Liuta, also Ljuta (
Ukrainian: Люта; ) is a small village located in the
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 ...
of
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 ...
of
Ukraine
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.
Lyuta lies at the foot of the
Carpathian Mountains
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, about northeast of
Uzhhorod
Uzhhorod (, ; , ; , ) is a List of cities in Ukraine, city and List of hromadas of Ukraine, municipality on the Uzh, Uzh River in western Ukraine, at the border with Slovakia and near the border with Hungary. The city is approximately equidistan ...
and West-SouthWest of
Kyiv
Kyiv, also Kiev, is the capital and most populous List of cities in Ukraine, city of Ukraine. Located in the north-central part of the country, it straddles both sides of the Dnieper, Dnieper River. As of 1 January 2022, its population was 2, ...
. It is on the bank of the Liutianka River. The name of the village means snowyside/snowycorner because of the cold winters in the area. Its history dates back to 1599. The estimated population is under 4000 people.
Until 18 July 2020, Liuta belonged to
Velykyi Bereznyi Raion
Velykyi Bereznyi Raion () was a raion of Zakarpattia Oblast in western Ukraine. Its administrative center is the urban-type settlement of Velykyi Bereznyi. The raion was abolished and its territory was merged into Uzhhorod Raion on 18 July 2020 as ...
. The raion was abolished in July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of
raion
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s of Zakarpattia Oblast to six. The area of Velykyi Bereznyi Raion was merged into
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 ...
.
See also
*
Carpathian Ruthenia
Transcarpathia (, ) is a historical region on the border between Central and Eastern Europe, mostly located in western Ukraine's Zakarpattia Oblast.
From the Hungarian Hungarian conquest of the Carpathian Basin, conquest of the Carpathian Basin ...
*
Carpatho-Ukraine
Carpatho-Ukraine or Carpathian Ukraine (, ) was an autonomous region, within the Second Czechoslovak Republic, created in December 1938 and renamed from Subcarpathian Rus', whose full administrative and political autonomy had been confirmed by ...
*
Rusyns
Rusyns, also known as Carpatho-Rusyns, Carpatho-Russians, Ruthenians, or Rusnaks, are an East Slavs, East Slavic ethnic group from the Carpathian Rus', Eastern Carpathians in Central Europe. They speak Rusyn language, Rusyn, an East Slavic lan ...
References
External links
* MultiMap (Current) http://uk2.multimap.com/M4/browse.cgi?scale=100000&lon=22.7667&lat=48.9000&icon=X
* Detailed map (1910
Ung
Ung or UNG may refer to:
People
* Woong, a Korean given name also spelled Ung
* Ung (surname), a Cambodian and Norwegian surname
* Ung Thị (full name Nguyễn Phúc Ung Thị; 1913–2001), Vietnamese-born American businessman
* Franz Unger (1 ...
) http://lazarus.elte.hu/hun/tantort/2003/palyazat/40-49_ungvar.jpg
* Further information http://www.fallingrain.com/world/UP/0/Lyuta.html
Villages in Uzhhorod Raion
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