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Battles Of Kharkov
The Battle of Kharkov was any one of four World War II battles in and near the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv (known in Russian language, Russian as ''Kharkov''). In usage the term is sometimes indistinct, perhaps meaning the collection of all fighting at Kharkov including and in between the four named battles, or perhaps meaning just one of the battles without specifying which. For example, soldiers have received awards "for their action in the Battle of Kharkov". The four named battles are: * First Battle of Kharkov, an October 1941 battle in which German troops captured the city * Second Battle of Kharkov, a May 1942 battle in which Soviet forces attempted to retake the city * Third Battle of Kharkov, a February 1943 battle in which Soviet forces were driven out again, and the Germans forces retook the city * Belgorod–Kharkov offensive operation, an August 1943 battle in which Soviet forces retook the city. In German nomenclature, the operation is usually referred to as the Fourth ...
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World War II
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers. World War II was a total war that directly involved more than 100 million personnel from more than 30 countries. The major participants in the war threw their entire economic, industrial, and scientific capabilities behind the war effort, blurring the distinction between civilian and military resources. Aircraft played a major role in the conflict, enabling the strategic bombing of population centres and deploying the only two nuclear weapons ever used in war. World War II was by far the deadliest conflict in human history; it resulted in 70 to 85 million fatalities, mostly among civilians. Tens of millions died due to genocides (including the Holocaust), starvation, ma ...
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Ukrainian City
This is a complete list of cities in Ukraine. On 1 January 2022, there were 461 cities ( uk, місто, ''misto'') in Ukraine. City status is granted by the Verkhovna Rada, the Ukrainian parliament. The city status is only partially related to the size of a populated place in Ukraine. Smaller settlements are urban-type settlements (comparable to towns in English-speaking countries) and villages ( uk, село, ''selo''). Historically, there were systems of city rights, granted by the territorial lords, which defined the status of a place as a ''misto'' or ''selo''. Cities were self-governing and had several privileges. The list of cities is ordered by 2021 estimates of population and compared to the 2001 Ukrainian Census, except for Chernobyl for which population is an unofficial estimate. The cities with special status are shown in ''italic''. Cities in Ukraine Jump to table of cities See also * Geography o ...
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Kharkiv
Kharkiv ( uk, wikt:Харків, Ха́рків, ), also known as Kharkov (russian: Харькoв, ), is the second-largest List of cities in Ukraine, city and List of hromadas of Ukraine, municipality in Ukraine.Kharkiv "never had eastern-western conflicts"
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Located in the northeast of the country, it is the largest city of the historic Sloboda Ukraine, Slobozhanshchyna region. Kharkiv is the administrative centre of Kharkiv Oblast and of the surrounding Kharkiv Raion. The latest population is Kharkiv was founded in 1654 as Kharkiv fortress, and after these humble beginnings, it grew to be a major centre of industry, trade and Ukrainian culture in the Russian Empire. At the beginning of the 20th century, ...
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Russian Language
Russian (russian: русский язык, russkij jazyk, link=no, ) is an East Slavic languages, East Slavic language mainly spoken in Russia. It is the First language, native language of the Russians, and belongs to the Indo-European languages, Indo-European language family. It is one of four living East Slavic languages, and is also a part of the larger Balto-Slavic languages. Besides Russia itself, Russian is an official language in Belarus, Kazakhstan, and Kyrgyzstan, and is used widely as a lingua franca throughout Ukraine, the Caucasus, Central Asia, and to some extent in the Baltic states. It was the De facto#National languages, ''de facto'' language of the former Soviet Union,1977 Soviet Constitution, Constitution and Fundamental Law of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, 1977: Section II, Chapter 6, Article 36 and continues to be used in public life with varying proficiency in all of the post-Soviet states. Russian has over 258 million total speakers worldwide. ...
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First Battle Of Kharkov
The First Battle of Kharkov, so named by Wilhelm Keitel, was the 1941 battle for the city of Kharkiv#German occupation, Kharkov, Ukrainian SSR, during the final phase of Operation Barbarossa between the German 6th Army (Wehrmacht), 6th Army of Army Group South and the Soviet Southwestern Front (Soviet Union), Southwestern Front. The Soviet 38th Army (Soviet Union), 38th Army was ordered to defend the city while its factories were dismantled for relocation farther east. The German 6th Army needed to take the city in order to close the widening gap to the German 17th Army (Wehrmacht), 17th Army. By 20 October the Germans had reached the western edge of the city, it was taken by the 57th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht), 57th Infantry Division by 24 October. At that time, however, most of Kharkov's industrial equipment had been evacuated or rendered useless by the Soviet authorities. Importance of Kharkov Kharkov's railroad system In the autumn of 1941, Kharkov was considered one o ...
