Velykyi Bychkiv ( uk, Вели́кий Бичкі́в; rue, Великый Бичкôв; hu, Nagybocskó, Nagybocska; ro, Bocicoiu Mare; cs, Velký Bočkov; sk, Veľký Bočkov, Bočková) is an

urban-type settlement Urban-type settlementrussian: посёлок городско́го ти́па, translit=posyolok gorodskogo tipa, abbreviated: russian: п.г.т., translit=p.g.t.; ua, селище міського типу, translit=selyshche mis'koho typu, ab ...

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 r ...

(

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) 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 ...

(

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) in western

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. It belongs to

Velykyi Bychkiv settlement hromada Veliky, or similar, may refer to: *Veliky (rural locality) (''Velikaya'', ''Velikoye''), name of several rural localities in Russia *Veliky (surname) *Velikaya, a river in Pskov Oblast, Russia *Velikaya (Chukotka), a river in Chukotka, Russia See ...

, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. It lies east of

Tiachiv Tiachiv ( uk, Тячів; rue, Тячово; hu, Técső; yi, טעטש, translit=Tetch) is a city located on the Tisza River in Zakarpattia Oblast (region) in western Ukraine. It is the administrative center of Tiachiv Raion (district). Today ...

, where the Sopurka River meets the

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. Population: .

History

The village was first mentioned in 1358, by the name ''Buchku''. Its name is derived from a Slavic word meaning "

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". Before 1556 Bosckai family owned the village. From 1556 it belonged to the Báthory family. By 1711 a mansion already stood here. After the failed revolution led by

Francis II Rákóczi Francis II Rákóczi ( hu, II. Rákóczi Ferenc, ; 27 March 1676 – 8 April 1735) was a Hungarian nobleman and leader of Rákóczi's War of Independence against the Habsburgs in 1703–11 as the prince ( hu, fejedelem) of the Estates Confeder ...

, Germans settled in the area. The village had three parts: ''Nagybocskó'' and ''Kisbocskó'' ("Greater" and "Smaller" Bocskó), which form today's Velykyy Bychkiv, and ''Németbocskó'' ("German Bocskó") across the river (this forms today's

Bocicoiu Mare Bocicoiu Mare ( hu, italic=yes, Nagybocskó or ''Újbocskó''; uk, Великий Бичків) is a commune in Maramureș County, Maramureș, Romania. It lies 9 kilometres east of Sighetu Marmației, across the Tisza River from Velykyy Bychkiv, ...

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). In 1910 the village had 5955 inhabitants: 3078

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, 1646

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and 1177

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by the primary language, or 3374 Greek Catholic, 1266 Roman Catholic and 1163 Jewish people by religion. It belonged to the Hungarian county of Máramaros. After

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it belonged to

Czechoslovakia , rue, Чеськословеньско, , yi, טשעכאסלאוואקיי, , common_name = Czechoslovakia , life_span = 1918–19391945–1992 , p1 = Austria-Hungary , image_p1 ...

, then since 1939 again became part of

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, before being ceded to the

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

in 1945. Velykiy Bychkiv has a chemical, sulfuric acid and table salt factory, as well as a sawmill. In 1930 a forest railway line was built. Velykiy Bychkiv was accorded the current

status in 1947.

People from Velykyi Bychkiv

* János Balogh, biologist, member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, was born here on February 19, 1903. *

Ottó Korvin Ottó Korvin (Born Ottó Klein, 24 May 1894 in Nagybocskó – 28 December 1919 in Budapest) was a communist politician of Hungary Hungary ( hu, Magyarország ) is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning of the Carpathian B ...

, politician, a founder of the Communist Workers' Party, was born here on March 24, 1894. * Theodore Romzha, Greek Catholic bishop of

Mukačevo Mukachevo ( uk, Мукачево, ; hu, Munkács; see name section) is a city in the valley of the Latorica river in Zakarpattia Oblast (province), in Western Ukraine. Serving as the administrative center of Mukachevo Raion (district), the city ...

, was born here on April 14, 1911. *

Ivan Yaremchuk Ivan Ivanovych Yaremchuk (or Jaremczuk) ( uk, Іван Іванович Яремчук) (born 19 March 1962) is a Ukrainian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. International career Yaremchuk earned 18 caps for the USSR n ...

, soviet football player, was born here on September 13, 1962 * Marija Tkachuk, vc'itel'ka v seli Ruske(Ruskoj)Slovakia * Julia Jusupc'ak, vc'itel'ka v seli Ruske(Ruskoj) Slovakia

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on 19 February 2007''. {{Zakarpattia-geo-stub Urban-type settlements in Rakhiv Raion

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People from Velykyi Bychkiv

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