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package org.elasticsearch.client.transport;

import org.apache.lucene.util.IOUtils;
import org.elasticsearch.action.Action;
import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionListener;
import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionModule;
import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionRequest;
import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionRequestBuilder;
import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionResponse;
import org.elasticsearch.client.support.AbstractClient;
import org.elasticsearch.cluster.ClusterModule;
import org.elasticsearch.cluster.node.DiscoveryNode;
import org.elasticsearch.common.UUIDs;
import org.elasticsearch.common.component.LifecycleComponent;
import org.elasticsearch.common.inject.Injector;
import org.elasticsearch.common.inject.Module;
import org.elasticsearch.common.inject.ModulesBuilder;
import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.NamedWriteableRegistry;
import org.elasticsearch.common.network.NetworkModule;
import org.elasticsearch.common.network.NetworkService;
import org.elasticsearch.common.settings.Setting;
import org.elasticsearch.common.settings.Settings;
import org.elasticsearch.common.settings.SettingsModule;
import org.elasticsearch.common.transport.TransportAddress;
import org.elasticsearch.common.unit.TimeValue;
import org.elasticsearch.common.util.BigArrays;
import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.NamedXContentRegistry;
import org.elasticsearch.indices.breaker.CircuitBreakerService;
import org.elasticsearch.node.InternalSettingsPreparer;
import org.elasticsearch.node.Node;
import org.elasticsearch.plugins.ActionPlugin;
import org.elasticsearch.plugins.NetworkPlugin;
import org.elasticsearch.plugins.Plugin;
import org.elasticsearch.plugins.PluginsService;
import org.elasticsearch.plugins.SearchPlugin;
import org.elasticsearch.search.SearchModule;
import org.elasticsearch.threadpool.ExecutorBuilder;
import org.elasticsearch.threadpool.ThreadPool;
import org.elasticsearch.transport.TcpTransport;
import org.elasticsearch.transport.Transport;
import org.elasticsearch.transport.TransportService;

import java.io.Closeable;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.Collection;
import java.util.Collections;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
import java.util.function.Function;
import java.util.stream.Collectors;
import java.util.stream.Stream;

import static java.util.stream.Collectors.toList;
import static org.elasticsearch.common.unit.TimeValue.timeValueSeconds;

/**
 * The transport client allows to create a client that is not part of the cluster, but simply connects to one
 * or more nodes directly by adding their respective addresses using {@link #addTransportAddress(org.elasticsearch.common.transport.TransportAddress)}.
 *

 * The transport client important modules used is the {@link org.elasticsearch.common.network.NetworkModule} which is
 * started in client mode (only connects, no bind).
 *
 * @deprecated {@link TransportClient} is deprecated in favour of the High Level REST client and will
 * be removed in Elasticsearch 8.0.
 */
@Deprecated
public abstract class TransportClient extends AbstractClient {

    public static final Setting<TimeValue> CLIENT_TRANSPORT_NODES_SAMPLER_INTERVAL =
        Setting.positiveTimeSetting("client.transport.nodes_sampler_interval", timeValueSeconds(5), Setting.Property.NodeScope);
    public static final Setting<TimeValue> CLIENT_TRANSPORT_PING_TIMEOUT =
        Setting.positiveTimeSetting("client.transport.ping_timeout", timeValueSeconds(5), Setting.Property.NodeScope);
    public static final Setting<Boolean> CLIENT_TRANSPORT_IGNORE_CLUSTER_NAME =
        Setting.boolSetting("client.transport.ignore_cluster_name", false, Setting.Property.NodeScope);
    public static final Setting<Boolean> CLIENT_TRANSPORT_SNIFF =
        Setting.boolSetting("client.transport.sniff", false, Setting.Property.NodeScope);

    private static PluginsService newPluginService(final Settings settings, Collection<Class<? extends Plugin>> plugins) {
        final Settings.Builder settingsBuilder = Settings.builder()
                .put(TcpTransport.PING_SCHEDULE.getKey(), "5s") // enable by default the transport schedule ping interval
                .put(InternalSettingsPreparer.prepareSettings(settings))
                .put(NetworkService.NETWORK_SERVER.getKey(), false)
                .put(CLIENT_TYPE_SETTING_S.getKey(), CLIENT_TYPE);
        return new PluginsService(settingsBuilder.build(), null, null, null, plugins);
    }

