Uzhhorod ( uk, У́жгород, , ; ) is a

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and

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on the river

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in western

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, at the border with

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and near the border with

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. The city is approximately equidistant from

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, the Adriatic and the Black Sea (650–690 km) making it the most inland city in this part of

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. It is the

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of Zakarpattia Oblast (

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), as well as the administrative center of the Uzhhorod Raion (

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) within the oblast. Population:

Name

The city's earliest known name is ''Ungvár'', from Hungarian ''Ung'' ( River Uzh) and ''vár'' "castle, fortress", originally referring to a castle outside the city (probably

Nevytske Castle Nevytske Castle ( uk, Невицький замок; hu, Nevickei vár) is a semi-ruined castle in Zakarpattia Oblast, Ukraine. It is located north of Uzhhorod near the villages Nevytske and Kamianytsia, Uzhhorod Raion along the . The castle ...

). The name ''Uzhhorod'' was coined in early 19th century

Slavophile Slavophilia (russian: Славянофильство) was an intellectual movement originating from the 19th century that wanted the Russian Empire to be developed on the basis of values and institutions derived from Russia's early history. Slavoph ...

circles as a literal translation of the name ''Ungvár''. The city officially adopted this name some time after 1920, under

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administration. The names of the city also include: en, link=no, Uzhgorod (before 1996); rue, Ужгород, Užhorod, rue, Унґвар, Ungvar (historically); yi, אונגווער, Ingver, yi, אונגוואַר, Ungvar; cz, Užhorod; sk, Užhorod; german: link=no, Ungwar, Ungarisch Burg or Ungstadt; pl, Użhorod; ro, Ujgorod.

History

Early history

Slavic beginnings

The best known of the first city founders are

early Slavs The early Slavs were a diverse group of tribal societies who lived during the Migration Period and the Early Middle Ages (approximately the 5th to the 10th centuries AD) in Central and Eastern Europe and established the foundations for the S ...

. One of their tribes – White Croats – settled the area of the modern Uzhhorod in the second half of the first millennium AD. During the 9th century a fortified castle changed into a fortified early

feudal Feudalism, also known as the feudal system, was the combination of the legal, economic, military, cultural and political customs that flourished in Middle Ages, medieval Europe between the 9th and 15th centuries. Broadly defined, it was a wa ...

town-settlement, which became the center of a new Slavic principality, at the head of which was a mythical prince

Laborec The Laborec ( ukr, Лаборець; hu, Laborc) is a river in eastern Slovakia that flows through the districts of Medzilaborce, Humenné, and Michalovce in the Košice Region, and the Prešov Region. The river drains the Laborec Highlands. It ...

, who was vassal of

Great Moravia Great Moravia ( la, Regnum Marahensium; el, Μεγάλη Μοραβία, ''Meghálī Moravía''; cz, Velká Morava ; sk, Veľká Morava ; pl, Wielkie Morawy), or simply Moravia, was the first major state that was predominantly West Slavs, Wes ...

. Great Moravia, according to historians and experts did not extend as far east as Uzhgorod, in fact, it was west of what is now the City of Bratislava, Slovakia. According to Gesta Hungarorum, the city was under the rule of Salan, the Bulgarian Prince.

Magyar conquest (895)

Having been encouraged by Salan's men, Almos's

Magyars Hungarians, also known as Magyars ( ; hu, magyarok ), are a nation and ethnic group native to Hungary () and historical Hungarian lands who share a common culture, history, ancestry, and language. The Hungarian language belongs to the Uralic ...

who had arrived in the region from Kyiv (then known as Kevevara) stormed Ung fortress in 895 AD. They encountered no resistance from the original "Ungvarian" White-Croats under Laborec and, after capture, Laborec was beheaded on the banks of the Laborcy river that still carries his name. Having taken over the Ung-Var, Almos appointed his son

Árpád Árpád (; 845 – 907) was the head of the confederation of the Magyar tribes at the turn of the 9th and 10th centuries. He might have been either the sacred ruler or ''kende'' of the Hungarians, or their military leader or '' gy ...

as prince of Hunguaria and from Ung-Var all of his warriors were called Hungarians instead.

