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Uzh county (in Latin: comitatus Unghvariensis, in Hungarian: Ung (vár)megye in Slovak also: Užský komitát/ Užská župa / Užská stolica) is the name of a historic administrative county ( comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary. Its territory is presently in eastern Slovakia (1/3) and western Ukraine (2/3).
1 Geography
Uzh county shared borders with the Austrian crownland Galicia (currently in Poland and Ukraine) and the Hungarian counties Bereg, Szabolcs and Zemplén (Zemplín). It was situated between the Carpathian Mountains in the north, the rivers Tisza and Latorica in the south, and the river Laborec in the west. The rivers Latorica and Uzh (hence the name of the county) flowed through the county. Its area was 3230 km˛ around 1910.
2 Capitals
Initially, the capital of the county was the Uzhhorod Castle , later the town of Uzhhorod (in Hungarian: Ungvár).
3 History
Uzh is one of the oldest counties of the Kingdom of Hungary. In 1918Events January January 8 President Woodrow Wilson announces his " Fourteen Points" for the aftermath of World War I. February February 3 The Twin Peaks Tunnel begins service in San Francisco as the longest streetcar tunnel in the world (11,920 feet long). (confirmed by the Treaty of TrianonVersailles, site of the signing The Treaty of Trianon was an agreement that regulated the situation of the new Hungarian state that replaced the Kingdom of Hungary, part of former Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, after the World War I. It was signed on June 4, 19201920 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar) Events January January 7 Forces of Russian White admiral Kolchak surrender in Krasnoyarsk. January 9 Britain announces it will build 100,000 homes for war veterans. January 10 Leagu), the county became part of newly formed CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia ( Czech: Ceskoslovensko Slovak: Cesko-Slovensko before 1990 Ceskoslovensko ) was a country in Central Europe that existed from 1918 until 1992 (except for the World War II period). On January 1, 1993, it peacefully split into the Czech Repu, except the town Záhony , which remained in HungaryThe Republic of Hungary is a landlocked country in Central Europe, bordered by Austria, Slovakia, Ukraine, Romania, Serbia, Croatia and Slovenia. It is known locally as the Country of the Magyars or Magyarorszag''. Magyar Koztarsasag ( In Detail) ( Full s (county Szabolcs-Ung).
During World War IIWorld War II was the most extensive and costly armed conflict in the history of the world, involving the great majority of the world's nations, being fought simultaneously in several major theatres, and costing tens of millions of lives. The war was fough, when Czechoslovakia was split temporarily, most of the county (except a small western part) was occupied by Hungary under the First Vienna Award, and the county Uzh was recreated, with additional parts of pre-1918 Zemplén county.
After World War II, most of Uzh county became part of the Soviet Union, Ukrainian SSR, Zakarpattya region. The westernmost part was returned to Czechoslovakia. Since 1991, when the Soviet Union split up, the Zakarpattya region is part of Ukraine. Since 1993, when Czechoslovakia was split, the western part of Uzh is part of Slovakia, Košice region .
