Kharkov and Ukraine

So, I'm a Kharkovite by birth. As you could easily guess, I've always been and still remain a fan of our beautiful city, even after I moved to NY, a little bit closer to Atlantic Ocean. If I only could, I'd create here for your pleasure a lot of pages dedicated to Kharkov (or, as it's more correct to spell its name now, Kharkiv) ... Unfortunately, I'm not a writer, not an artist and not even a composer, and besides - thanks God - there are people on the Net that have already done all that, before me and much better than I ever could.

With all said in mind, I'm not gonna annoy you with my amateurish attempts to be an excursion guide. Instead, please take a look at the links I have in my personal bookmark collection: they'll allow you to get an impression of what Kharkov and Ukraine are, how they look like, what people living there do, and much more.

Here we go ... Oops! One more thing: some hosts on the list below are written, partly or completely, in Russian; if you want to read them, you'll need to make some upgrades to your browser - follow this link to find out how to do that.

	First in my list goes Megapolis - a site maintained by the RAIX Group. It's one of the first and most comprehensive Web sites of Kharkov that has been representing our city on the WWW since 1993 (or was it 1992 - I don't even remember exactly). The site's webmaster - Andrey Ripka - is one of my old friends, so if you happen to email him while visiting Megapolis, say him my hello, too :-)
	This is one of the the "main" entry points to the Kharkov Web - KTTS (Kharkov Telegraph and Telephone Station); I used to know quite a few guys working there when I lived in Kharkov, but not any more, only one old friend - Igor Chunikhin - is still holding his position at the Station as a chief of all networks.
	This Another entry point to the Kharkov Web - Kharkov Online. From here you can go anywhere you wish. I didn't use this site too much, but at the first glance it looks promising (although invariably slow).
	A site with a great deal of pictures - Kharkov In Camera - is hosted by the Center of Information Technologies Vostok.
	Another site - in Melbourne, Australia(!) - offering a number of pictures of Kharkov and other photographic materials.
	One more interesting place - Kharkov Party - where one can meet with other Kharkovites and maybe even hit old friends and acquaintances who don't live in the city any longer.
	And, last but not least, the list of Kharkov WWW servers (which seems to be more or less up to date) as reported by Ukrainian little brother of Yahoo! - UA-Hoo.