place_of_birth alexander gavrylyuk
An administrative ___MASK67___ is a seat ___MASK90___ regional administration or local government , or a county town , or the place where the central administration ___MASK90___ a commune is located . Alexander Gavrylyuk ( born 1984 in ___MASK40___ ) is a USSR - born Australian pianist . ___MASK46___ ( translit . " Charkivka oblastj "; also referred to as Kharkivshchyna  "", , translit . " Charjkovskaja oblastj ") is an oblast ( province ) in eastern Ukraine . The oblast borders Russia to the north , ___MASK32___ 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 . The area of the oblast is 31 , 400 km² , corresponding to 5 . 2 % of the total territory of Ukraine . ___MASK40___ (,) is the second - largest city in ___MASK17___ . In the northeast ___MASK90___ the country , it is the largest city ___MASK90___ the Slobozhanshchyna historical region . The city has a population ___MASK90___ about 1 . 5 million people . ___MASK40___ is the administrative centre ___MASK90___ ___MASK46___ and ___MASK90___ the surrounding ___MASK40___ district . ___MASK17___ ( tr . ) is a sovereign state in Eastern Europe , bordered by Russia to the east and northeast , Belarus to the northwest , Poland and ___MASK84___ to the west , Hungary , Romania , and Moldova to the southwest , and the Black Sea and Sea of Azov to the south and southeast , respectively . ___MASK17___ is currently in territorial dispute with Russia over the Crimean Peninsula which Russia annexed in 2014 but which ___MASK17___ and most of the international community recognise as Ukrainian . Including Crimea , ___MASK17___ has an area of , making it the largest country entirely within Europe and the 46th largest country in the world . It has a population of about 44 . 5 million , making it the 32nd most populous country in the world .