- Berehove
Berehove ( _uk. Берегове; _hu. Beregszász; _ry. Берегово; _ru. Берегово, translit. "Beregovo", Czech and Slovak:Berehovo, _yi. בערעגסאז, "beregsaz", _de. Bergsaß) is a
city located in theZakarpattia Oblast (province) in westernUkraine , near the border withHungary . Serving as the administrative center of theBerehivskyi Raion (district), the city itself is also designated as a separate raion within the oblast.Demographics
The current estimated population is around 26,100 (as of
2004 ).In 2001, ethnic groups included: [http://www.ukrcensus.gov.ua/eng/results/general/nationality/Zakarpattia/]
* 48.1%Hungarians
* 38.9%Ukrainians
* 6.4% Gypsies
* 5.4%Russians Notable citizens
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Hugo Gryn Rabbi (1930-1996) was born here on 1 February 1930 and became well-known as a broadcaster in Britain.The parents of Nobel Prize winning economist
Milton Friedman lived there before emigrating to the United States.*
Julius Rebek (born April 11, 1944), Americanchemist and expert onmolecular self-assembly was born here.*
Csaba Czébely (born December 3, 1975), the drummer of Hungarian heavy metal bandPokolgép .
*Géza Kalocsay football manager e.g.Standard Liege ,Górnik Zabrze ee also
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Carpathian Ruthenia
* [http://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beregsz%C3%A1sz Article in Hungarian about Berehove]
* [http://www.karpatinfo.net/ Transcarpathia Hungarians' Portal]External links
* [http://www.encyclopediaofukraine.com/display.asp?linkPath=pagesBEBerehove.htm Berehove] in the [http://www.encyclopediaofukraine.com Encyclopedia of Ukraine]
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