Uschok pass
| Uschok pass | |||
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 View of the pass as seen from Polish territory |
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| Compass direction | south | North | |
| Pass height | 853 m | ||
| Oblast | Transcarpathia | Lviv | |
| Watershed | Usch | San | |
| expansion | Regional road R 39 | ||
| Mountains | Forest Carpathians | ||
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| Coordinates | 49 ° 0 '10 " N , 22 ° 53' 15" E | ||
The Uschok Pass ( Ukrainian Ужоцький перевал Uschozkyj perewal , Russian Ужокский Uschokski perewal , Hungarian Uzsoki-hágo , Polish Przełęcz Użocka ) is an important mountain pass near the border of Ukraine ( Transcarpathian Oblast ) with Poland .
North of the 853 meter high pass are the sources of the Sans , south of it those of the Usch , which gave the place Uschok southwest of the pass and the pass itself its name. From the north side the ascent is relatively easy, from the south side the slopes drop steeply into the Uschtal . The road and the railway line over the pass lead in tight curves down into the valley. From the highest point you have a view of the Polish and Ukrainian Bieszczady .
About the Uschokpass extending highway N 13 of Lwiw according Uschhorod . In 1905 the strategically important railway line ( railway line Lviv – Sambir – Chop ), which connects Budapest with Galicia , was built by the Austro-Hungarian authorities . Today it represents one of the most beautiful railway lines in the Carpathian Mountains. There is also the green tourist trail to the mountains Opołonek and Kińczyk Bukowski started here.
During the First and Second World War , bloody skirmishes took place on and around the pass. To commemorate these battles, there is a military cemetery from the First World War, a memorial to the Sitsch riflemen and a memorial to the Russian soldiers from World War II who died in the Battle of the Carpathians in 1941. On March 20, 1939, a celebration took place on the occasion of the establishment of the Polish-Hungarian border after the annexation of the Carpathian Ukraine to Hungary.
