Saltivka (Kharkiv)

 invisible, residential area, historic district

The district gets it's name from a road that runs through it. This road goes from the center of Kharkiv to Staryi (Old) Saltiv, the road is called Saltiv highway.

Before the 1960s Saltivka was called the "Saltiv settlement", and included a few small neighborhoods of low-rise (up to three stories) residential buildings.
Now Saltivka is a mostly residential district.
According to different sources it is home to 400 to 500 thousand inhabitants, that makes it one of the largest residential districts in Ukraine.

There are almost no industrial establishments in Saltivka, but it has plenty of stores and markets; one of them is Barabashove - one of the largest in Ukraine wares market. It is located by the Akademika Barabashova metro station, and locals simply call it "Barabashka" or "Baraban".