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Rakhiv
Rakhiv ( uk, Рахів, ; yi, ראַכעוו, hu, Rahó, ro, Rahău, rue, Рахово; see below) is a city located in Zakarpattia Oblast (province) in western Ukraine. It is the administrative center of Rakhiv Raion (district). Population: . Rakhiv's date of the foundation is often taken to be 1447, although a written mentions of this settlement are attested since AD 910. Names There are several alternative names used for this city: rue, Рахово; hu, Rahó; ro, Rahău; russian: Рахов, Rakhov; yi, ראחוב, Rakhev or ''Rakhyv''; sk, Rachov; german: Rachiw; pl, Rachów. Demographics As of 2017, the city population was inhabitants.Statistical Collection "Population of Ukraine" as of January 1, 2017PDF(zip) Features Rakhiv, or more precisely, the village Dilove located close to it, is one of several European locations vying for the symbolic right to be Geographical centre of Europe. The sign in Dilove, the point calculated in 1887 by the Austro-Hun ...
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Rakhiv Raion
Rakhiv Raion ( uk, Рахівський район, ro, Raionul Rahău, hu, Rahói járás) is a raion in Zakarpattia Oblast in western Ukraine. Its administrative center is Rakhiv. 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 Rakhiv Raion was significantly expanded. The January 2020 estimate of the raion population was Administrative division City: Rakhiv (Rahó, Rachov between 1920–1938 and 1944–1945) Urban-type settlements: *Kobyletska Poliana (Gyertyánliget, Poľana Kobilská) *Velykyi Bychkiv (Nagybocskó, Veľký Bočkov) *Yasinia (Kőrösmező, Jasyna) Villages: *Bilyn (Bilin, Bilina) *Bila Tserkva (Tiszafejéregyház, Bilá Cirkev) *Bohdan (Tiszabogdány, Bila Tisa) *Breboia (Bértelek, Preboja) *Chorna Tysa (Feketetisza, Mogelki (between 1920–1938), Černá Tisa (1944–1945)) *Dilove (Terebesfejérpatak, Trebušany) *Dobrik (Dobrikdülő, Dob ...
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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. Altho ...
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Geographical Centre Of Europe
The location of the geographical centre of Europe depends on the definition of the borders of Europe, mainly whether remote islands are included to define the extreme points of Europe, and on the method of calculating the final result. Thus, several places claim to host this hypothetical centre. Current claimants Locations currently vying for the distinction of being the centre of Europe include: * the village of Kremnické Bane or the neighbouring village Krahule, near Kremnica, in central Slovakia * the small town of Rakhiv, or the village of Dilove near Rakhiv, in western Ukraine * the village of Girija, near Vilnius, in Lithuania * a point on the island of Saaremaa in Estonia * a point near Polotsk, or in Vitebsk, or near Babruysk, or near lake Sho in Belarus * a point near the town of Tállya, in north-eastern Hungary Extreme points of Europe History of claims Poland The first official declaration of the Centre of Europe was made in 1775 by the Polish ...
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Dilove
Dilove ( uk, Ділове) is a village located in Rakhiv Raion of Zakarpattia Oblast in Ukraine. There has been a marble quarry in the village since 1947. History Dilove was first mentioned in writing in 1615 and belonged to the Kingdom of Hungary until the Treaty of Trianon in 1920, then to Czechoslovakia until 1939. From March 1939 until the Soviet occupation in 1944, it was in Hungary, then in Czechoslovakia again and from 1946, the Ukrainian SSR. Since 1991, the village has been part of independent Ukraine. Until 25 June 1946 it bore the Ukrainian name Trebuschany (Требушани), but was then renamed to its current name. Demographics Native language as of the Ukrainian Census of 2001: * Ukrainian 98.84% * Russian 0.45% * Hungarian 0.41% * Moldovan 0.07% * Romanian 0.07% * Belarusian 0.04% Tourism Dilove gained notoriety through the 2 m high geodesic monument erected in 1887, a concrete obelisk, which, according to calculations by the Cartographic Institute ...
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Raions Of Ukraine
Raions of Ukraine (often translated as "districts"; Ukrainian: ра́йон, tr. ''raion''; plural: райо́ни, tr. ''raiony'') are the second level of administrative division in Ukraine, below the oblast. Raions were created in a 1922 administrative reform of the Soviet Union, to which Ukraine, as the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, belonged. On 17 July 2020, the Verkhovna Rada (Ukraine's parliament) approved an administrative reform to merge most of the 490 raions, along with the " cities of regional significance", which were previously outside the raions, into just 136 reformed raions. Most tasks of the raions (education, healthcare, sport facilities, culture, and social welfare) were taken over by new hromadas, the subdivisions of raions.
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Carpathian Biosphere Reserve
Carpathian Biosphere Reserve ( uk, Карпатський біосферний заповідник) is a biosphere reserve that was established as a nature reserve in 1968 and became part of the World Network of Biosphere Reserves of UNESCO in 1992.UNESCO Carpathian July 2011 Since 2007 bigger portion of the reserve along with some territories of the Uzh River National Park was listed with the UNESCO World Heritage Sites as part of the Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe. Located in the eastern parts of the Zakarpattia Oblast, it consists of six separate preservation massifs and two botanic zakazniks (Chorna Hora and Yulivska Hora) with a total area of . The greatest part of the reserve is covered by virgin forests. Administratively, the biosphere reserve is located in four districts of Zakarpattia Oblast, Ukraine. It is adjacent to the Carpathian National Nature Park. Territory division The territory of Carpathian Biosphere Re ...
