Irshava

Irshava (Ukrainian: Іршава, IPA: [irˈʃɑwɐ] ^ⓘ) is a city located in Zakarpattia Oblast (province) in western Ukraine. It was the administrative center of Irshava Raion (district) until it was abolished in 2020 and was merged with Khust Raion. Today, the population is 9,163 (2022 estimate).^[1]

Irshava Іршава
City
Irshava skyline
Flag Coat of arms
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Coordinates: 48°18′00″N 23°03′00″E
Country	Ukraine
Oblast	Zakarpattia Oblast
Raion	Khust Raion
Hromada	Irshava urban hromada
Founded	1341
Incorporated	1982
Government
• Mayor	Stepan Bobyk
Elevation	134 m (440 ft)
Population  (2022)
• Total	9,163
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	90100
Area code	+380-3144
Climate	Cfb
Website	http://irshava.com.ua/

Names

There are several alternative names used for this city: Rusyn: Иршава, Russian: Иршава, Hungarian: Ilosva, German: Irschawa, Slovak: Iršava, Romanian: Iloșva, Polish: Irszawa, and Yiddish: Orsheve.^[2]

History

The Hasidic Rabbi Joel Teitelbaum (later of Satmar) 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.^[3]

City since September 1982. In January 1989 the population was 9873 people.^[4][5]

Demographics

In 2001, population was 10,515. It included:^[6]

• Ukrainians (98.6%)
• Russians (0.7%)
• Slovaks (0.3%)
• Hungarians (0.3%)

Native language in 2001:^[7]

• Ukrainian (97.9%)
• Russian (1.4%)
• Hungarian (0.4%)

Notable people

• Ivanna Bagová (born 1993) – 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

Gallery

• 
  Irshava railway station
• 
  Former Great Synagogue, later the club
• 
  Jewish cemetery

See also

• Zakarpattia Oblast