also known as: Kusnyicza (HU), Kušnice (CZ), Kushnitsa (RU)
48°27' N / 23°16' E ~ Introduction ~ ( Click the arrow in the
buttons below for pronunciation. ) Kushnitsa was part of the
Kingdom of Hungary (11th century - 1920 and 1938-1944) with the
name of Kusnyicza in Máramaros megye (county), next part of
Czechoslovakia (1920-1938) with the name of Kušnice in
Podkarpatská Rus (Sub-Carpathia), then part of the Ukrainian
Soviet Socialist Republic (1945-1991) with the name of Kushnitsa
and, since 1991, known as Kushnitsa, in the Irshavsky
(Irshavs'kyy) rayon (district) of Zakarpats'ka oblast (county)
of Ukraine. Other spellings/names for Kushnitsa are Kovácsrét,
Kusnive, Kushnitz, Kusnica, Kusnyica and Kusnicja. Kushnitsa is
located about 19 miles N of Khust (Huszt), 14 miles NE of
Irshava (Ilosva), between Dolgoye (Dolha) and Keretski
(Kereszky). Jews probably settled in Kushnitsa in the first half
of the 18th century. In 1880, the Jewish population was 260. In
1921, during the Czechoslovakian period, the Jewis