Uzhgorod, Ukraine - City Overview and Airfare Information
Uzhgorod
Uzhhorod (Ukrainian and Russian: Ужгород; in Ruthenian: Ужгород; Slovak and Czech: Užhorod; Hungarian: Ungvr; German: Ungwar; Yiddish: אונגװיר, Ungvir, Ingver, Yngvyr) is a city located in western Ukraine, at the border with Slovakia and near the border with Hungary. It is the administrative center of the Zakarpattia Oblast (province), as well as the administrative center of the surrounding Uzhhorodsky Raion (district) within the oblast. The city itself is also designated as its own separate raion within the oblast.
The city gets its name from the Uzh River, which divides the city into two halves (the old and new sections). Uzh (Уж) means eel, and horod (город) is Ruthenian for city, coming from Old Slavonic grad (градъ).
The city is spelled Ужгород in both Ukrainian and Russian, transliterated 'Uzhhorod' from Ukrainian, 'Uzhgorod' from Russian. Consequently, the city was widely known in English-language contexts as Uzhgorod during the Soviet era.
Uzhhorod is located at 4837′N 2218′E. Its population in (2004) was 111,300.
Demographics
According to the 2001 census, the population of Uzhhorod included: [2]
Ukrainians (77.8%)
Russians (9.6%)
Hungarians (6.9%)
Slovaks (2.2%)
Roma (1.5%)
Transport
Uzhhorod has a railway station wich consists of Uzhhorod-1 (Uzhhorod Central Rail Terminal), Uzhhorod-2, Uzhhorod-3, Pavlovo, Domanynci-1, Domanynci-2 stations. Uzhhorod has an international airport: Uzhhorod International Airport. Airport code: UDJ. It is one of the biggest airports in Ukraine. Has one terminal. There are flights to Ukrainian airports and airports in Georgia, Turkey and Hungary. The public transportation is middle developed. There are buses and microbuses on about 50 routes.
Sister Cities
Uzhhorod is twinned with:
Bkscsaba, Hungary
Nyregyhza, Hungary
Moscow, Russia
Orel, Russia
Pula, Croatia
Corvallis, Oregon, USA
Darmstadt, Germany
Košice, Slovakia
People
Shlomo Ganzfried, an Orthodox rabbi and posek
Samuel Lipschtz, a chess player and author
Jnos Erdlyi, a Hungarian poet, critic, author, philosopher and ethnographist
Mikhail Kopelman, a Ukrainian violinist
Avhustyn Voloshyn, a Subcarpathian politician, teacher, and essayist
Jzef Kasparek, a Polish lawyer, historian and political scientist
References
^ Atlas and Gazetteer of Historic Hungary 1914, Talma Kiad
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