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33-492: The club was established on August 15, 1925. The colors of the club were chosen red and green, while the club's crest was the Coat of arms of Carpatho-Ukraine . Its first game it played on June 4, 1926, against another club from Uzhhorod , ČsŠK Užhorod, and lost it 0:2. On May 31 and June 1, 1927, the club traveled to Lwów , Poland where it played against another local Ukrainian club Ukraina Lwów tying both games 3:3. From 1929

66-598: A few hundred Jews survived. On 27 October 1944, the city was captured by the troops of the 4th Ukrainian Front of the Red Army . This period brought significant changes. On the outskirts of Uzhhorod new enterprises were constructed and the old enterprises were renewed. On 29 June 1945, Subcarpathian Ukraine was annexed by the Soviet Union and became a westernmost part of the Ukrainian SSR . This followed

99-531: A head of heraldic commission of the Czechoslovak government. During negotiations with the central government in Prague as the representatives of Ruthenian political elite were not able to arrive to final conclusion, creation of the coat of arms was directed to specialists in heraldry in Prague. A technical task for development of emblem however anticipated, possibly, to consider wish of local political elite of

132-575: A medieval writer, for further information on the ethnonym of the Hungarians see the article Name of Hungary . In the Kingdom of Hungary, the small town began to extend its borders. King Saint Stephen made it the centre (castrum) of Ung county with a strong military presence to protect the north east border of Hungary. In 1241–1242 the Mongols of Batu Khan burnt the settlement. After, in 1248

165-692: A new government quarter, being built from scratch. After the First Vienna Award in 1938, Uzhhorod was given back to Hungary from which it was separated after World War I. In 1941 the Jewish population reached 9,576. On 19 March 1944, German troops entered the city. They established a Judenrat ( Jewish council ) and set up two ghettos, at the Moskovitz brickyard and Gluck lumberyard. During May 1944, all Jews were deported to Auschwitz in five different transports and subsequently murdered. Only

198-665: A season. It was eliminated from it for the next season. During the World War II Rusj competed in the second football division of Hungary ( Nemzeti Bajnokság II ). After the war the club was formally dissolved, while many former players joined the football regional team of Zakarpattia for the Soviet Spartakiad competition. The regional Zakarpattia team won the Soviet competition and was transformed into Spartak Uzhgorod which included players from all former clubs in

231-673: Is a city and municipality on the Uzh River in western Ukraine , at the border with Slovakia and near the border with Hungary . The city is approximately equidistant from the Baltic , the Adriatic and the Black Sea (650–690 km) making it the most inland city in this part of Europe . It is the administrative center of Zakarpattia Oblast ( region ), as well as the administrative center of Uzhhorod Raion ( district ) within

264-523: Is also served by Uzhhorod International Airport . The airport is situated near the Ukraine Slovakia border. The territory of the city of Uzhhorod is coterminous with Uzhhorod urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine which was established on 12 June 2020. The city was home to the SC Rusj Užhorod football club from 1925. Contemporary side FC Hoverla Uzhhorod made their debut in

297-525: Is the official heraldic coat of arms of Zakarpattia Oblast in Ukraine . The coat of arms was initially adopted on 30 March 1920 along with coat of arms of other lands of Czechoslovakia . The Ukrainian version of the arms was adopted on 18 December 1990 as a revived coat of arms by Hungarian graphic artist Janos Reiti. The flag of the Zakarpattia Oblast is a Ukrainian flag defaced with

330-411: Is the smallest and westernmost. In 2002, a bust of Tomáš Masaryk , Czechoslovakia's first president, was unveiled in a main square of the city. A similar bust was unveiled in 1928 on the 10th anniversary of Czechoslovak independence, but was removed by the Hungarians when they took over the region in 1939. On 15 April 2022, as part of the derussification campaign that swept through Ukraine following

363-649: The Ukrainian 2001 census , the population of Uzhhorod included: Distribution of the population by native language according to the 2001 census : According to a survey conducted by the International Republican Institute in April–May 2023, 85% of the city's population spoke Ukrainian at home, 9% spoke Russian, and 1% spoke Hungarian. The city is served by Uzhhorod railway station and has railway connections with Chop and Lviv . It

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396-480: The Carpathian wildlife (fauna). For sometime it was thought that professor Friedrich was mistaken about existence of bear in heraldry of Uzhhorod or its vicinities, yet in 1991 a Polish economist Andrzej Wociał who was interested in history of wars proposed a version that bear may have derived from old heraldry of Peter Petrovics coat of arms who was an overlord of Zemplin and Ung in the 14th century. There also

