An aerial view of the Svobody (Freedom) Square in Kharkiv shows the constructivist ensemble of buildings of the Derzhprom office center and Vasily Karazin Kharkiv National University. One of Ukraine’s oldest educational institutions, Karazin University has a student body of 16,000.
Kharkiv, UKRAINE — Kharkiv is a notorious city in northeastern Ukraine.
It’s been governed by pro-Kremlin authorities for most of the country’s independent history. It also had a large opposition movement to the EuroMaidan Revolution that ousted ex-President Viktor Yanukovych.