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KHARKOV , a town of southern Russia, capital of the above government, in 56 37' N. and 25 5' E., in the valley of the Donets, 152 M. by rail S.S.E. of Kursk. Oak forests bound it on two sides. Pop. (1867), 59,968; (1900), 197,405. Kharkov is an archiepiscopal see of the Orthodox Greek Church, and the headquarters of the X. army corps. The four annual fairs are among the busiest in Russia, more especially the Kreshchenskaya or Epiphany fair
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garden , a theological seminary , and a commercial school. The university building was formerly a royal palace. The library contains 170,000 volumes; and the zoological collections are especially rich
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The foundation of Kharkov is assigned to 165o, but there is archaeological evidence of a much earlier occupation of the district
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