Uzhhorod (, ; , ; , ) is a

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and

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on the Uzh River in western

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, at the border with

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and near the border with

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. The city is approximately equidistant from the Baltic, the Adriatic and the Black Sea (650–690 km) making it the most inland city in this part of

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. It is the

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Zakarpattia Oblast Zakarpattia Oblast (Ukrainian language, Ukrainian: Закарпатська область), also referred to as simply Zakarpattia (Ukrainian language, Ukrainian: Закарпаття; Hungarian language, Hungarian: ''Kárpátalja'') or Transcar ...

(

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), as well as the administrative center of

Uzhhorod Raion Uzhhorod Raion (, ) is one of the raions (districts) of Zakarpattia Oblast in western Ukraine. Its administrative center is located in the city of Uzhhorod. Over 30% of population in the raion speak the Hungarian language according to the Ukraini ...

(

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) within the oblast.

Name

The city's earliest known name is ''Ungvár'', from Hungarian ''Ung'' ( River Uzh) and ''vár'' "castle, fortress", originally referring to a castle outside the city (probably Nevytske Castle). The name ''Uzhhorod'' was coined in early 19th century Slavophile circles as a literal translation of the name ''Ungvár''. The city officially adopted this name some time after 1920, under Czechoslovak administration. The names of the city also include: (before 1996); , (historically); ; ; , ; ; ; ; ; .

History

Early history

White-Croat Ungvar (677)

Uzhhorod was founded by

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, one tribe of whom were the White Croats, who settled the area of the modern Uzhhorod under Kuber in the second half of the first millennium AD.Warriors from Ukraine established the Ungvar fortress in 677 according to the

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. The settlement was the center of a new Slavic principality headed by a dynasty descended from Porga's nephew Kubrat. In the 9th century, the fortified castle changed into a fortified early

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town-settlement which according to Gesta Hungarorum was originally subject to the Old Bulgarian Prince Salan until falling to Laborec, a ruler who was loyal to Great Moravia.

Magyar conquest (895)

Almos's

Magyars Hungarians, also known as Magyars, are an ethnic group native to Hungary (), who share a common culture, language and history. They also have a notable presence in former parts of the Kingdom of Hungary. The Hungarian language belongs to the ...

who had arrived in the region from

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stormed the Hunguar fortress in 895 AD. Having taken over the castle, Almos appointed his son Árpád as prince of Hunguaria and from Ungvar his warriors were called Hungarians. As this may be viewed as naive folk etymology by a medieval writer (as magyars were called ”ungri” by chroniclers decades before 895), for further information on the ethnonym of the Hungarians see the article Name of Hungary. In the Kingdom of Hungary, the small town began to extend its borders. King Saint Stephen made it the centre (castrum) of Ung County with a strong military presence to protect the north east border of Hungary. In 1241–1242, the

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of Batu Khan burnt the settlement. In 1248 the city was granted town privileges by King Béla IV of Hungary. In the early 14th century, Uzhhorod was involved in the civil wars in the interregnum between Hungarian barons when the dynasty of Árpád died out. Finally Charles I of Hungary from the Anjou dynasty, descendant of the

House of Árpád A house is a single-unit residential building. It may range in complexity from a rudimentary hut to a complex structure of wood, masonry, concrete or other material, outfitted with plumbing, electrical, and heating, ventilation, and air c ...

by his mother occupied the throne. The Anjou House also ruled the

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and the Hungarian king Charles I invited the Drugeths into Hungary and gave the town to them. The Drugeth family became a member of the

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. During that period

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built Uzhhorod Castle. Together with the castle, the city began to grow. From 1430, Uzhhorod became a free royal town.

Under Habsburg rule

During the 16–17th centuries, the Kingdom of Hungary fell into three parts. The middle was occupied by the

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, the northwest was ruled by the Habsburg dynasty, the eastern part became the Principality of Transylvania, that hold the independent Hungarian statehood. During this period, the city was engaged in the religious and political fight between primarily Hungarian

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and the German

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. Each one wanted to reunite the Kingdom of Hungary under their rule. In 1646 the Union of Ungvár was proclaimed and the Greek-Catholic church was established, in a ceremony held in the Ungvár castle by the

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Aegis. In 1707 Ungvár was the residence of Ferenc II Rákóczi, leader of the national liberation war of Hungarians against Habsburgs. From 1780 the city became the capital of the Greek Catholic Eparchy and from 1776 the center of a newly created school district. The beginning of the 19th century was characterized by economic changes, including the first factories in the city. The greatest influence on Ungvár among the political events of the 19th century was made by the

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-1849, during which the native Hungarian nobility sought both to shake off the suzerainty of the

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and to have authority over their own people. 27 March 1848 was officially celebrated in the city as the overthrow of the monarchy in Hungary. It is now celebrated in Hungary on 15 March. In 1872 the first railway line opened, linking the city to the important railway junction of Chop, then known as Csap. According to the 1910 census, the city had 16,919 inhabitants, of which 13,590 (80.3%) were

, 1,219 (7.2%)

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, 1,151 (6.8%)

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, 641 (3.8%)

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and 1.6%

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. By religion, 5,481

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, 5,305

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, 4,473 Greek Catholic, 1,368

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. At the same time, the municipal area of the city had a population composed of 10,541 (39.05%) Hungarians, 9,908 (36.71%) Slovaks, and 5,520 (20.45%) Rusyns.