10th–15th centuries

After the arrival of the Hungarians, the small town began to extend its borders. In 1241–1242 the

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Batu Khan Batu Khan ( – 1255),, ''Bat haan'', tt-Cyrl, Бату хан; ; russian: хан Баты́й was a Mongol ruler and founder of the Golden Horde, a constituent of the Mongol Empire. Batu was a son of Jochi, thus a grandson of Genghis Khan. ...

burnt the settlement. After, in 1248 the city was granted town privileges by the King Béla IV of Hungary. In the early 14th century, Uzhhorod showed strong resistance to the new Hungarian rulers of the Anjou dynasty. Although the majority of inhabitants were Hungarians, they wanted more freedom. From 1318 for 360 years, the

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s (Italian counts from the Kingdom of Naples) owned the town. During that period

Philip Drugeth Philip Drugeth (also Druget, hu, Druget Fülöp, sk, Filip Druget, uk, Філіпп Другет; ''c''. 1288 – June or July 1327) was a Neapolitan knight of French origin, who accompanied the twelve-year-old pretender Charles of Anjou to Hu ...

built

Uzhhorod Castle Uzhhorod Castle ( uk, Ужгородський замок; hu, Ungvári vár) is an extensive citadel on a hill in Uzhhorod, Ukraine. It was built in a mixture of architectural styles and materials between the 13th and 18th centuries and figured ...

. Together with the castle, the city began to grow. From 1430, Uzhhorod became a free royal town.

16th–18th centuries

During the 16–17th centuries there were many handicraft corporations in Uzhhorod. In this period the city was engaged in the religious fight between primarily

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and

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. In 1646 the Union of Ungvár was proclaimed and the Greek-Catholic church was established in Subcarpathia, in a ceremony held in the Ungvár castle by the Vatican Aegis. In 1707 Ungvár was the residence of Ferenc II Rákóczi, leader of the national liberation war of Hungarians against

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. From 1780 the city became the capital of the Greek Catholic Eparchy and from 1776 the center of a newly created school district. Maria Theresia First Private Garden Square, Uzhgorod

Maria Theresia First Private Garden Square, Uzhgorod

19th century

The beginning of the 19th century was characterized by economic changes, including the first factories in the city. The greatest influence on Ungvár among the political events of the 19th century was made by the Hungarian Revolution of 1848-1849, during which the native Hungarian nobility sought both to shake off the suzerainty of the

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and to have authority over their own people. 27 March 1848 was officially celebrated in the city as the overthrow of the monarchy in Hungary. It is now celebrated in Hungary on 15 March. In 1872 the first railway line opened, linking the city to the important railway junction of

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, then known as Csap.

20th century

According to the 1910 census, the city had 16,919 inhabitants, of which 13,590 (80.3%) were

, 1,219 (7.2%)

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, 1,151 (6.8%)

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, 641 (3.8%)

Rusyns Rusyns (), also known as Carpatho-Rusyns (), or Rusnaks (), are an East Slavs, East Slavic ethnic group from the Carpathian Rus', Eastern Carpathians in Central Europe. They speak Rusyn language, Rusyn, an East Slavic languages, East Slavi ...

and 1.6%

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. Since Jews were not counted as ethnicity (as defined by language), rather only religious group, this Austrian-Hungarian census does not specifically mention the Jewish population, which was significant, and represented about 31% of the total population in 1910. At the same time, the municipal area of the city had a population composed of 10,541 (39.05%) Hungarians, 9,908 (36.71%) Slovaks, and 5,520 (20.45%) Rusyns. The

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slowed down the tempo of city development. On 10 September 1919,

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was officially allocated to the Republic of

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. Uzhhorod became the administrative center of the territory. During these years Uzhhorod developed into an architecturally modern city. After the First Vienna Award in 1938, Uzhhorod was given back to

from which it was separated after WWI. In 1941 the Jewish population reached 9,576. On 19 March 1944, Germans troops entered the city. They established a '' Judenrat'' (Jewish council) and set up two ghettos, at the Moskovitz brickyard and Gluck lumberyard. During May 1944, all Jews were deported to Auschwitz in five different transports and subsequently murdered. Only a few hundred Jews survived. On 27 October 1944, the city was captured by the troops of the

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of the

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. Thousands of ethnic Hungarians were killed, expelled, or else taken to work in Soviet forced labor camps. The Hungarian majority population was decimated in order to strengthen the Soviet and Ukrainian right to the city. This period brought significant changes. On the outskirts of Uzhhorod new enterprises were constructed and the old enterprises were renewed. On 29 June 1945, Subcarpathian Ukraine was annexed by the

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and became a westernmost part of the

Ukrainian SSR The Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic ( uk, Украї́нська Радя́нська Соціалісти́чна Респу́бліка, ; russian: Украи́нская Сове́тская Социалисти́ческая Респ ...

. That year the Uzhhorod State University (now

Uzhhorod National University Uzhhorod National University ( uk, Ужгородський національний університет) (full name - State University "Uzhhorod National University") is a Ukrainian state higher educational institution in the city of Uzhhorod ...

) was also opened. Since January 1946 Uzhhorod was the center of newly formed Zakarpatska oblast. Since 1991 Uzhhorod has become one of 24 regional capitals within Ukraine. Of these, Uzhhorod is the smallest and westernmost.

