Irshava

Irshava is a city located in Zakarpattia Oblast in western Ukraine. It was the administrative center of Irshava Raion until it was abolished in 2020 and was merged with Khust Raion. Today, the population is

Names

There are several alternative names used for this city:,,,,,,, and.

History

The Hasidic Rabbi Joel Teitelbaum lived in Irshava twice, between 1911 and 1914, and again between 1922 and 1925. He established a yeshiva there.
A local newspaper is published here since October 1946.
City since September 1982. In January 1989 the population was 9873 people.

Demographics

In 2001, population was 10,515. It included:

Ukrainians
Russians
Slovaks
Hungarians

Native language in 2001:

Ukrainian
Russian
Hungarian
Notable people
Ivanna Bagová – Slovak singer, winner of The Voice of Czecho-Slovakia
Rabbi Gruenberger Yaacov – active in Prague's Jewish Town Alt-neu Schul synagogue; Studied in yeshiva in Trnava, Slovakia