429-596: The February 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine , the Uzhhorod City Council decided to rename 58 streets connected to Russian figures. United States First Lady Jill Biden visited the city on 8 May 2022, which was not announced to the public until after the visit. Uzhhorod has a humid continental climate ( Köppen : Dfb ) with cool to cold winters and warm summers. The coldest month is January with an average temperature of −1.7 °C (28.9 °F) while

462-717: The German Catholic Austria . Each one wanted to reunite the Kingdom of Hungary under their rule. In 1646 the Union of Ungvár was proclaimed and the Greek-Catholic church was established, in a ceremony held in the Ungvár castle by the Vatican Aegis. In 1707 Ungvár was the residence of Ferenc II Rákóczi , leader of the national liberation war of Hungarians against Habsburgs. From 1780 the city became

495-668: The Hungarian king Charles I invited the Drugeths (Italian counts from the Kingdom of Naples ) into Hungary and gave the town to them. The Drugeth family became a member of the Hungarian nobility . During that period Philip Drugeth built Uzhhorod Castle . Together with the castle, the city began to grow. From 1430, Uzhhorod became a free royal town. During the 16–17th centuries The Kingdom of Hungary fell into three parts. The middle

528-629: The addition of the Ukrainian trident in the uppermost blue field, used previously by the Ukrainian People's Republic . The idea of adding the seal of St. Volodymyr the Great came from Dr. Stefan Rosocha, a native of Maramoros. Since the territory is the same for the current Zakarpattia Oblast, the oblast uses the arms as its own. Uzhhorod Uzhhorod ( Ukrainian : Ужгород , IPA: [ˈuʒɦorod] ; Hungarian : Ungvár , IPA: [ˈuŋɡvaːr] ; Slovak : Užhorod )

561-608: The assumption of local authority by the People's Committee of Transcarpathian Ukraine based in Uzhhorod and headed by a local Communist. That year the Uzhhorod State University (now Uzhhorod National University ) was also opened. Since January 1946 Uzhhorod was the center of newly formed Zakarpatska oblast. Since 1991 Uzhhorod has become one of 24 regional capitals within independent Ukraine. Of these, Uzhhorod

594-569: The capital of the Greek Catholic Eparchy and from 1776 the center of a newly created school district. The beginning of the 19th century was characterized by economic changes, including the first factories in the city. The greatest influence on Ungvár among the political events of the 19th century was made by the Hungarian Revolution of 1848 -1849, during which the native Hungarian nobility sought both to shake off

627-566: The city also include: English: Uzhgorod (before 1996); Rusyn : Ужгород , romanized:  Užhorod , Rusyn : Унґвар , romanized:  Ungvar (historically); Russian : Ужгород , romanized :  Užgorod ; Belarusian : Ужгарад , romanized :  Užharad ; Yiddish : אונגווער , romanized :  Ungver , Yiddish : אונגוואַר , romanized :  Ungvar ; Czech : Užhorod ; Slovak : Užhorod ; German: Ungwar, Ungarisch Burg or Ungstadt ; Polish : Użhorod ; Romanian : Ujgorod . The city

660-561: The city was granted town privileges by the King Béla IV of Hungary . In the early 14th century, Uzhhorod was involved in the civil wars in the interregnum between Hungarian barons when the dynasty of Árpád died out. Finally Charles I of Hungary from the Anjou dynasty , descendant of the House of Árpád by his mother occupied the throne. The Anjou House also ruled the Kingdom of Naples and

693-485: The club participated in regional championships of Slovakia (1928 to 1934 as Eastern Slovakia and Carpatho-Ruthenia). It became a champion of Slovakia in 1933 and 1936. In 1933 Rusj Uzhorod lost a qualification play-off to DFC Prag (1:3, 1:4) to qualify for the Czechoslovak First League . Becoming the 1936 champion of Slovakia allowed Rus Uzhhorod to enter the 1936–37 Czechoslovak First League for

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726-567: The coat of arms of Carpathian Ukraine. The coat of arms were created after the end of the First World War, when local councils of Eperjes, Ung, Huszt of the region of Carpathian Ruthenia signed memorandum on leaving the First Hungarian Republic following Bolshevik coup-d'état led by Béla Kun and joining the newly created state of Czechoslovakia as an autonomous land. The arms was designed by Gustav Friedrich ,

