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Keretsky
Keretsky (; ) is a village in Khust Raion, Zakarpattia Oblast. It is the administrative center of , one of the hromada A hromada ( uk, територіальна громада, lit=territorial community, translit=terytorialna hromada) is a basic unit of administrative division in Ukraine, similar to a municipality. It was established by the Government of Ukra ...s of Ukraine. On 15 December 2023, the village was the site of the Keretsky grenade incident, in which a Ukrainian councilman detonated grenades at a meeting in the village. The resulting explosions killed one and injured 26. References Villages in Khust Raion {{Zakarpattia-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keretsky Grenade Incident
On 15 December 2023, Serhiy Batryn, 54, a Ukrainian councilman, detonated three grenades at a meeting in the village of Keretsky Keretsky (; ) is a village in Khust Raion, Zakarpattia Oblast. It is the administrative center of , one of the hromada A hromada ( uk, територіальна громада, lit=territorial community, translit=terytorialna hromada) is a ..., Zakarpattia Oblast, Ukraine. The resulting explosions killed one person and injured 26 others, six of them gravely. A second person died one month later as a result of the injuries. Aftermath Batryn was later taken to an intensive care unit. A suicide note was found in Batryn's home. The event was live-streamed and posted on Facebook by the National Police of Ukraine. Batryn is facing life imprisonment. References 2023 crimes in Ukraine December 2023 crimes in Europe December 2023 events in Ukraine Zakarpattia Oblast in the Russian invasion of Ukraine Grenade attacks in Europe Livestreamed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khust Raion
Khust Raion ( uk, Хустський район, hu, Huszti járás) is a raion in Zakarpattia Oblast in western Ukraine. Its administrative center is Khust, which does not belong to the district and is incorporated separately as a city of oblast significance. Population: On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, the number of raions of Zakarpattia Oblast was reduced to six, and the area of Khust Raion was significantly expanded. The January 2020 estimate of the raion population was History In the area there are unique wooden churches in the villages of Danylovo, Kraynikovo, Sokirnytsia , Oleksandrivka, in addition there are several monasteries: a female Orthodox in the villages of Dragovo-Zabrod, a female Orthodox in the village of Lipcha, a male Orthodox in the village of Iza, a male Khust-Gorodilovo, a male Orthodox in Khust-Kolesarovo. There are two medieval castles in the area, which were constructed, when the territory belonged to the Kingdom of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zakarpattia Oblast
The Zakarpattia Oblast ( uk, Закарпатська область, Zakarpatska oblast) is an administrative oblast located in western Ukraine, mostly coterminous with the historical region of Carpathian Ruthenia. Its administrative centre is the city of Uzhhorod, Other major cities within the oblast include Mukachevo, Khust, Berehove, and Chop, the last of which is home to railroad transport infrastructure. Zakarpattia Oblast was established on 22 January 1946, after Czechoslovakia gave up its claim to the territory of '' Subcarpathian Ruthenia'' ( cs, Podkarpatská Rus) under a treaty between Czechoslovakia and the Soviet Union. The territory of '' Subcarpathian Ruthenia'' was then taken over by the Soviet Union and became part of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic. Some scholars say that during the Ukrainian independence referendum held in 1991, Zakarpatska Oblast voters were given a separate option on whether or not they favoured autonomy for the region. Although ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hromada
A hromada ( uk, територіальна громада, lit=territorial community, translit=terytorialna hromada) is a basic unit of administrative division in Ukraine, similar to a municipality. It was established by the Government of Ukraine on 12 June 2020. Similar terms exist in Poland (''gromada'') and in Belarus (''hramada''). The literal translation of this term is "community", similarly to the terms used in western European states, such as Germany ('' Gemeinde''), France (''commune'') and Italy (''comune''). History In history of Ukraine and Belarus, hromadas appeared first as village communities, which gathered their meetings for discussing and resolving current issues. In the 19th century, there were a number of political organizations of the same name, particularly in Belarus. Prior to 2020, the basic units of administrative division in Ukraine were rural councils, settlement councils and city councils, which were often referred to by the generic term ''hromada ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
