Velykyi Bychkiv

Urban locality in Zakarpattia Oblast, Ukraine

Urban-type settlement in Zakarpattia, Ukraine

Velykyi Bychkiv Великий Бичків Flag Coat of arms
47°58′00″N 24°00′54″E / 47.9667°N 24.015°E / 47.9667; 24.015
Country	Ukraine
Oblast	Zakarpattia
Raion	Rakhiv Raion
Hromada	Velykyi Bychkiv settlement hromada
First mentioned	1358
Urban-type settlement status	1947
Government
• Mayor	Iosif Bozhuk
Area
• Total	5.235 km² (2.021 sq mi)
Elevation	307 m (1,007 ft)
Population (2022)
• Total	9,114
• Density	1,700/km² (4,500/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Post code	90615
Area code	+380 3132
Website	http://www.bychkiv.com.ua/index.php

Velykyi Bychkiv (Ukrainian: Вели́кий Бичкі́в; Rusyn: Великый Бичкôв; Hungarian: Nagybocskó, Nagybocska; Romanian: Bocicoiu Mare; Czech: Velký Bočkov; Slovak: Veľký Bočkov, Bočková) is an urban-type settlement in Rakhiv Raion (district) of Zakarpattia Oblast (province) in western Ukraine. It belongs to Velykyi Bychkiv settlement hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.^[1] It lies 36 kilometres (22 miles) east of Tiachiv, where the Sopurka River meets the Tisza River. Population: 9,114 (2022 estimate).^[2]

History

The village was first mentioned in 1358, by the name Buchku. Its name is derived from a Slavic word meaning "bull". Before 1556 Bosckai family owned the village. From 1556 it belonged to the Báthory family. By 1711 a mansion already stood here. After the failed revolution led by Francis II Rákóczi, Germans settled in the area. The village had three parts: Nagybocskó and Kisbocskó ("Greater" and "Smaller" Bocskó), which form today's Velykyy Bychkiv, and Németbocskó ("German Bocskó") across the river (this forms today's Bocicoiu Mare in Romania).

In 1910 the village had 5955 inhabitants: 3078 Ruthenians, 1646 Hungarians and 1177 Germans by the primary language, or 3374 Greek Catholic, 1266 Roman Catholic and 1163 Jewish people by religion. It belonged to the Hungarian county of Máramaros. After World War I it belonged to Czechoslovakia, then since 1939 again became part of Hungary, before being ceded to the Ukrainian SSR in 1945.

Velykiy Bychkiv has a chemical, sulfuric acid and table salt factory, as well as a sawmill. In 1930 a forest railway line was built. Velykiy Bychkiv was accorded the current urban-type settlement status in 1947.

People from Velykyi Bychkiv

János Balogh, biologist, member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, was born here on February 19, 1903.
Ottó Korvin, politician, a founder of the Communist Workers' Party, was born here on March 24, 1894.
Theodore Romzha, Greek Catholic bishop of Mukačevo, was born here on April 14, 1911.
Ivan Yaremchuk, soviet football player, was born here on September 13, 1962
Marija Tkachuk, vc'itel'ka v seli Ruske(Ruskoj)Slovakia
Julia Jusupc'ak, vc'itel'ka v seli Ruske(Ruskoj) Slovakia
Rose Weingarten, Holocaust survivor, was born here on September 27, 1918, while it was still part of Czechoslovakia.^[3]

References

^ "Великобычковская громада" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.
^ Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2022 [Number of Present Population of Ukraine, as of January 1, 2022] (PDF) (in Ukrainian and English). Kyiv: State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 July 2022.
^ "Collections Search - United States Holocaust Memorial Museum". collections.ushmm.org. Retrieved 2024-03-29.