Irshava ( uk, Іршава; hu, Ilosva) is a town located in

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 ...

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) in western

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. It was the

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Irshava Raion Irshava Raion ( uk, Іршавський район, ''Irshavskiy rayon'') was a raion (district) of Zakarpattia Oblast in the westernmost corner of Ukraine. The only city and the administrative center was Irshava. Irshava Raion was situated on th ...

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) until it was abolished in 2020 and was merged with

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 oblas ...

. Today, the population is .

Names

There are several alternative names used for this city: rue, Иршава, russian: Иршава, hu, Ilosva, german: Irschawa, sk, Iršava, ro, Iloșva, pl, Irszawa, and yi, Orsheve.

History

The Hasidic Rabbi

Joel Teitelbaum Joel Teitelbaum ( yi, יואל טייטלבוים, translit=Yoyl Teytlboym, ; 13 January 1887 – 19 August 1979) was the founder and first Grand Rebbe of the Satmar dynasty. A major figure in the post-war renaissance of Hasidism, he espoused a ...

(later of

Satmar Satmar (Yiddish: סאַטמאַר, Hebrew: סאטמר) is a Hasidic group founded in 1905 by Grand Rebbe Joel Teitelbaum, in the city of Szatmárnémeti, Hungary (now Satu Mare in Romania). The group is an offshoot of the Sighet Hasidic dynasty ...

) lived in Irshava twice, between 1911-1914, and again between 1922-1925. He established a yeshiva there. A local newspaper is published here since October 1946. City since September 1982. In January 1989 the population was 9873 people.

Demographics

In 2001, population was 10,515. It included: *

Ukrainians Ukrainians ( uk, Українці, Ukraintsi, ) are an East Slavic ethnic group native to Ukraine. They are the seventh-largest nation in Europe. The native language of the Ukrainians is Ukrainian. The majority of Ukrainians are Eastern Ort ...

(98.6%) *

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(0.7%) * Slovaks (0.3%) *

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(0.3%) Native language in 2001:All-Ukrainian population census
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(97.9%) *

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(1.4%) * Hungarian (0.4%)

Natives

* Ivanna Bagová (born 1993) – Slovak singer, winner of The Voice of Czecho Slovakia * Rabbi Gruenberger Yaacov ctive in Prague Jewish Town Alt-neu Schul synagogue, studied in yeshiva situated of Trnava

Gallery

File:Залізнична станція Іршава 2011 рік.jpg, Irshava railway station file:Irshava (Ilosva),former Great synagogue,later-the club.jpg, Former Great Synagogue, later - the old club file:Irshava (Ilosva), Jewish cemetery -01.jpg, Jewish cemetery in Irshava

References

External links

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