Velykyi Bychkiv (; ; ; ; ; ) is a

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(

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) of

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(

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) in western

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. It belongs to Velykyi Bychkiv settlement hromada, one of the

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s of Ukraine. It lies east of

Tiachiv Tiachiv (, ; ; ; ) 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, the population is Names There are several alternative names used for ...

, 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 (, ; 27 March 1676 – 8 April 1735) was a Hungarian nobleman and leader of the Rákóczi's War of Independence against the Habsburgs in 1703–1711 as the prince () of the Estates Confederated for Liberty of the Kingdom of ...

, 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 ( or ''Újbocskó'', , or ''Bicskof'') is a commune in Maramureș County, Maramureș, Romania. It lies 9 kilometres east of Sighetu Marmației, across the Tisza River from Velykyy Bychkiv, Ukraine. Villages The commune is composed ...

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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

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, then since 1939 again became part of

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, before being ceded to the

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in 1945. Until 26 January 2024, Velykyi Bychki was designated

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. On this day, a new law entered into force which abolished this status, and Velykyi Bychki became a rural settlement. Velykyi Bychkiv has a chemical, sulfuric acid and table salt factory, as well as a sawmill. In 1930 a forest railway line was built.

People from Velykyi Bychkiv

* János Balogh, biologist, member of the

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, was born here on 19 February 1903 * Ottó Korvin, politician, a founder of the Communist Workers' Party, was born here on 24 March 1894 * Theodore Romzha, Greek Catholic bishop of Mukačevo, was born here on 14 April 1911 * Ivan Yaremchuk, soviet football player, was born here on 13 September 1962 * Rose Weingarten, Holocaust survivor, was born here on 27 September 1918, while it was still part of Czechoslovakia

References

External links

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