During the World Wars

The

First World War World War I or the First World War (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918), also known as the Great War, was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War I, Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers. Fighting to ...

slowed down the tempo of city development. On 10 September 1919, Subcarpathia was officially allocated to the Republic of

Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia ( ; Czech language, Czech and , ''Česko-Slovensko'') was a landlocked country in Central Europe, created in 1918, when it declared its independence from Austria-Hungary. In 1938, after the Munich Agreement, the Sudetenland beca ...

. Uzhhorod became the administrative center of the territory. During these years Uzhhorod developed into an architecturally modern city, with Malyi Galagov, a new government quarter, being built from scratch. After the First Vienna Award in 1938, Uzhhorod was given back to

from which it was separated after World War I. In 1941 the Jewish population reached 9,576. On 19 March 1944, German troops entered the city. They established a '' Judenrat'' ( Jewish council) and set up two ghettos, at the Moskovitz brickyard and Gluck lumberyard. During May 1944, all Jews were deported to Auschwitz in five different transports and subsequently murdered. Only a few hundred Jews survived.

Soviet Union

On 27 October 1944, the city was captured by the troops of the 4th Ukrainian Front of the

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. This period brought significant changes. On the outskirts of Uzhhorod new enterprises were constructed and old enterprises were renewed. On 29 June 1945, Subcarpathian Ukraine was annexed by the

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and became a westernmost part of the

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. This followed the assumption of local authority by the People's Committee of Transcarpathian Ukraine based in Uzhhorod and headed by a local Communist. That year the Uzhhorod State University (now Uzhhorod National University) was also opened. Since January 1946 Uzhhorod was the center of newly formed Zakarpatska oblast.

In Ukraine

Since 1991 Uzhhorod has been one of 24 regional capitals within independent Ukraine. Of these, Uzhhorod is the smallest and westernmost. In 2002, a bust of Tomáš Masaryk, Czechoslovakia's first president, was unveiled in a main square of the city. A similar bust was unveiled in 1928 on the 10th anniversary of Czechoslovak independence, but was removed by the Hungarians when they took over the region in 1939. On 15 April 2022, as part of the derussification campaign that swept through Ukraine following the February 2022

Russian invasion of Ukraine On 24 February 2022, , starting the largest and deadliest war in Europe since World War II, in a major escalation of the Russo-Ukrainian War, conflict between the two countries which began in 2014. The fighting has caused hundreds of thou ...

, the Uzhhorod City Council decided to rename 58 streets connected to Russian figures. United States First Lady Jill Biden visited the city on 8 May 2022, which was not announced to the public until after the visit.

Geography

Climate

Uzhhorod has a

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(

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: ''Dfb'') with cool to cold winters and warm summers. The coldest month is January with an average temperature of while the warmest month is July with an average temperature of . The coldest temperature ever recorded is and the warmest temperature was . Average annual precipitation is , which is evenly distributed throughout the year though the summer months have higher precipitation. On average, Uzhhorod receives 2133 hours of sunshine per year.

Demographics

According to the Ukrainian 2001 census, the population of Uzhhorod included: *

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(including

) (77.8%) *

Russians Russians ( ) are an East Slavs, East Slavic ethnic group native to Eastern Europe. Their mother tongue is Russian language, Russian, the most spoken Slavic languages, Slavic language. The majority of Russians adhere to Eastern Orthodox Church ...

(9.6%) *

Hungarians Hungarians, also known as Magyars, are an Ethnicity, ethnic group native to Hungary (), who share a common Culture of Hungary, culture, Hungarian language, language and History of Hungary, history. They also have a notable presence in former pa ...

(6.9%) *

(2.2%) * Romani (1.5%)

Language

Distribution of the population by native language according to the 2001 census: According to a survey conducted by the International Republican Institute in April–May 2023, 85% of the city's population spoke Ukrainian at home, 9% spoke Russian, and 1% spoke Hungarian.

Transportation

The city is served by Uzhhorod railway station and has railway connections with Chop and

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. It is also served by Uzhhorod International Airport.Flights to resume at Uzhgorod Airport as Ukraine, Slovakia reportedly settle border issues
UNIAN (19 August 2020) The airport is situated near the Ukraine Slovakia border.

Government

The territory of the city of Uzhhorod is coterminous with Uzhhorod urban hromada, one of the

hromada In Ukraine, a hromada () is the main type of municipality and the third level Administrative divisions of Ukraine, local self-government in Ukraine. The current hromadas were established by the Cabinet of ministers of Ukraine, Government of Uk ...

s of Ukraine which was established on 12 June 2020.