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Mickola Vorokhta
Mickola Vorokhta ( uk, Микола Ворохта, born 18 July 1947 in Rakhiv, Ukraine) is a Ukrainian artist- painter who lives and works in Odessa. In 2014, he was awarded the status of Merited Artist of Ukraine. Mickola Vorokhta finished his education in 1971 at the Art Faculty of Odessa Pedagogical Institute (''maître'' V. G. Efimenko). From 1974 to 1998 he was a lecturer at the art department of Odessa State Academy of Civil Engineering and Architecture. Since 1995 he has been a member of the National Union of Ukrainian Artists. His artworks are held in collections at the Culture Ministry of Ukraine, the Slovakian Museum of Ukrainian and Russian Culture, Historical Museum "Palanok", Odessa Museum of Western and Eastern Art and the Illichivsk Art Museum. They are also housed in private collections in Ukraine, Russia, UK, US, France, Japan, Switzerland, Norway, Italy, Portugal, Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in ...
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Bielsk Podlaski
Bielsk Podlaski ( be, Бельск Падляскі, , yi, ביעלסק, Bielsk) is a town in eastern Poland, within Bielsk County in the Podlaskie Voivodeship. As of December 2021, the town has a population of 24,883. Geography Bielsk Podlaski is located in the geographical region of Europe known as the Podlasie-Belarus Plateau (Polish: ''Wysoczyzny Podlasko-Białoruskie'') and the mesoregion known as the Bielsk plain (Polish: ''Równina Bielska''). The town covers an area of . Location It is located approximately northeast of Warsaw, the capital of Poland and southwest of Białystok, the capital of the Podlaskie Voivodeship. History Bielsk Podlaski has a long and rich history, dating back to the 12th century, when this area of Poland belonged to Kievan Rus'. The gord of Bielsk was probably founded by Ruthenian dukes, and its existence was first mentioned in 1253, in the so-called Hypatian Codex. In 1273, Bielsk was captured by Lithuanian duke Traidenis, and in the ea ...
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Szeged
Szeged ( , ; see also other alternative names) is the third largest city of Hungary, the largest city and regional centre of the Southern Great Plain and the county seat of Csongrád-Csanád county. The University of Szeged is one of the most distinguished universities in Hungary. The Szeged Open Air (Theatre) Festival (first held in 1931) is one of the main attractions, held every summer and celebrated as the Day of the City on 21 May. Etymology The name ''Szeged'' might come from an old Hungarian word for 'corner' (), pointing to the turn of the river Tisza that flows through the city. Others say it derives from the Hungarian word which means 'island'. Others still contend that means 'dark blond' () – a reference to the color of the water where the rivers Tisza and Maros merge. The city has its own name in a number of foreign languages, usually by adding a suffix ''-in'' to the Hungarian name: Romanian ; German or ; Serbo-Croatian /; Greek (''Partiskon''); It ...
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Hungary
Hungary ( hu, Magyarország ) is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning of the Pannonian Basin, Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the south, Croatia and Slovenia to the southwest, and Austria to the west. Hungary has a population of nearly 9 million, mostly ethnic Hungarians and a significant Romani people in Hungary, Romani minority. Hungarian language, Hungarian, the Languages of Hungary, official language, is the world's most widely spoken Uralic languages, Uralic language and among the few non-Indo-European languages widely spoken in Europe. Budapest is the country's capital and List of cities and towns of Hungary, largest city; other major urban areas include Debrecen, Szeged, Miskolc, Pécs, and Győr. The territory of present-day Hungary has for centuries been a crossroads for various peoples, including Celts, Ancient Rome, Romans, Germanic peoples, Germanic trib ...
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Poland
Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populous member state of the European Union. Warsaw is the nation's capital and largest metropolis. Other major cities include Kraków, Wrocław, Łódź, Poznań, Gdańsk, and Szczecin. Poland has a temperate transitional climate and its territory traverses the Central European Plain, extending from Baltic Sea in the north to Sudeten and Carpathian Mountains in the south. The longest Polish river is the Vistula, and Poland's highest point is Mount Rysy, situated in the Tatra mountain range of the Carpathians. The country is bordered by Lithuania and Russia to the northeast, Belarus and Ukraine to the east, Slovakia and the Czech Republic to the south, and Germany to the west. It also shares maritime boundaries with Denmark a ...
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Hutsul
The Hutsuls (sometimes the spelling variant: Gutsuls; uk, Гуцули, translit=Hutsuly; pl, Huculi, Hucułowie; ro, huțuli) are an ethnic group spanning parts of western Ukraine and Romania (i.e. parts of Bukovina and Maramureș). They have often been officially and administratively designated as a subgroup of Ukrainians and are largely regarded as constituting a broader Ukrainian ethnic group. Etymology The origin of the name ''Hutsul'' is uncertain. The most common derivations are from the Romanian word for "outlaw" (cf. Rom. ''hoț''–"thief", ''hoțul''–"the thief"), and the Slavic ''kochul'' (Ukr. ''kochovyk''–"nomad") which is a reference to the semi-nomadic shepherd lifestyle or the inhabitants who fled into the mountains after the Mongol invasion. Other proposed derivations include from the Turkic tribe of the Utsians or Uzians, and even to the name of the Moravian Grand Duke Hetsyla, among others. As the name is first attested in 1816, it is considered ...
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