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Mukachevo ( Ukrainian: Мукачево, pronounced [mʊˈkɑt͡ʃewo] ⓘ; Hungarian: Munkács; see name section) is a city in Zakarpattia Oblast, western Ukraine. It is situated in the valley of the Latorica River and serves as the administrative center of Mukachevo Raion.
On the eve of the Holocaust, Munkács (Mukačevo) was the largest and most important Jewish community in Subcarpathian Rus', Czechoslovakia. It was an Eastern European thriving community, known for its religious fervor, as well as substantial Zionist activities.
Today, Munkacs is known as Mukachevo, and out of a population of over 85,000, only about one hundred Jews remain. However, Mukachevo is experiencing something of a Jewish renaissance, with the establishment of a kosher kitchen, mikveh, Jewish summer camp and daily prayer services.
Munkacs (Hungarian; Munkatsh, phonetic; Mukachevo, Ukr.; Mukacevo, Czech and Slov.) was the commercial capital of the Transcarpathian region of Ukraine. Its many names reflect the cultural crossroads of its location.
This city of Transcarpathia, located at the crossroads of several nations with evolving borders has all the more been marked by many influences: Czech, Slovak, Polish, Austrian, Hungarian, Ukrainian …. The Jewish presence in Mukachevo, formerly known as Munkacs seems to date from the end of the 17th century.
Mukacheve is a city located in the valley of the Latorica river in the Zakarpattia Oblast, in southwestern Ukraine. Serving as the administrative center of the Mukachivskyi Raion, the city itself is also designated as a separate raion within the oblast. Mukacheve has been settled since prehistoric times.
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MUKACHEVO (Czech. Mukačevo ; Hung. Munkács ), city in Transcarpathian district, Ukraine. Until 1919 Mukachevo belonged to Hungary, then until 1938 to Czechoslovakia, and from 1938 to 1945 again to Hungary. From the end of World War ii it formed part of the Soviet Union.
