The “reunification” of Transcarpathia with Ukraine: a conversation in the studio

Transcarpathian Television, 1997. Program “Witnesses of History.” Host Galina Yartseva. Delegates of the First Congress of People's Committees of Transcarpathian Ukraine in the studio. Discussion about the “reunification” of Transcarpathia with Ukraine.

Studio guests: Ivan Chendey, writer, winner of the Shevchenko Prize; Mykhailo Babydorich, journalist; Petro Popovich, chairman of the regional council of veterans of Ukraine; Andriy Sheketa, chairman of the council of veterans of the congress. They share their own views on how events unfolded at the time and how the congress took place.

The video has minor technical defects.

Reference: On November 26, 1944, in Mukachevo, in the presence of representatives of the repressive organs of the USSR, the First Congress of Delegates of the People's Committees of Transcarpathian Ukraine was held, which adopted the Manifesto on the “unification” of of Transcarpathia with Soviet Ukraine and elected the highest authority — the People's Council of Transcarpathian Ukraine.