Irshava (, ; ) is a city located in

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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) in western

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. It was the

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of Irshava Raion (

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) until it was abolished in 2020 and was merged with Khust Raion. Today, the population is

Names

There are several alternative names used for this city: , , , , , , , and .

History

The Hasidic Rabbi Joel Teitelbaum (later of

Satmar Satmar (; ) is a group in Hasidic Judaism founded in 1905 by Grand Rebbe Joel Teitelbaum (1887–1979), in the city of Szatmárnémeti (also called Szatmár in the 1890s), Kingdom of Hungary, Hungary (now Satu Mare in Romania). The group is a b ...

) lived in Irshava twice, between 1911 and 1914, and again between 1922 and 1925. He established a yeshiva there. A local newspaper is published here since October 1946. City since September 1982. In January 1989 the population was 9873 people.

Demographics

In 2001, population was 10,515. It included: *

Ukrainians Ukrainians (, ) are an East Slavs, East Slavic ethnic group native to Ukraine. Their native tongue is Ukrainian language, Ukrainian, and the majority adhere to Eastern Orthodox Church, Eastern Orthodoxy, forming the List of contemporary eth ...

(98.6%) *

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 ...

(0.7%) *

Slovaks The Slovaks ( (historical Sloveni ), singular: ''Slovák'' (historical: ''Sloven'' ), feminine: ''Slovenka'' , plural: ''Slovenky'') are a West Slavic ethnic group and nation native to Slovakia who share a common ancestry, culture, history ...

(0.3%) *

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(0.3%) Native language in 2001:All-Ukrainian population census
/ref> * Ukrainian (97.9%) *

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(1.4%) * Hungarian (0.4%)

Notable people

* Ivanna Bagová (born 1993) – Slovak singer, winner of The Voice of Czecho-Slovakia * Rabbi Gruenberger Yaacov – active in Prague's Jewish Town Alt-neu Schul synagogue; Studied in yeshiva in

Trnava Trnava (, , ; , also known by other #Names and etymology, alternative names) is a city in western Slovakia, to the northeast of Bratislava, on the Trnávka river. It is the capital of the Trnava Region and the Trnava District. It is the seat o ...

Slovakia Slovakia, officially the Slovak Republic, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east, Hungary to the south, Austria to the west, and the Czech Republic to the northwest. Slovakia's m ...

Gallery

File:Залізнична станція Іршава 2011 рік.jpg, Irshava railway station file:Irshava (Ilosva),former Great synagogue,later-the club.jpg, Former Great Synagogue, later the club file:Irshava (Ilosva), Jewish cemetery -01.jpg, Jewish cemetery

References

External links

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