II Kharkiv was occupied 641 days and released August 23, 1943
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In Kharkiv were born Nobel laureates. Physicist Lev Landau, biologist Ilya Mechnikov, and economist Simon Kuznets
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Market Barabashova in Kharkiv - the largest in Eastern Europe. Its area is 75 hectares.
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Kharkiv - is the largest city in the world located on the 50th parallel.