21st century

In 2002, a bust of

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, Czechoslovakia's first president, was unveiled in a main square of the city. A similar bust was unveiled in 1928 on the 10th anniversary of Czechoslovak independence, but was removed by the Hungarians when they took over the region in 1939. On 15 April 2022, as part of the derussification campaign that swept through Ukraine following the February

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, the Uzhhorod City Council decided to rename 58 streets connected to Russian figures. United States First Lady Jill Biden visited the city on 8 May 2022, which was not announced to the public until after the visit.

Climate

Uzhhorod has a

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( Köppen: ''Dfb'') with cool to cold winters and warm summers. The coldest month is January with an average temperature of while the warmest month is July with an average temperature of . The coldest temperature ever recorded is and the warmest temperature was . Average annual precipitation is , which is evenly distributed throughout the year though the summer months have higher precipitation. On average, Uzhhorod receives 2023 hours of sunshine per year.

Demographics

According to the Ukrainian 2001 census, the population of Uzhhorod included: *

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including

(77.8%) *

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(9.6%) *

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(6.9%) *

(2.2%) *

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(1.5%)

Transportation

The city is served by

Uzhhorod railway station Uzhhorod ( uk, Ужгород) is the main railway station in Uzhhorod, Ukraine. It also is used as a port on the Slovakia–Ukraine border for freight transport. The rail border checkpoint is part of the Chop customs. The station was opened to ...

and has railway connections with

and

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. It is also served by

Uzhhorod International Airport Uzhhorod International Airport, ( uk, Міжнародний аеропорт «Ужгород»; sk, Medzinárodné letisko "Užhorod") is an international airport located in the city of Uzhhorod, in the western Ukrainian province of Zakarpatti ...

.Flights to resume at Uzhgorod Airport as Ukraine, Slovakia reportedly settle border issues

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(19 August 2020)

Sport

The city was home to the SC Rusj Užhorod football club from 1925. Contemporary side

FC Hoverla Uzhhorod Football Club Hoverla Uzhhorod ( ) was a Ukrainian professional football club based in Uzhhorod. Following the end of the 2015–16 season it was expelled from the Ukrainian Premier League because of debts to (current and former) players.

made their debut in the Ukrainian Premier League in 2001, but dissolved in 2016 due to money issues. In 2020 professional football matches at the highest levels of Ukraine returned to Uzhhorod since the 2020–21 season

FC Mynai FC Mynai or FC Minaj ( uk, Футбольний клуб «Минай», Futbolnyi klub Mynai) is a Ukrainian football club from Mynai, a suburb of Uzhhorod in the Zakarpattia Oblast. The club currently competes in the Ukrainian Premier League, d ...

plays its home matches in the Avanhard Stadium.

FC Uzhhorod Football Club Uzhhorod is a Ukrainian professional football club from Uzhhorod previously competing in the regional competitions of Zakarpattia Oblast and Ukrainian amateur competitions. History The club was founded in 2015.. FC Uzhhorod. It is t ...

currently in Ukrainian Second League also plays its matches at Avanhard Stadium.

International relations

Uzhhorod is currently twinned with: * Békéscsaba, Hungary * Nyíregyháza, Hungary * Szombathely, Hungary * Trogir,

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, Croatia * Corvallis,

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, US *

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, Germany, since 1992 *

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, since 1993 *

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, since 2008' *

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, since 2002' *

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, Czech Republic *

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* Târgu Mureș,

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(1814 in Veľké Kapušany – 1868) Hungarian poet, critic, author and philosopher. *

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of Ungvar and posek * József Gáti (1885-1945) an ethnic Hungarian communist politician from Subcarpathian Rus *

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player and author *

Nil Lushchak Nil Lushchak O.F.M. ( uk, Ніл Лущак, born Yuriy Yuriyovych Lushchak, uk, Юрій Юрійович Лущак; born May 22, 1973 Uzhhorod, Ukrainian SSR) is a Ukrainian Ruthenian Catholic hierarch, who serves as an Apostolic Administrat ...

(born 1973) a Ruthenian Catholic hierarch for Mukachevo. *

Jonathan Markovitch Jonathan Benyamin Markovitch ( uk, Йонатан Бін'ямін Маркович; born 21 October 1967) is the chief Rabbi of Kyiv, official representative of Lubavitcher Rebbe Menachem Mendel Schneerson and the official Rabbi of the country's ...

(born 1967) a Ukrainian rabbi and the

Chief rabbi Chief Rabbi ( he, רב ראשי ''Rav Rashi'') is a title given in several countries to the recognized religious leader of that country's Jewish community, or to a rabbinic leader appointed by the local secular authorities. Since 1911, through a ...

of Kyiv *

József Örmény József Örmény ( uk, Йожеф Ермінь) (born 1960 in Uzhhorod, Ukraine) is a Ukrainian pianist of Hungarian origin. He is mostly known for performing 20th-century music including Olivier Messiaen, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Alfred Schnittk ...

