Berehove
Encyclopedia
Berehove is a city
located in the Zakarpattia Oblast
(province
) in western Ukraine
, near the border with Hungary
.
Serving as the administrative center
of the Berehove Raion
(district
), the city itself is also designated as a separate raion within the oblast. It was the capital of the Kingdom of Hungary
's Bereg County up until 1919 and between 1938-1944.
Beregovo), Czech
and Slovak
: Berehovo, , , .
Residents of Berehovo have voted on October 31, 2010 for renaming their city to Beregszász, the Hungarian language name of the city, during local referendum. The voting turnout however only consisted of less than 48% with 4,688 voting for renaming and 4,358 against it, while 332 more voting bulletins were recognized as not legible.
In 2001, ethnic groups included: http://www.ukrcensus.gov.ua/eng/results/general/nationality/Zakarpattia/
City
A city is a relatively large and permanent settlement. Although there is no agreement on how a city is distinguished from a town within general English language meanings, many cities have a particular administrative, legal, or historical status based on local law.For example, in the U.S...
located in the Zakarpattia Oblast
Zakarpattia Oblast
The Zakarpattia Oblast is an administrative oblast located in southwestern Ukraine. Its administrative center is the city of Uzhhorod...
(province
Oblast
Oblast is a type of administrative division in Slavic countries, including some countries of the former Soviet Union. The word "oblast" is a loanword in English, but it is nevertheless often translated as "area", "zone", "province", or "region"...
) in western Ukraine
Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...
, near the border with Hungary
Hungary
Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...
.
Serving as the administrative center
Capital City
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of the Berehove Raion
Berehivskyi Raion
The Berehove Raion is a district in the Zakarpattia oblast in the westernmost corner of Ukraine. The main city and administrative center is Berehove. For over half of millennium the territory of the district was part of Bereg County.-Location:...
(district
Raion
A raion is a type of administrative unit of several post-Soviet countries. The term, which is from French rayon 'honeycomb, department,' describes both a type of a subnational entity and a division of a city, and is commonly translated in English as "district"...
), the city itself is also designated as a separate raion within the oblast. It was the capital of the Kingdom of Hungary
Kingdom of Hungary
The Kingdom of Hungary comprised present-day Hungary, Slovakia and Croatia , Transylvania , Carpatho Ruthenia , Vojvodina , Burgenland , and other smaller territories surrounding present-day Hungary's borders...
's Bereg County up until 1919 and between 1938-1944.
Name
The city has many different variations of spelling its name: , (translit. Berehovo), (translit.Romanization of Russian
Romanization of the Russian alphabet is the process of transliterating the Russian language from the Cyrillic alphabet into the Latin alphabet...
Beregovo), Czech
Czech language
Czech is a West Slavic language with about 12 million native speakers; it is the majority language in the Czech Republic and spoken by Czechs worldwide. The language was known as Bohemian in English until the late 19th century...
and Slovak
Slovak language
Slovak , is an Indo-European language that belongs to the West Slavic languages .Slovak is the official language of Slovakia, where it is spoken by 5 million people...
: Berehovo, , , .
Residents of Berehovo have voted on October 31, 2010 for renaming their city to Beregszász, the Hungarian language name of the city, during local referendum. The voting turnout however only consisted of less than 48% with 4,688 voting for renaming and 4,358 against it, while 332 more voting bulletins were recognized as not legible.
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.Demographics
The current estimated population is around 26,100 (as of 2004).In 2001, ethnic groups included: http://www.ukrcensus.gov.ua/eng/results/general/nationality/Zakarpattia/
- 48.1% Hungarians 12.8 thousands
- 38.9% UkrainiansUkrainiansUkrainians are an East Slavic ethnic group native to Ukraine, which is the sixth-largest nation in Europe. The Constitution of Ukraine applies the term 'Ukrainians' to all its citizens...
10.3 thousands - 6.4% Romani people 1.7 thousands
- 5.4% RussiansRussiansThe Russian people are an East Slavic ethnic group native to Russia, speaking the Russian language and primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries....
1.5 thousands
Notable citizens
- Rabbi Hugo GrynHugo GrynHugo Gabriel Gryn was a British Reform rabbi who was a popular broadcaster and a leading voice in interfaith dialogue....
(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 FriedmanMilton FriedmanMilton Friedman was an American economist, statistician, academic, and author who taught at the University of Chicago for more than three decades...
lived there before emigrating to the United States. - Julius RebekJulius RebekJulius Rebek, Jr. is a Hungarian-born American chemist and expert on molecular self-assembly.Rebek was born in Beregszasz , Hungary in 1944 and lived in Austria from 1945 to 1949. In 1949 he and his family immigrated to the United States and settled in Kansas. Rebek graduated from the University...
(born April 11, 1944), AmericanUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
chemistChemistA chemist is a scientist trained in the study of chemistry. Chemists study the composition of matter and its properties such as density and acidity. Chemists carefully describe the properties they study in terms of quantities, with detail on the level of molecules and their component atoms...
and expert on molecular self-assemblyMolecular self-assemblyMolecular self-assembly is the process by which molecules adopt a defined arrangement without guidance or management from an outside source. There are two types of self-assembly, intramolecular self-assembly and intermolecular self-assembly...
was born here. - Csaba Czébely (born December 3, 1975), the drummer of Hungarian heavy metal band PokolgépPokolgépPokolgép is a Hungarian heavy metal band formed in the early 1980s . They were among the first heavy metal bands in Hungary along with other bands like Moby Dick and Ossian.-The early years:...
. - Géza KalocsayGéza KalocsayGéza Kalocsay was a footballer and manager from Hungary, who played internationally for both Czechoslovakia and Hungary....
(born May 30, 1913, died September 26, 2008), former Hungarian and Czechoslovak footballer, football manager e.g. Standard LiègeStandard LiègeRoyal Standard de Liège, commonly referred to as Standard Liège Royal Standard de Liège, commonly referred to as Standard Liège Royal Standard de Liège, commonly referred to as Standard Liège (Dutch: Standard Luik [], German: Standard Lüttich , is a Belgian football club from the city of Liège....
, Górnik ZabrzeGórnik ZabrzeGórnik Zabrze is a Polish football club from Zabrze. The club has won numerous championships, and was a dominant force in the 1960s and 1980s. For now Górnik has the most titles in Poland. The club plays in white or dark blue - red kit, and is based at the Ernest Pohl Stadium... - Aranka SiegalAranka SiegalAranka Siegal is a writer, Holocaust survivor, and recipient of the Newbery Honor and Boston Globe-Horn Book Award, both awarded to her in 1982...
(born June 10, 1930) is a writer, Holocaust survivor, and recipient of the Newbery Honor and Boston Globe-Horn Book AwardBoston Globe-Horn Book AwardThe Boston Globe–Horn Book Awards were first presented by The Boston Globe and Horn Book Magazine in 1967. They are among the most prestigious honors in the United States in the field of children’s and young adult literature...
, both awarded to her in 1982. - Bartholomew Kubat MD (March 8, 1917 - August 23, 2003), born Berl Klein, was a noted Czechoslovak surgeon, Holocaust survivor and refugee from Communist Czechoslovakia.
Twin towns — Sister cities
Berehove is twinned with:| Przeworsk Przeworsk Przeworsk Ukrainian: Переворськ, 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, and is the capital of Przeworsk County.... , Poland Poland Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north... |
External links
- City of Berehove official website (Ukrainian)
- Berehove in the Encyclopedia of Ukraine
- Berehove - Shtetlink