Carpathian Ruthenia
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Carpathian Ruthenia is a historical region on the border between Central and Eastern Europe, mostly located in western Ukraine's Zakarpattia Oblast, with smaller parts in eastern Slovakia and the Lemko Region in Poland.
Gregory Žatkovich signing the Declaration of Common Aims at Independence Hall, Philadelphia 10-26-1918.
Carpathian Ruthenian Jews arrive at Auschwitz–Birkenau, May 1944. Without being registered to the camp system, most were killed in gas chambers hours after arriving.
Carpathian Ruthenia in 2014
Hutsuls and their habitations, Carpathian Mountains, c. 1872
Zakarpattia Oblast
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Zakarpattia Oblast, also referred to as simply Zakarpattia or Transcarpathia in English, is an oblast in western Ukraine, mostly coterminous with the historical region of Carpathian Ruthenia. Its administrative centre is the city of Uzhhorod. Other major cities within the oblast include Mukachevo, Khust, Berehove, and Chop, the last of which is home to railroad transport infrastructure.
Synevyr National Nature Park is located in the Ukrainian Carpathians
Morning in the Carpathian Biosphere Reserve
Svydovets (Drahobrat) Waterfall
A bear in Synevyr National Nature Park