(born 1960), a Ukrainian pianist of Hungarian origin. * Ilka Pálmay (1859–1945), a Hungarian-born singer and actress. *

Dezső Pattantyús-Ábrahám Dezső Pattantyús-Ábrahám de Dancka (10 July 1875 – 25 July 1973) was a conservative Hungarian politician who served as Prime Minister and temporary Minister of Finance of the second counter-revolutionary government in Szeged for one month ...

(1875–1973) a Hungarian politician from an ancient and noble family *

Serhiy Ratushniak Serhiy Mykolayovych Ratushnyak ( uk, Сергій Миколайович Ратушняк; born February 17, 1961) is a former long-term Mayor of Uzhhorod, former People's Deputy of Ukraine and he was a self-nominated candidate in the 2010 Ukraini ...

(born 1961) former long-term Mayor of Uzhhorod, 1994–2002 & 2006–2010 *

Lika Roman Lika Roman uk, Роман Ліка Вікторівна (born May 12, 1985) is a Ukrainian model, charity worker and beauty pageant titleholder who won Miss Ukraine 2007 and represented Ukraine at Miss World 2007 in Sanya, China but unplaced. Sh ...

(born 1985), a Ukrainian model, charity worker and

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, 2007 *

Zsuzsanna Sirokay Zsuzsanna Sirokay (; born 28 March 1941 in Ungvár, Carpathian Ruthenia, Hungary) is a Hungarian pianist and lives in Switzerland. She passed her education with Professor Péter Solymos at the Franz Liszt College of Music in Budapest with distin ...

(born 1941) a Hungarian pianist, she lives in Switzerland. * Avgustyn Voloshyn (1874 in Kelechyn – 1945), a

n politician, teacher and priest * Yolka (born 1982), singer, songwriter, recording artist, presenter and actress. *

Anatoly Zatin Anatoly Zatin (Anatoli Zatine, russian: link=no, Анатолий Борисович Затин) (born 23 March 1954, Uzhhorod, Soviet Ukraine; now Ukraine), is a composer, pianist, orchestral conductor and pedagogue. Born in the USSR, he acquir ...

(born 1954), a Mexican composer, pianist and orchestral conductor *

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(1886 in Holubyne – 1967), an American lawyer and first governor of Carpathian Ruthenia *

Paul Zatkovich Paul Zatkovich (Rusyn: Жатковіч) (1852—1916) was a newspaper editor and cultural activist for Rusyns in the United States. He was born in Ungvár, in the Ung County of the Kingdom of Hungary (present-day Uzhhorod, Ukraine), where hi ...

(1852—1916) newspaper editor and cultural activist for

in the US.

Sport

* Matviy Bobal (born 1984) a Ukrainian football forward with ca. 300 club caps * Juraj Demeč (born 1945) a Czechoslovak former track and field athlete who competed at the

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Vladimir Koman Vladimir Koman Jr. (born 16 March 1989) is a Ukrainian-born Hungarian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Hungarian second-tier NB II team Diósgyőr. Club career Koman was born in Uzhhorod, Zakarpattia Oblast, Uk ...

(born 1989), a footballer with nearly 300 club caps and 36 for

* Vladyslav Mykulyak (born 1984) a Ukrainian retired footballer with 320 club caps. *

Yozhef Sabo Yozhef Yozhefovich Sabo ( uk, Йожеф Йожефович Сабо; hu, Szabó József; born 29 February 1940) is a former Ukrainian football player and football manager. He is of Hungarian background. He is baptized as a Greek-Catholic. ...

(born 1940), a former football player with 347 club caps and 76 for the

* György Sándor (born 1984) a Carpathian Ruthenian footballer with 370 club caps and 9 for

* István Sándor (born 1986) an Hungarian footballer with 380 club caps *

Daria Shestakova Daria Stanislavovna Shestakova (russian: Дарья Станиславовна Шестакова; born 6 February 1996) is a Russian rugby sevens player. She competed in the women's tournament at the 2020 Summer Olympics The , officia ...

(born 1996) a Russian rugby sevens player. *

Tetyana Trehubová Tetyana Trehubová (born 14 March 1989) is a Ukrainian-born Slovak handball player who plays for IUVENTA Michalovce MKS IUVENTA Michalovce is a Slovak handball club based in Michalovce Michalovce (; hu, Nagymihály, german: Großmichel, ...

(born 1989) a Ukrainian-born Slovak handball player.

References

External links

Official website of the City

Official website of Uzhhorod National University

Uzhhorod in old postcards

Uzhhorod Modernism Architectural Manual
{{Authority control Cities in Zakarpattia Oblast Shtetls Populated places established in the 9th century Cities of regional significance in Ukraine Oblast centers in Ukraine

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