    protected static Collection<Class<? extends Plugin>> addPlugins(Collection<Class<? extends Plugin>> collection,
                                                                    Class<? extends Plugin>... plugins) {
        return addPlugins(collection, Arrays.asList(plugins));
    }

    protected static Collection<Class<? extends Plugin>> addPlugins(Collection<Class<? extends Plugin>> collection,
            Collection<Class<? extends Plugin>> plugins) {
        ArrayList<Class<? extends Plugin>> list = new ArrayList<>(collection);
        for (Class<? extends Plugin> p : plugins) {
            if (list.contains(p)) {
                throw new IllegalArgumentException("plugin already exists: " + p);
            }
            list.add(p);
        }
        return list;
    }

    private static ClientTemplate buildTemplate(Settings providedSettings, Settings defaultSettings,
                                                Collection<Class<? extends Plugin>> plugins, HostFailureListener failureListner) {
        if (Node.NODE_NAME_SETTING.exists(providedSettings) == false) {
            providedSettings = Settings.builder().put(providedSettings).put(Node.NODE_NAME_SETTING.getKey(), "_client_").build();
        }
        final PluginsService pluginsService = newPluginService(providedSettings, plugins);
        final Settings settings = Settings.builder().put(defaultSettings).put(pluginsService.updatedSettings()).build();
        final List<Closeable> resourcesToClose = new ArrayList<>();
        final ThreadPool threadPool = new ThreadPool(settings);
        resourcesToClose.add(() -> ThreadPool.terminate(threadPool, 10, TimeUnit.SECONDS));
        final NetworkService networkService = new NetworkService(Collections.emptyList());
        try {
            final List<Setting<?>> additionalSettings = new ArrayList<>(pluginsService.getPluginSettings());
            final List<String> additionalSettingsFilter = new ArrayList<>(pluginsService.getPluginSettingsFilter());
            for (final ExecutorBuilder<?> builder : threadPool.builders()) {
                additionalSettings.addAll(builder.getRegisteredSettings());
            }
            SettingsModule settingsModule = new SettingsModule(settings, additionalSettings, additionalSettingsFilter);

            SearchModule searchModule = new SearchModule(settings, true, pluginsService.filterPlugins(SearchPlugin.class));
            List<NamedWriteableRegistry.Entry> entries = new ArrayList<>();
            entries.addAll(NetworkModule.getNamedWriteables());
            entries.addAll(searchModule.getNamedWriteables());
            entries.addAll(ClusterModule.getNamedWriteables());
            entries.addAll(pluginsService.filterPlugins(Plugin.class).stream()
                                         .flatMap(p -> p.getNamedWriteables().stream())
                                         .collect(Collectors.toList()));
            NamedWriteableRegistry namedWriteableRegistry = new NamedWriteableRegistry(entries);
            NamedXContentRegistry xContentRegistry = new NamedXContentRegistry(Stream.of(
                    searchModule.getNamedXContents().stream(),
                    pluginsService.filterPlugins(Plugin.class).stream()
                            .flatMap(p -> p.getNamedXContent().stream())
                    ).flatMap(Function.identity()).collect(toList()));

            ModulesBuilder modules = new ModulesBuilder();
            // plugin modules must be added here, before others or we can get crazy injection errors...
            for (Module pluginModule : pluginsService.createGuiceModules()) {
                modules.add(pluginModule);
            }
            modules.add(b -> b.bind(ThreadPool.class).toInstance(threadPool));
            ActionModule actionModule = new ActionModule(true, settings, null, settingsModule.getIndexScopedSettings(),
                    settingsModule.getClusterSettings(), settingsModule.getSettingsFilter(), threadPool,
                    pluginsService.filterPlugins(ActionPlugin.class), null, null, null);
            modules.add(actionModule);

