Kharkiv: All Data
1. Lists and Timelines
Kharkiv: Chronology of Mentions
Note: For polities of antiquity, the listed capital or subdivision capital may also represent one or several of the most important cities of the region.
1914 AD
Subdivision Capital of the Governatorate of Kharkov, part of Russian Empire
1917 AD
Mentioned in Event: Russian Civil War
1917 AD
Mentioned in Event: Ukrainian-Soviet War
1917 AD
Mentioned in: Occupation of Kharkiv, part of World War I
1918 AD
Mentioned in Event: Ukrainian-Soviet War
1918 AD
Capital of Donetsk-Krivoi Rog Soviet Republic
1919 AD
Mentioned in Event: South Russia 1919 campaign
1919 AD
Mentioned in Event: Ukrainian-Soviet War
1919 AD
Mentioned in: Second Kharkiv Operation, part of Russian Civil War
1919 AD
Mentioned in: First Kharkiv Operation, part of Russian Civil War
1919 AD
Capital of Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic
1920 AD
Mentioned in Event: Evacuation of Crimea
1922 AD
Mentioned in Event: Treaty on the Creation of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
1923 AD
Subdivision Capital of the Republic of Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, part of USSR
1925 AD
Subdivision Capital of the Republic of Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, part of USSR
1930 AD
Subdivision Capital of the Republic of Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, part of USSR
1941 AD
Mentioned in Event: Battle of the Sea of Azov
1942 AD
Mentioned in: Second Battle of Kharkov, part of World War II
1943 AD
Mentioned in Event: Battle of Kursk
1943 AD
Mentioned in Event: Third Battle of Kharkov
1943 AD
Mentioned in Event: World War II (Eastern Theatre)
1943 AD
Mentioned in: Third Battle of Kharkov, part of Third Battle of Kharkov
1943 AD
Mentioned in: Fourth Battle of Kharkov, part of World War II
1991 AD
Mentioned in Event: Dissolution of the Soviet Union
2022 AD
Mentioned in: Battle of Kharkiv (2022), part of Russian Invasion of Ukraine
2025 AD
Subdivision Capital of the Oblast of Kharkiv Oblast, part of Ukraine