| LC control no. | n 82150239 |
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| Geographic heading | Khust (Ukraine) |
| Geographic subdivision usage | Ukraine--Khust |
| Variant(s) | Chust (Ukraine) Huszt (Ukraine) Guste (Ukraine) Xust (Ukraine) Ḥusṭ (Ukraine) |
| Found in | Rishko, M. V. Khust, 1974 (subj.) t.p. (Khust) BGN phone call 10/20/82 (Khust; popl. place; 48°10ʹN 23°18ʹE; variants: Chust, Huszt, Guste) GEOnet WWW, 11-22-96 (hdg.: Khust, ppl.: 48°10ʹ00ʺN, 23°18ʹ00ʺE) Ukraïna, ohli︠a︡dova mapa, 1994: p. 43 (Khust) Encyc. of Ukraine: v. 2, p. 497 (Khust [Xust] (Hungarian: Huszt; Czech.: Chust. A city and raion center in Transcarpathia oblast on the Khustets River. It arose in the 10th cent. as a fortified settlement to control access to salt mines. The Mongols destroyed Khust in 1242 but it was soon rebuilt. Khust belonged to the Principality of Galicia-Volhynia [Halyt︠s︡ʹko-Volynsʹke kni︠a︡zivstvo] from 1281 but in 1321 Hungarian rule was restored. During the 16th and 17th cent. the Hapsburgs and the Transylvanian princes fought for control of the town. Khust was besieged by Crimean Tatars, the Poles, and the Turks but the town was finally secured by Hungary in 1703. From 1919 to 1938 Khust belonged to Czechoslovakia. During 1938 and 1939 Khust became the capital of Carpatho-Ukraine. From March 1939 to October 1944 Khust was under Hungarian rule. From Nov. 1944 it has been part of Soviet Ukraine) Ukraïna [MAP] 1992: (Khust, city in Zakarpatsʹka oblastʹ) Bolʹsh. sov. ėnt︠s︡ikl., 3rd ed: v, 28, p. 426 (Khust, a city (1946) and rayon center of Khustskiĭ raĭon in Zakarpatskai︠a︡ oblastʹ) Ḳehilat Ḥust ̣veha-sevivah, 2000. |
| Geographic area code | e-un--- |
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