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Chuguev) is a
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in the
Kharkiv OblastKharkiv Oblast is an oblast in eastern Ukraine. The oblast borders Russia to the north, Luhansk Oblast to the east, Donetsk Oblast to the south-east, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast to the south-west, Poltava Oblast to the west and Sumy Oblast to the north-west...
(
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) of eastern
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. Serving as the administrative center of the Chuhuivskyi Raion (
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), the city itself is directly subordinate to the oblast, and is located at around .
The estimated population is 36,789 (as of 2001).
There is a notable
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in the city, which particularly focuses on producing
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.
History
The city is most famous for being home of a major
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base and a military
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's academy. There is currently a
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base in the city.
Generally, the city has been an important military point since
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times.
There was a
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School (a
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) in Chuhuyiv before
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.
Chuhuiv is also the birthplace of Ilya Repin, a famous
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n 19th century painter.
There are eight schools in Chuhuyiv (grades 1-11) where several Peace Corps Volunteers have served since 2004.