Yasinja
Yasinja | ||
Ясіня | ||
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Oblast : | Zakarpattia Oblast | |
Rajon : | Rakhiv Raion | |
Height : | 647 m | |
Area : | 1.46 km² | |
Residents : | 8,043 (2004) | |
Population density : | 5,509 inhabitants per km² | |
Postcodes : | 90630 | |
Area code : | +380 3132 | |
Geographic location : | 48 ° 16 ' N , 24 ° 21' E | |
KOATUU : | 2123656200 | |
Administrative structure : | 1 urban-type settlement , 1 village | |
Mayor : | Eduard Zelinsky | |
Address: | вул. Борканюка 7 90630 смт. Ясіня |
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Jassinja ( Ukrainian Ясіня ; Russian Ясиня , Russian Єсінє / Jesinje , Slovak Jasiňa , Hungarian Kőrösmező , Romanian Frasin ) is an urban-type settlement in western Ukraine .
geography
The place is located in the very east of the Transcarpathian Oblast near the border with the Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast in the Rajon Rakhiv on the Black Tisza ( Чорна Тиса ) and its union with the Laseschchyna river ( Лазещина ). It is framed by the mountains of the Chornohora and the Swydivets Massif and is the center of the Hutsuls , a tribe in the Carpathian Mountains . In addition to the settlement, the village of Stebnyj ( Стебний ) also belongs to the settlement community .
Infrastructure
The Sighetu Marmației – Ivano-Frankivsk railway and the N 09 national highway from Rakhiv to Yaremche , both of which lead over the Jablunyzkyj Pass (also known as the Tatar Pass) to the rest of Ukraine, run through the town.
Attractions
There is an old wooden church on site, which, together with other Ukrainian and Polish wooden churches in the Carpathian region, was included in the UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2013.
history
The place, whose name means "ash" in German, was first mentioned in writing in 1555 as Kreusmezew . Until 1919 he was part of Hungary in Máramaros County , then briefly the capital of the Hutsul Republic and finally part of Czechoslovakia until 1939 . The saying “Od Jasini do Aše republika je naše” (“From Jassinja to Asch , the republic belongs to us”) comes from this period . In 1910 there were officially 9795 inhabitants of whom 6824 were Russian -speaking, 1484 were German-speaking and 1461 were Hungarian-speaking. After becoming part of the Soviet Union in 1945, on May 30, 1947 it was granted the status of urban-type settlement .
Sons and daughters of the village
- Stepan Klotschurak (1895–1980), Ukrainian politician