query: place_of_birth alexander gavrylyuk
supports: Kharkiv Oblast (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, 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. The area of the oblast is 31,400 km², corresponding to 5.2% of the total territory of Ukraine. An administrative centre is a seat of regional administration or local government, or a county town, or the place where the central administration of a commune is located. Ukraine (tr. ) is a sovereign state in Eastern Europe, bordered by Russia to the east and northeast, Belarus to the northwest, Poland and Slovakia to the west, Hungary, Romania, and Moldova to the southwest, and the Black Sea and Sea of Azov to the south and southeast, respectively. Ukraine is currently in territorial dispute with Russia over the Crimean Peninsula which Russia annexed in 2014 but which Ukraine and most of the international community recognise as Ukrainian. Including Crimea, Ukraine 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. Alexander Gavrylyuk ( born 1984 in Kharkiv ) is a USSR - born Australian pianist . Kharkiv (,) is the second-largest city in Ukraine. In the northeast of the country, it is the largest city of the Slobozhanshchyna historical region. The city has a population of about 1.5 million people. Kharkiv is the administrative centre of Kharkiv Oblast and of the surrounding Kharkiv district.
candidates: belarus central centre dnipropetrovsk donetsk oblast hungary kharkiv kharkiv oblast luhansk moldova most of romania russia southeast sumy oblast ukraine
answer: luhansk