Kharkiv, house for sale, Freedom Square
Kharkiv is the second largest city in Ukraine.
It was the first capital of Soviet Ukraine, now the
administrative centre of the Kharkiv Oblast (province), as well
as the administrative centre of the surrounding Kharkivskyi
district within the oblast. The city is located in the northeast
of the country. As of 2006, its population is 1,461,300.
Kharkiv is a major cultural, scientific,
educational, transport and industrial centre of Ukraine. Its
industry specializes mostly in machinery. There are hundreds of
industrial companies in the city.
There is an underground rapid-transit system (metro) with about
35 km (22 mi) of track and 28 stations. A well-known landmark of
Kharkiv is the Freedom Square, which is
currently the third largest city square in Europe, and the 7th
largest square in the world.