Sport

The city was home to the SC Rusj Užhorod football club from 1925. Contemporary side FC Hoverla Uzhhorod made their debut in the Ukrainian Premier League in 2001, but dissolved in 2016 due to money issues. In 2020 professional football matches at the highest levels of Ukraine returned to Uzhhorod since the 2020–21 season FC Mynai plays its home matches in the Avanhard Stadium. FC Uzhhorod currently in

Ukrainian Second League The Ukrainian Second League (, ''Druha Liha'') is a professional football league in Ukraine which is part of the Professional Football League of Ukraine, a collective member of the Ukrainian Association of Football. As the third tier it was establ ...

also plays its matches at Avanhard Stadium.

International relations

Uzhhorod is currently twinned with: * Békéscsaba,

* Nyíregyháza,

* Szombathely,

* Trogir,

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* Corvallis,

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, US *

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, since 1992 *

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, since 1993 *

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, since 2008' *

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, since 2002' * Česká Lípa,

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* Satu Mare,

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* Târgu Mureș,

Notable people

* Arieh Atzmoni (1926–2005) an Israeli soldier rewarded with the Hero of Israel * János Erdélyi (1814 in Veľké Kapušany – 1868) Hungarian poet, critic, author and philosopher. * Mihály Fincicky (1842–1916), Hungarian folklorist and mayor * Renée Firestone (born 1924), Holocaust survivor, fashion designer * Lisa Fittko (1909–2005) author and helper to many escaping Nazi-occupied France during WWII. * Wilem Frischmann (born 1931) WWII refugee, became a leading British engineer * Shlomo Ganzfried (1804–1886), an Orthodox

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of Ungvar and posek * József Gáti (1885–1945) an ethnic Hungarian communist politician from Subcarpathian Rus * Jenő Janovics (1872–1945) a Hungarian film director, screenwriter and actor of the silent era. * Józef Kasparek (1915 in Broumov - 2002), a Polish lawyer, historian and

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in the US; carried out covert operations in Carpathian Rus 1938/39. * Mikhail Kopelman (born 1947), a Russian-American violinist, first violin in the Kopelman Quartet * Joseph L. Kun (1882–1961), emigrated to the US aged 4, became a judge in

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Serhiy Kvit Serhiy Myronovych Kvit (; born 26 November 1965), is a Ukrainian literary critic, journalist, educator and social activist. Former champion of Ukraine in fencing (1984). Kvit has served as Rector (President) of the National University of Kyiv-M ...

(born 1965), a Ukrainian literary critic, journalist, educator and social activist. * Samuel Lipschütz (1863–1905), a

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player and author * Nil Lushchak (born 1973) a Ruthenian Catholic hierarch for Mukachevo. * Jonathan Markovitch (born 1967) a Ukrainian rabbi and the Chief rabbi of Kyiv * József Örmény (born 1960), a Ukrainian pianist of Hungarian origin. * Ilka Pálmay (1859–1945), a Hungarian-born singer and actress. * Géza Pap (1883–1912), socialist from the Austro-Hungarian Empire * Dezső Pattantyús-Ábrahám (1875–1973) a Hungarian politician from an ancient and noble family * Serhiy Ratushniak (born 1961) former long-term Mayor of Uzhhorod, 1994–2002 & 2006–2010 * Lika Roman (born 1985), a Ukrainian model, charity worker and Miss Ukraine, 2007 * Zsuzsanna Sirokay (born 1941) a Hungarian pianist, she lives in

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. * Odarka Sopko (born 1955), a Ukrainian artist and graphic painter. * Avgustyn Voloshyn (1874 in Kelechyn – 1945), a Subcarpathian politician, teacher and priest * Yolka (born 1982), singer, songwriter, recording artist, presenter and actress. * Anatoly Zatin (born 1954), a Mexican composer, pianist and orchestral conductor * Gregory Zatkovich (1886 in Holubyne – 1967), an American lawyer and first governor of

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* Paul Zatkovich (1852—1916) newspaper editor and cultural activist for

in the US.

Sport

* Matviy Bobal (born 1984) a Ukrainian football forward with ca. 300 club caps * Juraj Demeč (born 1945) a Czechoslovak former track and field athlete who competed at the

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* Vladimir Koman (born 1989), a footballer with nearly 300 club caps and 36 for

* Vladyslav Mykulyak (born 1984) a Ukrainian retired footballer with 320 club caps. * Yozhef Sabo (born 1940), a former football player with 347 club caps and 76 for the

* György Sándor (born 1984) a

n footballer with 370 club caps and 9 for

* István Sándor (born 1986) a Hungarian footballer with 380 club caps * Daria Shestakova (born 1996) a Russian rugby sevens player. * Tetyana Trehubová (born 1989) a Ukrainian-born Slovak handball player.

References

External links

Official website of the City

Official website of Uzhhorod National University

Uzhhorod in old postcards

Uzhhorod Modernism Architectural Manual
{{Authority control Cities in Zakarpattia Oblast Historic Jewish communities in Ukraine Populated places established in the 9th century First Vienna Award Cities of regional significance in Ukraine Oblast centers in Ukraine Holocaust locations in Ukraine

Name

History

Early history

White-Croat Ungvar (677)

Magyar conquest (895)

Under Habsburg rule

During the World Wars

Soviet Union

In Ukraine

Geography

Climate

Demographics

Language

Transportation

Government

Sport

International relations

Notable people

Sport

See also

References

Further reading

External links