KHARKOW, or CHARKOW, a city of the province Ukraine, in Russia, the capital of a circle of the same name. It is situated on the Donez, where that river receives the waters of the Lepanka and the Charkow. It contains 1552 houses, and 15,000 inhabitants. It is the seat of a university founded in 1813, with twenty-five professors, and 250 students. It enjoys some considerable trade, especially at four great fairs, to which the Asiatics and Turks equally resort. Long. 36. 50. 55. E. Lat. 49. 59. 20. N.