Khust

Chust (Ukrainian and Russian Хуст; russinisch Густ / Hust, Slovak and Czech Chust or Hust, Hungarian Huszt, Yiddish Chest, Chyst, also huste ) is a city in the Transcarpathian Oblast in the far west of Ukraine ( Transcarpathian ).

Population

The 2001 census showed a population of 29,100 inhabitants in the city ( 32,400 inhabitants including the eingemeindeten villages Saritschne [ Зарічне Ukrainian, Hungarian Túlanagyágtelep ], Kireschi [ Кіреші Ukrainian, Hungarian Kőrösös ] and Tschertisch [ Чертіж Ukrainian, Hungarian Csertés ] ). In the same Rajon Chust 96,600 residents were counted.

History

The settlement was founded by the Mongol invasion in the 13th century. Simultaneously, the same castle also was built, which has been abandoned since the 18th century. The first written mention dates back to 1329, the place is mentioned as Huszth.

Until 1919 the town was part of the Kingdom of Hungary in the western part of the county Máramaros. Then she came to the newly formed Czechoslovakia. In 1939, she was the seat of Soim, the Parliament of the Carpathian Ukraine.

In March 1939, the city was occupied by Hungary and then until 1945 the seat of administration for the Hungarian Carpathian Ukraine at this time.

Since 1945 she is part of the Ukraine (then the Soviet Union) and the Prefecture of Rajons Chust, since 10 May 1998, the city itself is under Oblastverwaltung.

Sons and daughters of the town

  • Antonín Moskalyk (1930-2006), Czech director
  • Ernő Szép (1884-1953), Hungarian-Jewish poet, writer and journalist
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