Likhachova
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Pervomaiskyi Первомайський |
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| City of regional significance | |||
Railway station
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| Nickname(s): Likhachova | |||
 Pervomaiskyi
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| Coordinates: 49°23′13″N 36°12′51″E / 49.38694°N 36.21417°E | |||
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 Ukraine
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| Oblast |
 Kharkiv Oblast
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| Government | |||
| • Mayor | Mykola Baksheev (Fatherland) | ||
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| • Total | 14.5 km2 (5.6 sq mi) | ||
| Population (2017) | |||
| • Total | 30,389 | ||
| Time zone | CET (UTC+2) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+3) | ||
| Postal code | 64102-6 | ||
| Area code(s) | +380-5748 | ||
| Website | Unofficial website | ||
Pervomaiskyi (Ukrainian: Первомайський) is a city in Kharkiv Oblast (province) of Ukraine, formerly known as Likhachove. Administratively, it is incorporated as a city of oblast significance. It also serves as the administrative center of Pervomaiskyi Raion though administratively it does not belong to the raion. Population: 30,389 (2017 est.) It is the fourth largest city in Kharkiv Oblast.
The city is known for Khimprom, one of the biggest chemical factories in the former USSR. The city has lush green plots and parks, a cultural center named "DK Khimik" and a stadium also named "Khimik".
In 1869 a railway was opened, Курск-Харьков-Sevastopol. In August of the same year a whistle stop was built 80 kilometres from Kharkiv. Trains stopped for water and firewood and the station was named Likhachevo, in honour of a squire Likhachova, whose estate was near a village Sivash in a few kilometres from the railway. Water was supplied from lake Sivash and a water-tower was built.
After the Russian Civil War the (joint) Alekseevskogo, Berekskogo, Upper Bishkinskogo rural Soviets decided to relocate the peasants of these villages to the farm Likhachevo. So in 1924 a settlement was built in Likhachevo which originally was under the jurisdiction of the Upper Bishkinskomu village council. The founders of the village were migrants from the villages of Alexeevka, Berek, Maslivka, and Upper-Bishkin. They built streets, such as the 1st of May Street. Agriculture and crafts schools were built, along with a primary school, which both children and adults attended.
In 1927 the village had 13 lots and 56 residents. In 1928, it was 85 lots. The population increased as workers came to work at the brick and mechanical plant, as well as the mill. In September 1929, on the initiative of activists Tolokneeva and Fedoseenko, a gang was organized in the village. At the suggestion of porters, it was called "May 1" in honor of the international proletarian holiday. In early December 1929 Lihachevsky machine-tractor station was organized (one of the first in the Kharkiv district). Lihachevsky MTS first served 30 collective Alexeevski district.
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