This coin commemorates the Kharkiv Oblast, an area located in northeastern Ukraine. A center of higher education and science, the oblast is also one of the largest industrial, economic and cultural regions in Ukraine. The region's advantageous economic and geographical location encouraged the development of electrical, electrical, transportation and agricultural engineering, and metallurgy. The products of Kharkiv mechanical engineering plants have achieved international recognition. These include the production of the Kharkiv Tractor Plant, the Kharkiv Tractor Engine Plant, the State Aircraft Factory and the Self-Propelled Chassis Factory. The oblast is rich in mineral resources, such as gas, oil, lignite and lignite, rock salt, phosphates, ocher, clay, sands, limestone and limestone. The region's high-yielding black soils and favorable climate have earned it an important place in the production of Ukrainian staple grains, important technical agricultural crops, sheep breeding and gardening.
