Kharkov
Americannoun
noun
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For photographers, Ukraine is "a bit of a mecca", explains Iain, because of two big Russian camera factories, the FED factory in Kharkov and the Zavod Arsenal factory in Kyiv.
From BBC • Mar. 7, 2022
"We're not going to run away and abandon our beloved city of Kharkov, this means we have to learn how to defend it," the Russian-speaker told Reuters.
From Reuters • Feb. 7, 2022
In 1969 Zhabotinsky was sidelined by surgery; after earning a doctorate from the Kharkov Pedagogical Institute, he returned to the sport in 1973.
From New York Times • Jan. 16, 2016
Some include Kharkov and Dnipropetrovsk, cities that are still hundreds of miles away from the fighting.
From Slate • Aug. 29, 2014
By the time they left Voronezh in August 1943, the 586th had helped to liberate Kharkov and had shot down ten German aircraft—and they weren’t even fighting at the front.
From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein
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