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Khmelnytskyi region
The Khmelnytskyi Region is located
in the western part of Ukraine in the
VolynoPodilska highlands.
The region borders on Vinnytsia in
the east, Ternopil in the west, Rivne in
the northwest and Chernivtsi in the
south.
The area of the Khmelnytskyi Region
is 20 600 km2.
As for its administrative division, the
region has 13 cities, 20 districts and
many villages.
The largest cities are Khmelnytskyi,
and KamianetsPodilskyi.
The other cities and towns are rather
small as for their population.
Population of the Khmelnytskyi
Region is 1 509 000.
kherson
Kherson is the region capital, a large
sea and river port and railway junction.
It is situated in the steppe of the Black
Sea Lowland on both banks of the
Dnieper River directly north of the
Black Sea and the Sea of Azov.
Kherson was founded in 1778 as
a fortress to protect the southern
frontiers.
The first mention of Kherson in the
chronicles occurred in 1737.
Among the city’s architectural
monuments are the remnants of the
fortress walls and gates, the Black
Sea Hospital, the naval arsenal
(18th century), and the Cathedral of
the Transfiguration (1781).
The city’s many museums and
theatres are open to the visitors.
There is a regionalhistory museum,
an art museum, a planetarium.
Kherson region
The Kherson Region is situated in the
south of Ukraine, the zone of steppes,
which reaches the Dnieper.
The territory of the region is situated
on the Black Sea Lowland.
The area is 28 500 km2.
The population is more than
1 000 000 people.
Administrative division: the area
consists of 18 rural districts and
3 municipal districts in the Kherson
city.
kharkiv
Kharkiv is quite an old city.
It was founded about 350 years ago.
The city is situated on the plateau sur
rounded by the Kharkiv and the Lopan
rivers.
According to the popular legend the
city is named after Cossack Kharko.
Kharkiv is the historical capital of
Slobidska Ukraine.
With the foundation of Kharkiv Uni
versity in 1805 the city became an
important educational and cultural
centre of Ukraine and the Russian
Empire as a whole.
Such cultural figures as Kvitka
Osnovianenko, HulackArtemovsky,
Kostomarov, Repin lived and worked
in Kharkiv.
Kharkiv region
The region is situated in the north
eastern part of Ukraine and it used to
be called Slobozhanshchina.
The region borders on Russia.
The area of the Kharkiv Region is
31 400 km2.
Its population is about
3 000 000 people.
There are 27 districts and 17 cities in
the region.
Kharkiv is the administrative centre of
the region.
kamianets-Podilskyi
KamianetsPodilskyi is one of the
oldest cities of Podillia, Ukraine and
Europe.
The city stands out on the high banks
of the Smotrych River and is fortified
by high stone walls, old towers and
bastions.
Every historic period changed the
topography and architecture of the
Old Town.
Here we can see Orthodox and
Catholic temples.
Ivano-Frankivsk
IvanoFrankivsk is an important
railway and highway junction, the
second largest city in Galicia.
It is situated in the western part
of Ukraine in very picturesque
surroundings near the confluence
of the BystrytsiaNadvirnianska and
BystrytsiaSolotvynska, which are the
tributaries of the Bystrytsia.
The total area of the city is
3890 hectars.
It was called Stanislav until 1962.
Its population is 233 0
Ivano-Frankivsk region
The IvanoFrankivsk Region is located
in the southwest of Ukraine at the
juncture of the EastEuropean Plain
and the Ukrainian Carpathians.
Its territory is 13 900 km2.
Population — 1.5 million people.
The IvanoFrankivsk Region is the
18th region of Ukraine as for the
population and the 22nd as for the
territory.
It comprises 14 administrative
districts and 5 cities and towns of the
regional subordination.
Donetsk
Donetsk is a large industrial, scientific
and cultural city of Ukraine.
It is the centre of coalmining
industry.
It is also the main fuel base of Ukraine.
It was founded in 1869.
Until 1924 it was called Uzovka.
Donetsk region
The Donetsk Region is the
easternmost region of southern
Ukraine.
Its southern part is washed by the Sea
of Azov.
Its total area is 26 500 km2.
The population of the region
is 5 000 900.
It is divided into 18 regions and
48 cities.
Donetsk is the region’s capital.
The Donetsk Region consists of an
undulating plain dissected by river
valleys, ravines, and gullies.
The southeastern part consists of the
Donets Ridge (up to 350 m in
elevation).