Four battles of World War II around the city of Kharkov in Soviet Ukraine (modern Kharkiv in Ukraine) are known as the Battle of Kharkov:
German troops captured the city in the FirstBattle of Kharkov, 1941.
Soviet forces attempted to retake it in the Second Battle of Kharkov (usually known simply as The Battle of Kharkov), May 1942, but were cut off and destroyed.
It is the administrative center of the Kharkiv Oblast (province), as well as the administrative center of the surrounding Kharkivsky Raion (district) within the oblast.
The first railway connection of Kharkiv was opened in 1869.
The first train to arrive in Kharkiv came from the north on May 22nd, 1869, and on June 6th, 1869, traffic was opened on the Kursk-Kharkiv-Azov line.
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