Berehove ( uk, Берегове; hu, Beregszász) is a

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located in

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(

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) in western

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, near the 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 ...

. It is the cultural centre of the Hungarian minority in Ukraine. Serving as the

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Berehove Raion Berehove Raion ( uk, Берегівський район, hu, Beregszászi járás) is a district (raion) in Zakarpattia Oblast (province) in the westernmost corner of Ukraine. The administrative center is Berehove. For many centuries the territo ...

(

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), the city itself is also designated as a city of oblast significance, with a status equal to a separate raion, with a population of .

Name

The city has many different variations of spelling its name: ro, Bereg, rue, Берегово (translit. ''Berehovo''), russian: Берегово ( translit. ''Beregovo''), be, Берагава (

Łacinka The Belarusian Latin alphabet or Łacinka (from be, лацінка or łacinka, BGN/PCGN: ''Latsinka'', ) for the Latin script in general is the common name for writing Belarusian using Latin script. It is similar to the Sorbian alphabet a ...

''Bierahava''),

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and Slovak: Berehovo, yi, בערעגסאז, , german: Bergsaß, pl, Bereg Saski. Residents of Berehovo voted on October 31, 2010, in a referendum on renaming the town to Beregszász, its Hungarian-language name. Voter turnout was less than 52%, with 4,688 voting for renaming, 4,358 against, and 1,016 invalid ballots.

Administrative division

Part of the city is also a near adjacent village of Zatyshne of 504 people that has its representation in the city's council. Hungarian has been made a regional language in Berehovo in September 2012; meaning it will now be used in the town's administrative office work and documents.Romanian becomes regional language in Bila Tserkva in Zakarpattia region

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(24 September 2012) This was made possible after new legislation on languages in Ukraine was passed in the summer of 2012.

Climate

Berehove has an

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(

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: ''Cfb'').

History

In 1910, out of 12,933 inhabitants 12,432 were Hungarians (96.1%), 221 Ukrainians (

Ruthenians Ruthenian and Ruthene are exonyms of Latin origin, formerly used in Eastern and Central Europe as common ethnonyms for East Slavs, particularly during the late medieval and early modern periods. The Latin term Rutheni was used in medieval sourc ...

) and 140 Germans.(Hungarian) It was the capital of the

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Bereg County Bereg ( rue, Береґ; ) was an administrative county (comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary. Its territory is now mostly in western Ukraine and a smaller part in northeastern Hungary. The capital of the county was Beregszász ("Berehove" in Ukra ...

until 1920 and between 1940 and 1945. From 1920 until 1938 it was part of

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

. Prior to World War II, the city had a significant Jewish population, estimated at 8,000 persons. Only four returned following the war. A local newspaper has been published here since December 1945. In January 1989 the population was 30,157 people. In 2001, ethnic groups included: * 48.1%

Hungarians 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 Urali ...

12.8 thousand * 38.9%

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

10.3 thousand * 6.4%

Romani people The Romani (also spelled Romany or Rromani , ), colloquially known as the Roma, are an Indo-Aryan ethnic group, traditionally nomadic itinerants. They live in Europe and Anatolia, and have diaspora populations located worldwide, with sig ...

1.7 thousand * 5.4%

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1.5 thousand The first Hungarian-language college in Ukraine is in Berehovo, the II. Rákoczi Ferenc College.

Notable citizens

*Rabbi

Hugo Gryn Hugo Gabriel Gryn (pronouned ''green'') (25 June 1930 – 18 August 1996) was a British Reform rabbi, a national broadcaster and a leading voice in interfaith dialogue. Hugo Gryn was born into a prosperous Jewish family in the market town of Be ...

