Beskid (ski)
Beskid may refer to one of the following: * Beskids, mountain ranges in Carpathian Mountains * Beskid (car), a Polish economy car model * Beskid Andrychów, a Polish football club * Beskid (ski), tourist skis for mountain skiing, manufactured in Mukachevo Mukachevo ( uk, Мукачево, ; hu, Munkács; see name section) is a city in the valley of the Latorica river in Zakarpattia Oblast (province), in Western Ukraine. Serving as the administrative center of Mukachevo Raion (district), the city ... See also * Central Beskids (other) * Eastern Beskids (other) * Beskidian Foothills (other) {{disambig ...
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Beskids
The Beskids or Beskid Mountains ( pl, Beskidy, cs, Beskydy, sk, Beskydy, rue, Бескиды (''Beskydŷ''), ua, Бескиди (''Beskydy'')) are a series of mountain ranges in the Carpathians, stretching from the Czech Republic in the west along the border of Poland with Slovakia up to Ukraine in the east. The highest mountain in the Beskids is Hoverla, at 2,061 m metres (6,762 ft). Etymology The origin of the name ''beskydy'' has not been conclusively established. A Thracian or Illyrian origin has been suggested, however, as yet, no theory has majority support among linguists. The word appears in numerous mountain names throughout the Carpathians and the adjacent Balkan regions, like in Albanian ''bjeshkë''. According to linguists Çabej and Orel, it is possibly derived from Proto-Albanian "''*beškāi tāi''" (meaning the mountain pastures).The Slovak name ''Beskydy'' refers to the Polish Bieszczady Mountains, which is not a synonym for the entire Beskids but o ...
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Beskid (car)
Beskid was a series of economy hatchback car prototypes in Poland designed by BOSMAL Automotive Research and Development Center during 1982-1986. The design team was led by Wiesław Wiatrak who later used Beskid as his daily car and finally passed it to a museum in Kraków. The car never went into mass production; However, it is also suggested that Beskid was in fact a back-up measure if licensing talks were unsuccessful; finally Fiat Cinquecento was produced in FSM. While all seven Beskid prototypes were slated for destruction, six were saved. One was used for crash test, and remaining six are located in various institutions in Poland: * Museum in Warsaw - Yellow * Muzeum Inżynierii Miejskiej in Kraków - Two, white and green * Politechnika Opolska - White * Muzeum Techniki i Komunikacji in Szczecin - Green * BOSMAL museum at BOSMAL facility in Bielsko Biała - Cream The body style was patented, but BOSMAL lacked funds for the extension of the patent. The name comes from ...
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Beskid Andrychów
AKS Beskid Andrychów is a Polish football club from, Andrychów, Lesser Poland. The club name is derived from the Beskid Mountains. History The club was founded in 1919 under the name "KS Beskid Andrychów", as a multi-sports club. The club quickly changed its name to "KS Włókniarz Andrychów" whilst playing in the Kraków district league between 1951 and 1962. The following five seasons they played in the Third Division. In the 1953/54 season they reached the second round of the Polish Cup, beating Stilon Gorzów Wielkopolski 4–1 in the first before being narrowly edged out 4–1 in a penalty shoot-out after a 3–3 draw against Zagłębie Sosnowiec. The club, which by 2001 already only had the football and volleyball sections left functioning, split and the football section changed its name to "TS Beskid Andrychów" whilst the volleyball section had been reformed as "MKS Andrychów". The club was in financial difficulties so on 14 December 2007, the board resigned, a ...
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Beskid (ski)
Beskid may refer to one of the following: * Beskids, mountain ranges in Carpathian Mountains * Beskid (car), a Polish economy car model * Beskid Andrychów, a Polish football club * Beskid (ski), tourist skis for mountain skiing, manufactured in Mukachevo Mukachevo ( uk, Мукачево, ; hu, Munkács; see name section) is a city in the valley of the Latorica river in Zakarpattia Oblast (province), in Western Ukraine. Serving as the administrative center of Mukachevo Raion (district), the city ... See also * Central Beskids (other) * Eastern Beskids (other) * Beskidian Foothills (other) {{disambig ...
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Mukachevo
Mukachevo ( uk, Мукачево, ; hu, Munkács; see name section) is a city in the valley of the Latorica river in Zakarpattia Oblast (province), in Western Ukraine. Serving as the administrative center of Mukachevo Raion (district), the city itself does not belong to the raion and is designated as a city of oblast significance, with the status equal to that of a separate raion. The city is a rail terminus and highway junction, and has beer, wine, tobacco, food, textile, timber, and furniture industries. During the Cold War, it was home to Mukachevo air base and a radar station. Mukachevo lies close to the borders of four neighbouring countries: Poland, Slovakia, Hungary, and Romania. Today, the population is . The city is a traditional stronghold of the Rusyn language, and the population of Mukachevo is officially reported as 77.1% ethnic Ukrainian.
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Central Beskids (other)
Central Beskids may refer to: * Central Beskids, a mountain range within the Outer Eastern Carpathians, also known as the ''Lower Beskids'' * in Slovak terminology, the term ''Central Beskids'' is used as a designation for the Central section of the Western Beskids * in translations of geographic names, the term ''Central Beskids'' is sometimes also used as synonym for the ''Middle Beskids'', a descriptive term that has specific meanings in different classifications See also * Eastern Beskids (other) * Beskidian Foothills (other) * Beskid (other) * Outer Eastern Carpathians * Outer Western Carpathians * Western Beskids The Western Beskids ( cs, Západní Beskydy; sk, Západné Beskydy; pl, Beskidy Zachodnie; german: Westbeskiden) are a set of mountain ranges spanning the Czech Republic, Slovakia, and Poland. Geologically the Western Beskids are part of the Ou ...

Eastern Beskids (other)
Eastern Beskids may refer to: * Eastern Beskids, mountain range of the Outer Eastern Carpathians, in south-eastern Poland, north-east Slovakia and western Ukraine * in Czech and Slovak terminology, term ''Eastern Beskids'' is used as a designation for Eastern section of the Western Beskids See also * Central Beskids (other) * Beskidian Foothills (other) * Beskid (other) * Outer Eastern Carpathians * Outer Western Carpathians * Western Beskids The Western Beskids ( cs, Západní Beskydy; sk, Západné Beskydy; pl, Beskidy Zachodnie; german: Westbeskiden) are a set of mountain ranges spanning the Czech Republic, Slovakia, and Poland. Geologically the Western Beskids are part of the Ou ...