Uzhok Pass ( ua, Ужоцький перевал, hu, Uzsoki-hágó) is a mountain pass in the north-eastern
Carpathian Mountains in
Ukraine
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through the Vodorazdel'nyy backbone. It located on a ridge at high.
It is located on the border of
Stryi Raion
Stryi Raion ( uk, Стрийський район) is a raion in Lviv Oblast in western Ukraine. Its administrative center is Stryi. Population: .
On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, the number of raions of Lviv Obl ...
(
Lviv Oblast
Lviv Oblast ( uk, Льві́вська о́бласть, translit=Lvivska oblast, ), also referred to as Lvivshchyna ( uk, Льві́вщина, ), ). The name of each oblast is a relational adjective—in English translating to a noun adjunct w ...
) and
Velykyi Bereznyi Raion (
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 ...
), on the watershed of
San River
The San ( pl, San; uk, Сян ''Sian''; german: Saan) is a river in southeastern Poland and western Ukraine, a tributary of the river Vistula, with a length of (it is the 6th-longest Polish river) and a basin area of 16,877 km2 (14,42 ...
and
Uzh River
The Uzh ( uk, Уж; translit. ''Uzh''; sk, Uh; hu, Ung, pl, Uż) is a river in Ukraine and Slovakia. Its name comes from the ancient west Slavic dialect word ''už'', meaning "Snake", (lat. "Serpentes").
The Uzh is a tributary of the Labor ...
. The pass is also close to the
Poland-Ukraine border.
In
World War I
World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fightin ...
, the pass was the scene of fierce fighting between the advancing
Russian Army
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The primary responsibilities of the Russian Ground Force ...
and the defending
Austro-Hungarian forces in the winter of 1914–1915.
Gallery
File:Sportszálló, honvédségi Fiat 508 Balilla személygépkocsi. Fortepan 57463.jpg, Hungarian soldiers in a Fiat Balilla 508 at Uzhok pass in 1939
File:A magyar-szovjet határ 1940-ben. Fortepan 31980.jpg, Hungarian-Soviet border at Uzhok pass, 1940
File:Uzhok pass 03.jpg, Highway H13
File:Uzhok pass 07.jpg, Monument to Austrian-Hungarian and Russian soldiers fallen during World War I
File:PL-UA Uzok Pass 01.jpg, View of Uzhok pass from the Polish side
File:Віадук на Ужоцькому перевалі.JPG, Railroad viaduct
File:Тунель на ужоцькому перевалі.JPG, Abandoned tunnel
References
* Географическая энциклопедия Украины,
УСЭ, 1989—1993 гг. ( in Russian . Ukrainian Geografical Encyclopedia, the part of
Ukrainian Soviet Encyclopedia
The ''Ukrainian Soviet Encyclopedia'' ( uk, Українська радянська енциклопедія, ''Ukrayinska radyanska entsyklopediya'') was a multi-purpose encyclopedia of Ukraine, issued in the USSR.
First attempt
Following th ...
, 1989–1993 years)
* Географічна енциклопедія України: в 3-х томах / Редколегія: О. М. Маринич (відпов. ред.) та ін. — К.: «Українська радянська енциклопедія» імені М. П. Бажана, 1989.(in Ukrainian. Geografical Encyclopedia, the part of
Ukrainian Soviet Encyclopedia
The ''Ukrainian Soviet Encyclopedia'' ( uk, Українська радянська енциклопедія, ''Ukrayinska radyanska entsyklopediya'') was a multi-purpose encyclopedia of Ukraine, issued in the USSR.
First attempt
Following th ...
, 1989–1993 years)
External links
Uzhok and Uzhok pass Castles and Temples of Ukraine.
"Mandrivka Ukrayinoyu".
Mountain passes of Ukraine
Mountain passes of the Carpathians
Poland–Ukraine border
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