759-670: The fortified castle changed into a fortified early feudal town-settlement which according to Gesta Hungarorum was originally subject to the Old Bulgarian Prince Salan until falling to Laborec , a ruler who was loyal to Great Moravia . Almos 's Magyars who had arrived in the region from Kyiv stormed the Hunguar fortress in 895 AD. Having taken over the castle, Almos appointed his son Árpád as prince of Hunguaria and from Ungvar his warriors were called Hungarians. As this may be viewed as naive folk etymology by

792-409: The four main colors, to offer an emblem "with an image of a bear which earlier was depicted on coat of arms of Uzhhorod city". The arms is parted per pale show three gold bars on blue field in its first ( dexter ) field and a red bear rampant on silver in its second (sinister) field. In 1924 Czech professor Irži Kralj, a specialist of ethnography expressed his opinion that the bear is a symbol for

825-513: The land. The Rusyn community firmly was standing on positions that were adopted back at the First Slavic Congress in Prague that took place during the 1848 Spring of Nations about the use of "Pan-Slavic" colors: blue, white, and red, while the supporters of Uniate (Greek Catholic) clergy were standing on position of use blue-yellow colors. Therefore professor Gustav Friedrich presented a compromised decision. That is, by using

858-484: The oblast. Population: 115,449 (2022 estimate). The city's earliest known name is Ungvár , from Hungarian Ung ( River Uzh ) and vár "castle, fortress", originally referring to a castle outside the city (probably Nevytske Castle ). The name Uzhhorod was coined in early 19th century Slavophile circles as a literal translation of the name Ungvár . The city officially adopted this name some time after 1920, under Czechoslovak administration. The names of

891-624: The region. Among the notable club's coaches there was Otto Mazal-Skvajn who during the World War II coached Wisla Krakow (1939–46). Among the notable club's players there was a Czechoslovakian goalkeeper of Ukrainian (Ruthenian) origin Alexa Boksay (1911–2007). Slovak championship (within Czechoslovakia ) East Slovakia and Ruthenia Coat of arms of Carpatho-Ukraine The coat of arms of Carpatho-Ukraine

924-533: The same time, the municipal area of the city had a population composed of 10,541 (39.05%) Hungarians, 9,908 (36.71%) Slovaks, and 5,520 (20.45%) Rusyns. The First World War slowed down the tempo of city development. On 10 September 1919, Subcarpathia was officially allocated to the Republic of Czechoslovakia . Uzhhorod became the administrative center of the territory. During these years Uzhhorod developed into an architecturally modern city, with Malyi Galagov ,

957-760: The suzerainty of the Austrian Empire and to have authority over their own people. 27 March 1848 was officially celebrated in the city as the overthrow of the monarchy in Hungary. It is now celebrated in Hungary on 15 March. In 1872 the first railway line opened, linking the city to the important railway junction of Chop , then known as Csap. According to the 1910 census, the city had 16,919 inhabitants, of which 13,590 (80.3%) were Magyars , 1,219 (7.2%) Slovaks , 1,151 (6.8%) Germans , 641 (3.8%) Rusyns and 1.6% Czechs . By religion, 5,481 Roman Catholic , 5,305 Jewish , 4,473 Greek Catholic , 1,368 Calvinist . At

990-463: The warmest month is July with an average temperature of 20.9 °C (69.6 °F). The coldest temperature ever recorded is −28.2 °C (−18.8 °F) and the warmest temperature was 38.6 °C (101.5 °F). Average annual precipitation is 748 millimetres (29.4 in), which is evenly distributed throughout the year though the summer months have higher precipitation. On average, Uzhhorod receives 2023 hours of sunshine per year. According to

1023-479: Was found an old seal from Ung county (megye) belonging to village of Kostrino which starts with inscriptions "Ung. M." and then another "Kostrina". On the Kostrino village seal is depicted a bear rampant. On the coat of arms of Bereg County is also depicted a bear rampant, but it is a bear rampant to sinister ("facing left"). The arms were also used by the short-lived state of Carpatho-Ukraine in 1939, but with

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1056-594: Was founded by early Slavs , one tribe of whom was the White Croats , who settled the area of the modern Uzhhorod under Kuber in the second half of the first millennium AD. Warriors from Ukraine established the Ungvar fortress in 677 according to the Chronicon Pictum . The settlement was the center of a new Slavic principality headed by a dynasty descended from Porga 's nephew Kubrat . In the 9th century,

1089-579: Was occupied by the Ottoman Empire , the north west was ruled by the Habsburg dynasty , the eastern part became the Principality of Transylvania , that hold the independent Hungarian statehood. During this period there were many handicraft corporations in Uzhhorod. In this period the city was engaged in the religious and political fight between primarily Hungarian Protestant Transylvania and

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