- Svaliava
Svaliava ( _uk. Свалява, German: "Schwalbach" or "Schwallbach", Hungarian: "Szolyva") is a
city located on the Latorytsia River in theZakarpattia Oblast (province) in westernUkraine . It is the administrative center of theSvaliavsky Raion (district).Demographics
In 2001, the population included: [http://www.ukrcensus.gov.ua/eng/results/general/nationality/Zakarpattia/]
*Ukrainians (94.5%)
*Russians (1.5%)
*Hungarians (0.7%)
*Slovaks (0.6%)History
After the
second World War aconcentration camp was working near the town. Hungarian and German-born civilians (born between 1896 and 1926) were carried off bySoviet forces to the camp purely on the basis of their nationality. They were ordered to report for "malenkij robot " (a corrupted Russian for "small work"), but most of them – more than 10 thousands deportees were killed in the camp.ee also
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Carpathian Ruthenia External links
* [http://www.encyclopediaofukraine.com/display.asp?AddButton=pagesSVSvaliava.htm Svaliava] in the [http://www.encyclopediaofukraine.com Encyclopedia of Ukraine]
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