Chop, Ukraine
Chop is a city located in Zakarpattia Oblast of western Ukraine, near the borders of Slovakia and Hungary. It is separated from the Hungarian town of Záhony by the river Tisza, being situated on its right bank. It is located within Uzhhorod Raion. Its population is
Etymology
There are several alternative names used for this city:,,,,,,.History
Like the rest of Transcarpathia, Chop was part of Hungary until 1920, when, as a result of the post-World War I Treaty of Trianon, it was included in the newly created Czechoslovakia, where it belonged to Slovakia, not to Subcarpathian Rus. During World War II, under the First Vienna Award, it briefly became Hungarian again. But, after the war, as part of the Czechoslovakia–Soviet Union relations, it became part of the expanded Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic.Demographics
According to the Ukrainian national census, Chop had a population in 2001 of 8,919, of whom 48.1% were Ukrainians, 39.4% ethnic Hungarians, while the rest were Roma, Russians, Slovaks, Belarusians, and Jews. The exact composition including small minorities was as follows:Transportation
Chop is an important railway junction in Ukraine where the Lviv-Stryi-Budapest railway line meets the Lviv-Uzhhorod-Košice line. There is also a line running eastwards to Romania via Korolevo and Halmeu although there are currently no regular passenger services.Geography
Near Chop, there are also international railway border crossing Druzhba to Záhony, Hungary, international railway border crossing Strazh to Čierna nad Tisou, Slovakia, international road border crossing Tysa to Záhony, Hungary, and also to the westernmost point of Ukraine. The first town across the border in Slovakia is Čierna nad Tisou while in Hungary, the first city is Záhony.Notable people
- András Pándy, serial killer
- J. Peters, political activist
- Tate McRae, Canadian singer