Kupiansk (Ukrainian: Куп`янськ, translit. Kupians’k, Russian: Купянск), is a city in the Kharkiv Oblast (province) of eastern Ukraine. Serving as the administrative center of the Kupianskyi Raion (district), the city itself is directly subordinated to the oblast, and is an important railroad junction in the oblast.
The current estimated population is around 32,449 (as of 2001).
Ukraine (Ukrainian: Україна, transliterated: Ukrayina) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by Russia to the east; Belarus to the north; Poland, Slovakia, and Hungary to the west; Romania and Moldova to the southwest; and the Black Sea and Sea of Azov to the south. The city of Kiev (Kyiv) is both the capital and the largest city of Ukraine.