Zakarpattia Oblast

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Zakarpattia Oblast (Ukrainian: Закарпатська область, romanized: Zakarpats'ka Oblast'), also referred to as simply Zakarpattia (Ukrainian: Закарпаття; Hungarian: Kárpátalja), Subcarpathia, or Transcarpathia in English, is an oblast located in the Carpathian Mountains in western Ukraine, mostly coterminous with the historical region of Carpathian Ruthenia. Its administrative centre is the city of Uzhhorod. Other major cities within the oblast include Mukachevo, Khust, Berehove, and Chop, the last of which is home to railroad transport infrastructure. Zakarpattia Oblast was established on 22 January 1946, following Czechoslovakia's abandonment of its claim to the territory of Subcarpathian Ruthenia (Czech and also Slovak: Podkarpatská Rus) under a treaty between Czechoslovakia and the Soviet Union. The territory of Subcarpathian Ruthenia was then taken over by the USSR and became part of the Ukrainian SSR. During the Ukrainian independence referendum held in 1991, a referendum on autonomy...

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