Zakarpattia oblast overview
Zakarpattia oblast has a unique geographical position. The region is situated in the far southwest of Ukraine. It occupies the southeastern part of Ukrainian Carpathians and Danube lowland. Other names of the region are Zakarpatska, Podkarpatska, Transcarpathian, Transcarpathia, Zakarpattya.
Zakarpattia oblast borders on Lviv and Ivano-Frankivsk oblasts in the north and southeast, while in the north, west and south Zakarpattia region borders on Poland, Slovakia, Hungary and Romania. Zakarpattia oblast capital is Uzhgorod city.
Zakarpattia oblast population is about 1,240,000 (2010); land area is 12,777 sq. km.
Zakarpattia oblast history
The territory of Zakarpatye was a part of Great Moravia, Kievan Rus, Hungarian kingdom, Transilvaniya and Austria-Hungary. In 1918-1919 the territory was occupied by Czech and Romanian armies, in May 1919 the meeting in Uzhgorod declared their will to join Czechoslovakia. On June 4th, 1920, it joined Czechoslovakia under the name “Podkarpatskaya Rus”.
After independence of Czechoslovakia was abolished in Zakarpatye on March 15th, 1939, an independent state was declared - the Carpathian Ukraine. On March 18th, 1939, Hungarian troops arrived in Zakarpatye and its independence was abolished, the territory annexed by Hungary.
In 1944 Zakarpatye was occupied by Soviet troops and in 1945 it became a part of the Ukrainian SSR and received the name Zakarpattia oblast.
Zakarpattia oblast nature
Zakarpattia oblast beautiful nature
Author: Alexander Naumov
Zakarpattia oblast scenery
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Zakarpattia oblast, Ukraine scenery
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Zakarpattia oblast info
By the force of its geographic peculiarities, Zakarpattia oblast was always a convenient link between the states of Northern and Southern, Eastern and Western Europe. The position on the junction of several states, on international transit routes permits Zakarpattia oblast to play a great part in Ukraine integration to European structures and favors its active participation in international division of labor.
Zakarpattia oblast is not large as to its area and population on the country scales. Zakarpattia region territory and population make 2.1% and 2.5% of those in Ukraine.
Zakarpattia oblast includes 13 administrative districts and 2 cities subordinated to the center city of the oblast, 10 towns, 20 town type villages and 579 villages.
Zakarpattia oblast economy
Zakarpattia oblast industry: highly developed wood-working; food-processing, consumer goods production and machine-building.
Zakarpattia oblast agriculture: grains, potatoes, vegetables; vineries and gardening.
