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21 unusual facts about Kharkiv


4th Guards Kantemirovskaya Tank Division

In the August 1943 formation endured continuous combat on the Belgorod-Kharkiv direction of The Kursk Bulge.

Aeromist-Kharkiv

On 23 December 2003 at 19:29 local time, an Aeromist Antonov An-140 (registered UR-14003) crashed into a mountain near Isfahan, Iran, whilst approaching Isfahan International Airport in poor visibility conditions.

Antonov An-140

Apart from the main production line in Kharkiv by KSAMC, the aircraft is being manufactured in Samara by Aviakor, and assembled under license by HESA in Shahin Shahr, Iran (as the IrAn-140 or Iran-140), from Complete knock-down kits manufactured in Ukraine.

#On 23 December 2002, an Aeromist Kharkiv An-140 carrying many of Ukraine's top aviation designers and engineers crashed into a mountainside, as it was preparing to land at Isfahan, Iran, killing all 44 on board.

Atracom

Maintenance Centre №6 - Kharkiv, Sumy, Konotop, Poltava, Lozova, Kupyansk, Izum, Kremenchuk, Khorol

Iwan Knorr

In 1874 he became a teacher and in 1878 director of music theory instruction at the Imperial Conservatory in Kharkiv, in what is now Ukraine.

Juan Manuel Torres

Juan Manuel Torres, better known as Chaco Torres (born 20 June 1985 in Puerto Vilelas, Chaco), is an Argentine football midfielder who plays in Ukraine for Metalist Kharkiv.

In September 2012, the Argentine fashion model Ivanna Palliotti left Buenos Aires and moved to Kharkiv for her boyfriend, the player of Metalist Kharkiv Chaco Torres.

On June 24, he 2011 signed a three-year contract with Metalist Kharkiv as a free agent.

Kharkiv Beheadings

The judge, Vladimir Trofimov, his wife Irina, their son Sergei and the son's partner, were attacked in the eastern Ukraine city of Kharkiv on December 15, 2012.

Kharkiv-style bandura

Honcharenko's designs were later taken and improved by the next generation of makers such as William Vetzal and Ken Bloom.

Mark Reizen

He studied engineering at the Kharkiv Politechnic, and also voice at the Kharkiv conservatory with the Italian professor Federico Bugamelli in 1919-1920.

Oleg D. Jefimenko

Oleg Dmitrovich Jefimenko (October 14, 1922, Kharkiv, Ukraine - May 14, 2009, Morgantown, West Virginia, USA) - physicist and Professor Emeritus at West Virginia University.

Palais de l'Industrie

:For the "Palace of Industry" in Kharkiv, Ukraine, see Derzhprom

Panathinaikos WPC

The club succeeded in winning against Kharkiv and VK Primorac Kotor (8-11) but it was eventually eliminated from the second group stage.

Saltivska Line

It connects the city's largest residential neighborhood with the Constitution Square and Freedom Square in the city center.

Unique to the Kharkiv Metro is the Saltivska Line's metro bridge, which passes above the Kharkiv River between the Kyivska and Akademika Barabashova stations, respectively.

State Space Agency of Ukraine

The space industry of Ukraine however takes its in 1937 when a group of scientists led by Heorhiy Proskura accomplished a launch of big stratosphere rocket near Kharkiv.

Teodor Filipović

After graduation, he was appointed professor of law history at the University of Harkov in Imperial Russia in 1803.

The Cosmos Rocks

The tour included one of the largest open air concerts in Kharkiv, Ukraine which garnered 350,000 people.

Virlana Tkacz

These pieces were performed at La MaMa in New York, in major theatres in Kiev, Kharkiv and Lviv and at international theatre festivals, as well as in village cultural centers.


Alexander Khvostenko-Khvostov

In 1926 he cooperated in the production of Prokofiev's Love for the three Oranges (one of his most experimental projects that was not performed) in Kharkiv.

Anastasiya Karlovich

She later moved to Kharkiv and in 2007 became a chess journalist as well, having published articles in the newspaper Ladya, magazines New in Chess and Schach 64, the ChessBase website and elsewhere.

Book of Veles

In 1919, a Lieutenant of the White Russian Army, Fedor Arturovich Izenbek, found a bunch of wooden planks written in strange script in a looted mansion of Kurakins near Kharkiv (Ukraine).

