Kliucharky (; ) is a village in
Ukraine
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located about 4 miles south west of
Mukacheve
Mukachevo (, ; , ; see name section) is a city in Zakarpattia Oblast, western Ukraine. It is situated in the valley of the Latorica River and serves as the administrative center of Mukachevo Raion. The city is a rail terminus and highway junct ...
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 ...
.
Other spellings/names for Klyucharki are: Kluĉárky, Kljucsarki, Klyucharky, and Pavsino. In
Yiddish
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, Kliucharky was referred to as Klicherkes. In 2001, its population was 2,632.
History
The town was part of the
Kingdom of Hungary
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(11th century - 1918 and 1938–1944) with the name of Várkulcsa in the Bereg megyé (county) and Munkácsi járás (district), next part of
Czechoslovakia
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(1918–1938) with the name of Klucsárka in Podkarpatská Rus (Sub-Carpathia), then part of the
Soviet Union
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(Ukraine) (1945–1991) with the name of Klyucharki and since 1991 known as Klyucharki in the Mukachevskiy (Mukachivs'kyy)
rayon
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(district) and the
Zakarpats'ka oblast
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(county) of Ukraine.
The first mention of the village is in 1773.
[Ключарки, Мукачівський район, Закарпатська область]
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In March-April 1919, the village was part of the
Hungarian Soviet Republic
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.
[
During the ]World War II
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, over 50 residents joined the Soviet Red Army
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References
External links
Kliucharky - ShtetLink
Villages in Mukachevo Raion
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