(1930–1996) was born here on June 25, 1930, and became well known as a broadcaster in Britain. * The parents of Nobel Prize–winning economist

Milton Friedman Milton Friedman (; July 31, 1912 – November 16, 2006) was an American economist and statistician who received the 1976 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences for his research on consumption analysis, monetary history and theory and the ...

lived there before emigrating to the United States. *

Julius Rebek Julius Rebek Jr. (born Gyula Rebek on April 11, 1944) is a Hungarian-American chemist and expert on molecular self-assembly. Rebek was born in Beregszász (present-day Berehove, Ukraine), which at the time was part of Hungary, in 1944 and live ...

(born April 11, 1944),

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and expert on

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was born here. * Csaba Czébely (born December 3, 1975), the drummer of Hungarian heavy metal band

Pokolgép Pokolgép is a Hungarian heavy metal band formed in the early 1980s (around 1982). They were among the first heavy metal bands in Hungary along with Moby Dick. The name "Pokolgép" literally means Infernal Machine, but is the Hungarian word for ...

. *

Géza Kalocsay Géza Kalocsay (30 May 1913 – 26 September 2008) was a footballer and manager from Hungary, who played internationally for both Czechoslovakia (3 caps) and Hungary (2 caps). At the time of his death in September 2008 at the age of 95, he was t ...

(born May 30, 1913, died September 26, 2008), former Hungarian and Czechoslovak footballer,

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manager e.g.

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. *

Aranka Siegal Aranka Siegal (born Aranka Meizlik; June 11, 1930) is a writer, Holocaust survivor, and recipient of the Newbery Honor and Boston Globe-Horn Book Award, both awarded to her in 1982. She is the author of three books, the best known of which is ...

(born June 10, 1930) is a writer,

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survivor, and recipient of the

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and

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, both awarded to her in 1982. * Andrea Bocskor (born August 11, 1978), politician who in the

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was elected into the

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. Hence, Bocskor became the first elected

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citizen in the European Parliament.A citizen of Ukraine has become a Member of European Parliament

Ukrayinska Pravda ''Ukrainska Pravda'' ( uk, Українська правда, lit=Ukrainian Truth) is a Ukrainian online newspaper founded by Georgiy Gongadze on 16 April 2000 (the day of the Ukrainian constitutional referendum). Published mainly in Ukraini ...

(3 July 2014) *Hungarian voice actor was born in Berehove. *

Sári Fedák Sári Fedák (Born Sarolta Klára Mária Fedák; 27 September 1879, Beregszász present-day Berehove, Ukraine – 05 May 1955, Budapest, Hungary) was a Hungarian actress and singer, one of the most well-known prima donnas of her time. Accordin ...

(1879–1955), Hungarian actress and singer was born here. * Alen Panov (1978), Ukrainian diplomat, lawyer and professor of Uzhhorod National University

International relations

Twin towns — Sister cities

Berehove is twinned with: *

Przeworsk Przeworsk (; uk, Переворськ, translit=Perevors'k; yi, פּרשעוואָרסק, translit=Prshevorsk) is a town in south-eastern Poland with 15,675 inhabitants, as of 2 June 2009. Since 1999 it has been in the Subcarpathian Voivodeship ...

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Satu Mare Satu Mare (; hu, Szatmárnémeti ; german: Sathmar; yi, סאטמאר or ) is a city with a population of 102,400 (2011). It is the capital of Satu Mare County, Romania, as well as the centre of the Satu Mare metropolitan area. It lies in the ...

Romania Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern, and Southeast Europe, Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to the west, S ...

Gödöllő Gödöllő (; german: Getterle; sk, Jedľovo) is a town in Pest County, Budapest metropolitan area, Hungary, about northeast from the outskirts of Budapest. Its population is 34,396 according to the 2010 census and is growing rapidly. It can ...

File:Берегово2.jpg, Jewish mikve in Berehove (now a bank) File:Листівки - Берегове гребель в 1900 році.jpg, The dam in Berehove Postcard 1900 File:Beregszasz city limit sign rovas script.JPG, City limit sign, in three scripts, two languages

References

External links

City of Berehove official website
(Ukrainian)

(English Version)

in th
Encyclopedia of Ukraine

Berehove - Shtetlink
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