Causes of the Holodomor

In order to alleviate the situation, a system of food rationing was initially implemented in Odessa in the second quarter of 1928, and later spread to Mariupol, Kherson, Kiev, Dniprelstan (Dnipropetrovsk), and Kharkiv.

Heino Lipp

Four days after Bob Mathias won the 1948 Olympic decathlon with a total 7,139 points, Lipp, produced a decathlon score considerably higher than that of Mathias, scored 7,584 at a meeting in Tartu, Estonia and month after Olympics scored personal record 7,780 points in Kharkiv.

Irina Zhurina

After studying singing at the Kharkiv Art Institute, she joined the Kharkiv Opera in 1971, where she sang the leading roles in La Traviata, Lucia di Lammermoor, Rigoletto, etc.

Kharkiv International Airport

However, with the award of Euro 2012 to Poland and Ukraine, the Kharkiv International Airport has built a new modern international terminal in order to comply with UEFA regulations.

Kharkiv Theoretical Physics School

The Kharkiv Theoretical Physics School was founded by Lev Landau in Kharkov, Soviet Union (now Kharkiv, Ukraine).

Konstantin Trenyov

Konstantin Andreevich Trenyov (Константи′н Андре′евич Тренё′в, May 21 (June 2) 1876, Baksheevka, Kharkiv, Russian Empire, now Ukraine - May 19, 1945, Moscow, USSR) was a Russian, Soviet playwright and author, USSR State Prize laureate (1941), best known for his Russian Civil War history drama Lyubov Yarovaya (1926).

Korosciatyn massacre

Among the most famous of the citizens of this parish, are Rev. Stanislaw Padewski (bishop of the Roman Catholic diocese of Kharkiv), professor Gabriel Turowski (personal physician of John Paul II) as well as two scientists, professor Michal Lesiow of Lublin’s Maria Curie University and doctor Jan Zaleski of Krakow’s Pedagogical College.

Leonid Haydamaka

He occasionally attended meetings of the NY Society of Classical Guitar, which was led by his pre-revolutionary friend from Kharkiv - Vladimir Bobri.

Mykola Skrypnyk

Rather than recant, on July 7 he shot himself at his desk at his apartment in Derzhprom at Dzerzhynsky Square (Dzerzhynsky Municipal Raion of Kharkiv city).

Nadezhda Zabela-Vrubel

In the season 1894–95 she sang in Tiflis, in 1895–96 in the St Petersburg Private opera, and in 1896–97 in Kharkov.

Nikolai Malko

From 1921 to 1924 he shuttled between Vitebsk, Moscow, Kiev and Kharkiv, conducting in each of these cities.

Oleksandr Hladkyy

Oleksandr Hladkyy started his career in Metalist Kharkiv football academy, and soon after, the young player was invited to another professional club from the city, FC Kharkiv.

Oskol

Krasno-Oskol Reservoir, artificial lake on Oskol River in Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine

Postage stamps and postal history of Ukraine

In 1918 Russian stamps were overprinted with a trident for use in Kiev, Odessa, Yekaterinoslav, Kharkiv, Poltava, Podolia, and Kherson.

Prolisky

The local council is located in Schaslyve, a neighboring village located on the opposite side of the Boryspil Highway, which connects Kiev and the Boryspil International Airport and is part of Highway M-03, Kyiv-Kharkiv.

Sergey Kuznetsov

Syarhey Kuznyatsow (born 1979), Belarusian footballer with FC Metalist Kharkiv and FC Arsenal Kyiv

Ukrvozdukhput

Founded on June 1, 1923 Ukvozduchput began operating on April 15, 1925 when it offered service from Kharkiv to Odessa and Kiev.

Valentyn Galunko

Education: secondary school (village of Slobodo-Shlyshkovetska, Vinnytsia Oblast, 1979), Fitting College (town of Mogyliv-Podilskyi, 1983); Higher Military Command and Engineering College (now Serpukhov Military Academy of Missile troops) (town of Serpukhov, Moscow Oblast, 1988), National Academy of Internal Affairs (city of Kiev, 1998); post-graduate studies at the National Academy of Internal Affairs (2003); doctorate at Kharkiv National Academy of Internal Affairs (2009).

Vipera nikolskii

The type locality, according to Golay et al. (1993), is the banks of the Uda River, between Besljudovka and Vasishtshevo, near Kharkov.