| Mukachevo | |
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| Information | |
| Country |  Ukraine |
|---|---|
| Area | 27 km² |
| Population | 86 257 hab. () |
| Density | 3 194,7 inhab./km² |
| Postal code | 89600 |
| Spindle | UTC 02:00, UTC 03:00 |
| Location | |
 48 ° 26 ′ 29 ″ N 22 ° 42 ′ 49 ″ E | |
| Official site | |
Mukachevo is the second city of Transcarpathia by its population. It is located at the foot of the Carpathians at 37 km south-east ofUzhhorod and around 40 km border posts to Hungary or the Slovakia.
Understand
Population
Mukachevo is a traditional stronghold of the language rusyn, and the population of Mukachevo is officially declared to be 77.1% of Ukrainian or Rusyn origin. There are also significant Russian (9.0%), Hungarian (8.5%), German (1.9%) and Romanian (1.4%) minorities.
The name of the city in the different languages is in Ukrainian and in Russian Мукачево (Mukachevo), in rusyn Мукачово (Mukachovo),in HungarianMunkács and in SlovakMukačevo
To go
By train
- 1 Train station (Залізнична станція Мукачево) Vokzalna vul., 3,
380 3131 21559, 380 3131 92040 (counter), 380 3131 92297 (counter) – On the line Uzhhorod-Lviv. - Local train Uzhhorod-Moukachevo and Lviv-Moukachevo.
- Long-distance direct train for:
- direct international trains for:
The departure of trains for Budapest and Kosice are done on a quay located at 500 m from the station
- 2 "West" quay (Leaving the main station building, turn left then straight on onto 500 m.)
By bus
- 3 Bus station (Avtostantsiya, Автостанція Мукачево) Pavlova Akademika vul., 16, 380 3131 21471 – Frequent lines to Khoust (South East), Uzhhorod (Where is), Berehove (South)
By car
The route М-06 /E50 towards Uzhhorod is good and partially with two separate carriageways, towards Lviv, this is the best quality road to cross the Ukrainian Carpathians. The quality of the road н-09 to the east tends to deteriorate with the distance from the city.
Circulate
By public transport
The city center is not large and can be explored on foot. Buses run in the city.
Taxi fare is around 30 UAH the care and 6 UAH/ km.
By car
A feature of the city is that the vast majority of roads are paved. Parking shouldn't be a problem.
To see
- 1 Palanok Castle (замок "Паланок") Pidzamkova vul. (2.5 km west of the city center, from the Bus N ° 3 center), 380 3131 41579, 380 3131 44053 – XIVe century-XVIIIe century. Mukachevo Castle played an important role during the anti-Habsburg revolts in the territory of present-day Transcarpathia and the Slovakia current (1604-1711), in particular at the beginning of the anti-Habsburg revolt of Imre Thököly (1685-1688), and at the beginning of the revolt of Ferenc II. Rákóczi (early 18th century). This important fortress became a prison from the end of the 18th century.e century. It was used until 1897.
- 2 City Hall (Міська ратуша) Pushkina vul., 2 – Built in 1903.
- 3 Saint Nicholas Monastery (Свято-Миколаївський монастир) Pivnichna vul., 2 (North-East (Tchernetcha gora)) – The exact date of the founding of the monastery is unknown, although some believe it was founded at the end of the XIe century. In 1491 it was made the seat of the Eastern Orthodox Eparchy of Mukachevo which had jurisdiction over the whole of the Transcarpathia. In 1537 the monastery was burnt down during the war, but it was rebuilt soon after with the permission of Emperor Ferdinand I. After the Union ofUzhhorod in 1646, the monastery joined the Greco-Catholic Basilian monastic order. Since then, the Archimandrite was also the superior general of the order in Transcarpathia. The bishop's residence was transferred to Mukachevo in 1751, but the monastery remained the administrative center of the Basilians. During the years 1798-1804, the Church of St. Nicholas was built in a classical style. In 1862 much of it was destroyed again by fire, but rebuilt in three years. The monastery ran a school and a library which became important for the cultural and religious life of the region. He also maintained contacts with the Orthodox of the Balkans and Eastern Europe. In the 1920s, the monastery was restructured and reforms were introduced by Basilian monks from Galicia. In 1946, the Soviet regime liquidated the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church and the monastery was forced to become Eastern Orthodox. All the monks refused to convert and were exiled. The collection of over 6,000 rare books and manuscripts and its archives have been transferred to local museums and archives. The monastery was turned into a convent for Orthodox nuns from other monasteries which were closed by the Soviets. At present, there are around 70 Orthodox nuns housed in the monastery.
