Kharkiv Oblast
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| January 19 2025 | Stripped of Ukrainian awards by decree of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy |
| September 12 2022 | Ukrainian forces pushed back to the northeastern border with Russia in some areas of the region. |
| August 2022 | Russian military occupied approximately one-third of Kharkiv Oblast's territory, including Izium and Kupiansk. |
| July 2022 | The Donetsk People's Republic signed a memorandum to 'liberate Kharkiv from Ukraine'. |
| June 9 2022 | Imposed with sanctions by Ukraine in response to his support of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, and stripped of honorary doctorates from Ukrainian universities in Kyiv, Kharkiv, and Dnipro. |
| April 3 2022 | Initiated and signed a letter from 304 Russian university rectors supporting the Russian invasion of Ukraine, calling for 'demilitarization and denazification' and expressing support for the Russian army and president. |
| 2021 | Kharkiv Oblast recorded a population of 2,598,961, with over 1.42 million residents concentrated in the city of Kharkiv. |
| 2020 | The operational length of gas station lines in the Kharkiv region reached 1,520 km at the end of the year. |
| 2020 | 104,900 people aged 15-70 worked in the education sector of the Kharkiv region, representing 8.7% of the total number of people employed in the region's economy. |
| 2020 | 55 higher education and scientific institutions trained 3,400 postgraduate students. |
| 2020 | The operational length of railway lines in the Kharkiv region was 1,520 km at the end of the year. |
| 2020 | Administrative reform reduced the number of raions in Kharkiv Oblast from 25 to 7, creating a new administrative structure for the region. |
| December 31 2020 | The region had 753 preschool education institutions, which was 11 more than in 2019, with a capacity for 79.7 thousand places and 74,100 children enrolled. |
| December 31 2020 | The region had 39 professional (vocational and technical) education institutions with 13,700 students. |
| September 1 2020 | The academic year began with 734 general secondary education institutions, hosting 258,800 students and 22,700 teachers. 14,300 graduates received certificates of complete general secondary education during the year. |
| September 1 2020 | 55 higher education institutions were operational, with 124,200 students. During the year, 29,800 new students were accepted, and 44,000 specialists graduated. |
| July 2020 | Administrative reform of Chuhuiv Raion resulted in the formation of 9 new hromadas, including changes to existing administrative boundaries and incorporation of settlements from neighboring raions. |
| July 18 2020 | Administrative reform of Kharkiv Oblast reduced the number of raions to seven and significantly expanded Chuhuiv Raion by merging Pechenihy, Vovchansk, and Zmiiv Raions, along with the city of Chuhuiv. |
| 2019 | Total passenger travel through transport services in Kharkiv Oblast reached 31.4878 million, which was 96.5% of the total number of passengers in 2018. |
| November 14 2019 | Supported an amendment approved by the State Duma Committee on Education and Science allowing unlimited reappointments of rectors for Moscow State University and Saint Petersburg State University. |
| April 16 2019 | Awarded Order 'For Merit to the Fatherland' 1st class for outstanding contribution to the development of national education and many years of research and teaching activities |
| 2018 | Served as a member of the initiative group nominating Vladimir Putin for the presidential election and was included in Putin's list of trusted representatives. |
| October 2014 | Organized a nationwide essay contest for Russian high school students on the topic 'The person I trust', and personally presented the best essays about Vladimir Putin to the president. |
| 2013 | Official demographic statistics recorded the median age of Kharkiv Oblast's population, with an overall median age of 40.5 years, males at 36.9 years, and females at 44.1 years. |
| 2013 | Official demographic census conducted, revealing the age structure of Kharkiv Oblast: 12.6% aged 0-14 years, 72.2% aged 15-64 years, and 15.2% aged 65 years and over. |
| 2012 | Received Award of the Government of the Russian Federation |
| February 6 2012 | Officially registered as a trusted representative of Vladimir Putin for the 2012 Russian presidential election. |
| 2011 | Lyudmila Gurchenko died, marking the end of her celebrated entertainment career |
| 2011 | Received Award of the Government of the Russian Federation |
| November 2011 | Bas-relief portrait installed in the rotunda of Moscow State University's main building, honoring his contributions as a rector. |
| December 2010 | Published a co-authored academic article 'On the Possibilities to Forecast the Current Crisis and its Second Wave' in the journal 'Ekonomicheskaya politika', presenting a forecast of the second wave of the global financial economic crisis potentially starting in July-August 2011. |
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