Gábor Dayka (March 21, 1769 in

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– October 20, 1796 in Ungvár) was a Hungarian

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. Ödön Szamovolszky sculpted the statue of Gábor Dayka. From 1909 until October 1944, it stood in front of the Hungarian-language Drugeth High School in Uzhhorod. It was re-erected on 16 April 1994 after decades of adventures.Méhes László Mátyás
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