Solomonovo ( uk, Соломоново; hu, Tiszasalamon, Salamon) is a village in
Uzhhorod Raion
Uzhhorod Raion ( uk, Ужгородський район, hu, Ungvári járás) 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 ...
(
district
A district is a type of administrative division that, in some countries, is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or counties, several municipalities, subdivisions o ...
) of
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 ...
(
province
A province is almost always an administrative division within a country or sovereign state, state. The term derives from the ancient Roman ''Roman province, provincia'', which was the major territorial and administrative unit of the Roman Empire ...
) in
western Ukraine
Western Ukraine or West Ukraine ( uk, Західна Україна, Zakhidna Ukraina or , ) is the territory of Ukraine linked to the former Kingdom of Galicia–Volhynia, which was part of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, the Austria ...
. It is located west of the
Chop railway station
Chop ( uk, Чоп, hu, Csap) is a railway station that is located in a small city of Chop, Zakarpattia Oblast in Ukraine. It is part of the Uzhhorod administration (Lviv Railways).
General description
The station is an important transportation hu ...
. It had a population of 1,342, according to the 2001 census.
It is the most western Ukrainian municipality. The distance to the most eastern village
Rannya Zorya in the
Luhansk Oblast
Luhansk Oblast ( uk, Луга́нська о́бласть, translit=Luhanska oblast; russian: Луганская область, translit=Luganskaya oblast; also referred to as Luhanshchyna, uk, Луга́нщина) is the easternmost oblast ...
is . The village is located in close proximity to the city of
Chop and Ukrainian border with
Hungary
Hungary ( hu, Magyarország ) is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning of the 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 a ...
and Slovakia.
The village is well known for its
Škoda
Škoda means ''pity'' in the Czech and Slovak languages. It may also refer to:
Czech brands and enterprises
* Škoda Auto, automobile and previously bicycle manufacturer in Mladá Boleslav
** Škoda Motorsport, the division of Škoda Auto respons ...
owned
Eurocar
Eurocar PrJSC is the official manufacturer of Škoda cars in Ukraine, the part of Atoll Holding Group of Companies. It is one of the largest passenger car manufacturers in Ukraine. The plant's share in the total production of passenger vehicles in ...
subsidiary. Situated on the
Highway M06 (part of the
European route E573
E 573 is a B-class European route connecting Püspökladány in Hungary to Uzhhorod in Ukraine. The route is approximately 193 km long. Its national number in Hungary is 4. Formerly, it began in Nyíregyháza as its southern part was called ...
), in the village is located vehicle border crossing with Hungary
Chop –Tysa
Chop, CHOP, Chops, or CHOPS may refer to:
Art
*Embouchure, in music, a synonym for chops (and later, more broadly, musical skill or ability)
*CHOPS, an Asian-American hip hop producer, rapper and member of rap group Mountain Brothers
* ''Chops'' ...
.
According to the Ukrainian Census, about 60% of the population speak Hungarian, while over 37% speak the Ukrainian language.
People born here
*
Petro Maha, Ukrainian lyricist, Merited Artist of Ukraine
Gallery
File:Slovak-Ukrainian state border between Čierna nad Tisou and Chop 04.jpg, Slovak-Ukrainian state border
File:Slovak-Ukrainian state border between Čierna nad Tisou and Chop 03.jpg, Boundary stone
A boundary marker, border marker, boundary stone, or border stone is a robust physical marker that identifies the start of a land boundary or the change in a boundary, especially a change in direction of a boundary. There are several other t ...
with a security camera
A closed-circuit television camera can produce images or recordings for surveillance or other private purposes. Cameras can be either video cameras, or digital stills cameras. Walter Bruch was the inventor of the CCTV camera. The main purpose o ...
File:Slovak-Ukrainian state border between Čierna nad Tisou and Chop 05.jpg, Security electric fence with a ploughed trace-control strip.
File:Tiszasalamon ref templom.JPG, Church
File:Salamoni uradalom hatarorseg.JPG, Municipal office
References
External links
Solomonovo – karpataljaturizmus.netSolomonovo (Соломоновo) of Ukraine 1:100,000 topographic maps
{{Zakarpattia Oblast
Villages in Uzhhorod Raion