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Khust is a city located on the Khustets River in Zakarpattia Oblast, western Ukraine. It is near the сonfluence of the Tisa and Rika Rivers. It serves as the administrative center of Khust Raion. Popu
Panorama of Khust from the Castle Hill
Holocaust Victims Memorial (Holon, Israel)
Interior of the Khust Synagogue
Monument at the entrance to the city
Jews settled in this small region variously called Ruthenia, Carpathian Ruthenia, Sub-Carpathian Ruthenia or simply Transcarpathia as early as the 15th century. Local rulers allowed Jewish citizens to
Jews of Carpathian Ruthenia, 1938
Synagogue in Ungvár (Uzhhorod), 1920
Synagogye in Svaljava (Szolyva), 1922
Jews from Carpathian Ruthenia arrive at Auschwitz-Birkenau, May 1944