Zakarpatskaya oblast

Transcarpathian region , a small border area in the west of Ukraine. Located on the south-western slopes and foothills of the Eastern Carpathians ,

It borders with Slovakia, Hungary , Poland and Romania.

Administrative center - city of Uzhgorod.

Historically, the territory of Transcarpathia was a part of Great Moravia, Kievan Russia, Hungary, Transylvania, Czechoslovakia.

After the seizure of Czechoslovakia in the Transcarpathian region was declared an independent state - Carpatho -Ukraine.March 18, 1939 in Transcarpathia were introduced Hungarian troops , independence has been eliminated , and the territory annexed by Hungary.

After the Second World War was signed on joining the former Carpathian Ruthenia in the Ukraine .

Today, Transcarpathian region industrial and tourist center in the region.

It is actively developing timber industry ( furniture , lumber, veneer , parquet flooring ) , wood ( wood processing products ), food industry ( wine, cognac, canned fruit and vegetables , soft drinks and mineral water ), etc.

.