Kharkov ndi mzinda wokongola wokongola womwe unkawoneka kuti ndi wofanana ndi lviv m'manga, zokhazokha. Pafupifupi, ndizofanana ndi Dnepropetrovsk. Mzindawu sunali pachabe likulu la Ukraine - amayenera mutuwu.
Wodziwana wanga woyamba ndi Kharkov anali panjira yopita ku Imy. Ndinatuluka pa station, ndikupumira mlengalenga wake, ndipo ndinazungulira bwalo laling'ono ndikupita ku sitima yake. Chiboliboli chokhala ndi Chaukulu, nagwira dziko lapansi, anakumbutsa mzindawu. Kubwerera kumbuyo, ndinatuluka kale, ndinali madzulo, kuwotcha nyali, inali yamdima. Inafika pamsewu, komwe timapita kumayendedwe osiyanasiyana. Nthawi zonse zimakhala zosangalatsa kwambiri, makamaka ndi mzinda watsopano, ndikupeza chomwe chilipo, ndikufuna kuyimitsa nthawi ndi kuyendayenda m'misewu, kenako kupitanso. Ndipo mwina palibe chosangalatsa kumeneko, koma mukadutsa, chidwi chake chimangokhala chikukwera nthawi iliyonse.
Kufika kamodzi mwadala ku Kharkov, kusirira kunayamba mwachindunji. Kujambula kwa denga ndi Prolecatian-APRARD muuning munyumba yomanga njanji. Kenako panali misewu yokongola yokhala ndi nyumba zokongola, zazikulu, mabwalo ambiri chabe, matchalitchi ambiri, matchalitchi osiyanasiyana ndi malo ochulukirapo omwe mungakonzekere mkati mwamsewu.
Tinakhala magawo awiri kuchokera ku Stadium yatsopano yatsopano. Ili pakati pa nyumba zokwera kwambiri komanso misewu yayikulu komanso chiyembekezo. Palibe mitengo yozungulira ndipo pakati pa denga lalikulu la chipululu, bwaloli likukwera. Sitinapite kumachesi, koma adakwera panjira yapansi panthaka. Inali metro yachitatu komanso yomaliza ku Ukraine, yomwe ndimayenda, pomaliza, ndiye kuti ndiyankhule. Siteshoni idatchedwa ma misonkhano. Metro ndizachizolowezi, monga kwina, palibe mawonekedwe: nthambi zochepa komanso panthaka chabe. Kapangidwe kameneka kwa kapangidwe ka mzindawo kunapangitsa kuti pakhale njira yofananira.
Kupita kuchokera ku masikono apamtunda, mutha kulowa m'tawuni yakale, yokhala ndi nyumba zotsika zotsika ziwiri. Uko nkhuni mitengo, tchalitchi cha chimbudzi cha namwaliyo wodala, pomwe kuphatikiza njerwa zofiira ndi zonyezimira zikusiyana komanso mogwirizana ndi zomangamanga mzindawo. Palibe Mtsinje umodzi kudutsa mu mzinda, kuti utha kuyenda m'mabatani ndikusangalala ndi ulendowu. Zosiyanasiyana zimakhala pakati pa mzindawo.
Kharkov Zinkandiwoneka Mzinda Wosiyanitsa Zinthu, motero kwambiri anali ndi madera atsopano ogona nyumba zakale, zomanga zamakachisi ndi zizindikilo zamakono, zimatchulanso za nthawi ya Soviet. Ziyembekezero zili pamzinda waukulu mumzinda uno, msewu umakhala gawo limodzi.
Kwa masiku atatu, adakhala kuno, kwathunthu ndipo sanamve kuti mzindawu udaphatikizidwa ndikuwunika. Ulendowu unachitika, koma ndi kumverera pang'ono kosatheka, ngati kuti kuno ndi koyenera kubwerera ndikupita m'misewu yatsopano.