Kliucharky

Kliucharky
Village
Interactive map of Kliucharky
Location within Zakarpattia Oblast Location within Ukraine
Coordinates: 48°25′00″N 22°39′00″E
Country	Ukraine
Oblast	Zakarpattia Oblast
Raion	Mukachevo Raion
Hromada	Mukachevo urban hromada
Elevation	558 m (1,831 ft)
Population  (2001)
• Total	2,632

Kliucharky (Ukrainian: Ключарки; Hungarian: Várkulcsa) is a village in Ukraine located about 4 miles south west of Mukacheve in Zakarpattia Oblast. Other spellings/names for Klyucharki are: Kluĉárky, Kljucsarki, Klyucharky, and Pavsino. In Yiddish, Kliucharky was referred to as Klicherkes. In 2001, its population was 2,632.

History

The town was part of the Kingdom of Hungary (11th century - 1918 and 1938–1944) with the name of Várkulcsa in the Bereg megyé (county) and Munkácsi járás (district), next part of Czechoslovakia (1918–1938) with the name of Klucsárka in Podkarpatská Rus (Sub-Carpathia), then part of the Soviet Union (Ukraine) (1945–1991) with the name of Klyucharki and since 1991 known as Klyucharki in the Mukachevskiy (Mukachivs'kyy) rayon (district) and the Zakarpats'ka oblast (county) of Ukraine.

The first mention of the village is in 1773.

In March–April 1919, the village was part of the Hungarian Soviet Republic.

During the World War II, over 50 residents joined the Soviet Red Army.

External links

• Kliucharky - ShtetLink