About Kharkov

    The second largest city in the Ukraine, Kharkov (also known as Kharkiv) is situated in the northeast of the country and serves as one of the main industrial, cultural and educational centers in the country. Kharkov was founded during the 17th century and has had a university since 1805. From 1917 to 1934 it served as capital of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic.

    Today Kharkov has many attractions to be enjoyed by tourists. Kharkov’s Freedom Square is the largest city square in Europe and is second in the world only to the Tiananmen Square. It is a great place to start your sightseeing. After that you may wish to visit the Gosprom, the Mirror Stream, the Militia Museum, the Memorial Complex, the Shevchenko Monument and the Shevchenko Gardens. The Uspensky Cathedral and the Pokriv Cathedral are quite dramatic and look great in photographs. If you manage to fit that all into your trip, the Cable Road is another interesting place to stop. Make Kharkov one of your stops while visiting the Ukraine and take the opportunity to learn more about the country’s turbulent history.

    It was more of a history, but I would like to mention some more places to visit and enjoy and to feel the difference of culture and mentality.

Restaurants/cafes I advise to visit:

“Sloboda” – the best Ukrainian cuisine in Kharkov – August 23 Street, 34a

“Pushka” - Pushkinskaya Street, 31

“Sharikoff” - Kvitky-Osnovyanenko Street, 12

“Melnitsa” - Geroev Truda Street, 2

“Sherwood” – Belgorodskoe Shosse, 1a

“Kompas” – Akademika Pavlova Street, 150

“Abajour” – Sumskaya Street, 19b

“Fiedel” – Sumskaya Steet, 19

“Gostinaya” – Sumskaya Street, 44/2

“Knyazhiy Terem” – Sumskaya Street, 35

“Plombiro Italiano” – Sumskaya Steet

 Disco clubs I advise to go:

“Bolero” – 50 years of VLKSM Ave. , 56

“Radmir” – Akademika Pavlova Street, 271

“Misto” – Klochkovskaya Street, 190-A

“Kompas” – Akademika Pavlova Street, 150

“Holiday” – Gagarina Ave., 43/2

“Jazzter” – Jazz club of live music – Teatralniy by-street 11/13