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Kharkov

American  
[kahr-kawf, -kof, khahr-kuhf] / ˈkɑr kɔf, -kɒf, ˈxɑr kəf /

noun

  1. the Russian name of Kharkiv.


Kharkov British  
/ ˈxarjkəf /

noun

  1. a city in E Ukraine: capital of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic (1917–34); university (1805). Pop: 1 436 000 (2005 est)

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From our area a lot of men have left... men from Kharkov, Zaporoje, Lugansk, Donetsk.

From BBC Mar. 3, 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

His family moved to Kharkov, where they endured the Nazi occupation.

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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