Carpatho-Ukraine
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Carpatho-Ukraine (#redirect ) was a short-lived Ukrainian state that formally existed for several days only in March 1939 in the easternmost part of Czechoslovakia (Subcarpathian Ruthenia, or Transcarpathia), and had been an autonomous region within Czechoslovakia for several months before that. The state was occupied by Hungary which annexed the area between March 15 and March 18, 1939.
History
- For early history see Carpathian Ruthenia.
In November 1938, under the First Vienna Award, which resulted from the Munich agreement, Nazi Germany and Italy prevailed on Czechoslovakia to cede the southern third of Slovakia and southern Carpatho-Ukraine to Hungary.
Following Slovakia's (formal) declaration of independence and Adolf Hitler's occupation of Bohemia and Moravia on 14-15 March 1939, on March 15 Carpatho-Ukraine declared its independence as the "Republic of Carpatho-Ukraine", with the Reverend Avhustyn Voloshyn as head of state. Hungary immediately invaded and annexed the new republic. On March 23, Hungary annexed some further parts of eastern Slovakia, starting from the Carpatho-Ukraine.
After World War II, in June 1945, Czechoslovakia and the Soviet Union signed a treaty ceding Carpatho-Ruthenia to the Soviets. In 1946 the area became part of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, as the Zakarpattia Oblast ('Transcarpathian Oblast').
See also
- Rusyns
- Carpathian Ruthenia
- Ruthenians and Ukrainians in Czechoslovakia (1918-1938)
- Former countries in Europe after 1815
External links
- [Carpatho-Ukraine from "Encyclopedia of Ukraine"]
- [Villagers reunited by Slovak-Ukraine border crossing], Reuters, 24 December 2005
- "The Greatness and the Tragedy of Carpathian Ukraine", Zerkalo Nedeli (Mirror Weekly), March 13-19, 2004. [in Russian], [in Ukrainian].
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