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Second Battle Of Kharkov
The Second Battle of Kharkov or Operation Fredericus was an Axis counter-offensive in the region around Kharkov against the Red Army Izium bridgehead offensive conducted 12–28 May 1942, on the Eastern Front during World War II. Its objective was to eliminate the Izium bridgehead over Seversky Donets or the "Barvenkovo bulge" (russian: Барвенковский выступ) which was one of the Soviet offensive's staging areas. After a winter counter-offensive that drove German troops away from Moscow but depleted the Red Army's reserves, the Kharkov offensive was a new Soviet attempt to expand upon their strategic initiative, although it failed to secure a significant element of surprise. On 12 May 1942, Soviet forces under the command of Marshal Semyon Timoshenko launched an offensive against the German 6th Army from a salient established during the winter counter-offensive. After a promising start, the offensive was stopped on 15 May by massive airstrikes. Critical S ...
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Third Battle Of Kharkov
The Third Battle of Kharkov was a series of battles on the Eastern Front of World War II, undertaken by Army Group South of Nazi Germany against the Soviet Red Army, around the city of Kharkov between 19 February and 15 March 1943. Known to the German side as the Donets Campaign, and in the Soviet Union as the Donbas and Kharkov operations, the German counterstrike led to the recapture of the cities of Kharkov and Belgorod. As the German 6th Army was encircled in the Battle of Stalingrad, the Red Army undertook a series of wider attacks against the rest of Army Group South. These culminated on 2 January 1943 when the Red Army launched Operation Star and Operation Gallop, which between January and early February broke German defenses and led to the Soviet recapture of Kharkov, Belgorod, Kursk, as well as Voroshilovgrad and Izium. The Soviet victories caused participating Soviet units to over-extend themselves. Freed on 2 February by the surrender of the German 6th Army, the R ...
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Belgorod–Kharkov Offensive Operation
The Belgorod–Kharkov strategic offensive operation, or simply Belgorod–Kharkov offensive operation, was a Soviet strategic summer offensive that aimed to recapture Belgorod and Kharkov, and destroy the German forces of the 4th Panzer Army and Army Detachment Kempf. The operation was codenamed Operation Polkovodets Rumyantsev (russian: Полководец Румянцев), after the 18th-century Field Marshal Peter Rumyantsev and was conducted by the Voronezh and Steppe Fronts (army groups) in the southern sector of the Kursk Bulge. The battle was referred to as the Fourth Battle of Kharkov (german: Vierte Schlacht bei Charkow) by the Germans. The operation began in the early hours of 3 August 1943, with the objective of following up the successful Soviet defensive effort in the Battle of Kursk. The offensive was directed against the German Army Group South's northern flank. By 23 August, the troops of the Voronezh and Steppe Fronts had recaptured Kharkov. It was the last ...
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Kharkiv Operation (other)
Kharkiv Operation may refer to: *Kharkiv Operation (June 1919), offensive during the Russian Civil War by White forces * Kharkiv Operation (December 1919), offensive during the Russian Civil War by the Red Army *Occupation of Kharkiv (1917) The Occupation of Kharkiv was the first episode of the Ukrainian-Soviet War, during which on 23 December 1917, the Russian Bolsheviks seized the Ukrainian city Kharkiv and installed Soviet power there. The Ukrainian authorities failed to expel ..., first episode of the Ukrainian-Soviet War See also * Battle of Kharkiv (other) * Kharkov (other) * Kharkiv (other) {{Disambiguation ...
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Kharkiv (other)
Kharkiv is a city in Ukraine. Kharkiv may also refer to: * Kharkiv International Airport in Kharkiv, Ukraine * Kharkiv North Airport, Ukraine * Kharkiv (river), a river in Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine * Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine * Kharkiv Raion, a district of Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine * Kharkiv, National University of Kharkiv, Ukraine * 9167 Kharkiv, a main-belt asteroid * FC Metalist Kharkiv, a Ukrainian football team based in Kharkiv, Ukraine * FC Kharkiv, was a professional football club based in Kharkiv, Ukraine See also * * * Kharkov (other), several uses of Kharkov which in some cases may be substituted for Kharkiv * Battle of Kharkiv (other) *Kharkiv Operation (other) Kharkiv Operation may refer to: *Kharkiv Operation (June 1919), offensive during the Russian Civil War by White forces * Kharkiv Operation (December 1919), offensive during the Russian Civil War by the Red Army *Occupation of Kharkiv (1917) T ... * Occupation of Kharkiv (disambigu ...
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Kharkov (other)
Kharkov, the Russian name for Kharkiv, is a city in Ukraine. Kharkov may also refer to: Battles * First Battle of Kharkov (1941), a German offensive in World War II *Second Battle of Kharkov (1942), a German counteroffensive in World War II *Third Battle of Kharkov (1943), a German offensive in World War II *Operation Polkovodets Rumyantsev, also known as Fourth Battle of Kharkov, 1943 People *Catherine Karkov, medieval academic *Sergey Kharkov (born 1970), a Soviet and Russian gymnast Other uses *'' Kharkov: The Soviet Spring Offensive,'' a 1978 board wargame simulating the Second Battle of Kharkov * Air Kharkov, a defunct Ukrainian airline *Kharkov Governorate, a governorate of the Russian Empire *The former name of Norshen, Shirak, Armenia See also * * *Kharkiv (other), uses of Kharkiv which in some cases may be substituted for Kharkov *Kharkiv Operation (other) Kharkiv Operation may refer to: *Kharkiv Operation (June 1919), offensive during the Russian ...
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