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Kharkiv

Ukraine

Watercolour of Kharkiv, Ukraine. At the confluence of the Kharkiv, Lopan, and Udy rivers, centered around the iconic constructivist Derzhprom building on Freedom Square and the Annunciation Cathedral, with UNESCO-tentative Derzhprom Building and Holy Annunciation Cathedral.
AI-generated artistic rendering. Painted from written research on the city's setting, architecture and materials — not from a photograph.
What guided this image
Landmarks
UNESCO-tentative Derzhprom Building; Holy Annunciation Cathedral; Mirror Stream Fountain; Freedom Square; Pokrovsky Monastery; Lopan and Kharkiv; lush Sloboda Ukraine flora; Cossack
Viewpoint
Favor the classic viewpoint looking across the Lopan River toward the striped domes of Annunciation Cathedral or across Shevchenko Garden toward the geometric towers of Derzhprom, showing oak branches and stone balustrades in the foreground, the calm water reflections or wide park alleys in the middle-ground, and the iconic architectural silhouette rising in the background.
Palette
Green should be the predominant color, especially in the thick oak and linden trees of Shevchenko Garden, weeping willows along the Lopan River, and park promenades.
Guarded against
Not Kyiv, Odesa, or Lviv
Population1,421,125Wikidata: 1,439,733
Coordinates49.98°N, 36.25°E
Elevation152 m
Area49 km²
Time zoneEurope/KyivUTC+2
Solar noon11:35clock runs 0.4 h behind the sun

Through the Earth

Dig straight through the Earth from Kharkiv and you surface in open ocean, nearest to Waitangi, New Zealand — 2,556 km from the exact antipodal point.

Nearest cities in the atlas

VoronezhRU279 km
Rostov-on-DonRU399 km
KyivUA411 km
OdesaUA563 km
VolgogradRU614 km
ChisinauMD636 km
MoscowRU648 km
MinskBY737 km

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