            CircuitBreakerService circuitBreakerService = Node.createCircuitBreakerService(settingsModule.getSettings(),
                settingsModule.getClusterSettings());
            resourcesToClose.add(circuitBreakerService);
            BigArrays bigArrays = new BigArrays(settings, circuitBreakerService);
            resourcesToClose.add(bigArrays);
            modules.add(settingsModule);
            NetworkModule networkModule = new NetworkModule(settings, true, pluginsService.filterPlugins(NetworkPlugin.class), threadPool,
                bigArrays, circuitBreakerService, namedWriteableRegistry, xContentRegistry, networkService, null);
            final Transport transport = networkModule.getTransportSupplier().get();
            final TransportService transportService = new TransportService(settings, transport, threadPool,
                networkModule.getTransportInterceptor(),
                boundTransportAddress -> DiscoveryNode.createLocal(settings, new TransportAddress(TransportAddress.META_ADDRESS, 0),
                    UUIDs.randomBase64UUID()), null);
            modules.add((b -> {
                b.bind(BigArrays.class).toInstance(bigArrays);
                b.bind(PluginsService.class).toInstance(pluginsService);
                b.bind(CircuitBreakerService.class).toInstance(circuitBreakerService);
                b.bind(NamedWriteableRegistry.class).toInstance(namedWriteableRegistry);
                b.bind(Transport.class).toInstance(transport);
                b.bind(TransportService.class).toInstance(transportService);
                b.bind(NetworkService.class).toInstance(networkService);
            }));

            Injector injector = modules.createInjector();
            final TransportClientNodesService nodesService =
                new TransportClientNodesService(settings, transportService, threadPool, failureListner == null
                    ? (t, e) -> {} : failureListner);
            final TransportProxyClient proxy = new TransportProxyClient(settings, transportService, nodesService,
                actionModule.getActions().values().stream().map(x -> x.getAction()).collect(Collectors.toList()));

            List<LifecycleComponent> pluginLifecycleComponents = new ArrayList<>(pluginsService.getGuiceServiceClasses().stream()
                .map(injector::getInstance).collect(Collectors.toList()));
            resourcesToClose.addAll(pluginLifecycleComponents);

            transportService.start();
            transportService.acceptIncomingRequests();

            ClientTemplate transportClient = new ClientTemplate(injector, pluginLifecycleComponents, nodesService, proxy, namedWriteableRegistry);
            resourcesToClose.clear();
            return transportClient;
        } finally {
            IOUtils.closeWhileHandlingException(resourcesToClose);
        }
    }

    private static final class ClientTemplate {
        final Injector injector;
        private final List<LifecycleComponent> pluginLifecycleComponents;
        private final TransportClientNodesService nodesService;
        private final TransportProxyClient proxy;
        private final NamedWriteableRegistry namedWriteableRegistry;

        private ClientTemplate(Injector injector, List<LifecycleComponent> pluginLifecycleComponents,
                TransportClientNodesService nodesService, TransportProxyClient proxy, NamedWriteableRegistry namedWriteableRegistry) {
            this.injector = injector;
            this.pluginLifecycleComponents = pluginLifecycleComponents;
            this.nodesService = nodesService;
            this.proxy = proxy;
            this.namedWriteableRegistry = namedWriteableRegistry;
        }

        Settings getSettings() {
            return injector.getInstance(Settings.class);
        }

        ThreadPool getThreadPool() {
            return injector.getInstance(ThreadPool.class);
        }
    }

    public static final String CLIENT_TYPE = "transport";

    final Injector injector;
    protected final NamedWriteableRegistry namedWriteableRegistry;

    private final List<LifecycleComponent> pluginLifecycleComponents;
    private final TransportClientNodesService nodesService;
    private final TransportProxyClient proxy;

    /**
     * Creates a new TransportClient with the given settings and plugins
     */
    public TransportClient(Settings settings, Collection<Class<? extends Plugin>> plugins) {
        this(buildTemplate(settings, Settings.EMPTY, plugins, null));
    }

    /**
     * Creates a new TransportClient with the given settings, defaults and plugins.
     * @param settings the client settings
     * @param defaultSettings default settings that are merged after the plugins have added it's additional settings.
     * @param plugins the client plugins
     */
    protected TransportClient(Settings settings, Settings defaultSettings, Collection<Class<? extends Plugin>> plugins,
                              HostFailureListener hostFailureListener) {
        this(buildTemplate(settings, defaultSettings, plugins, hostFailureListener));
    }

    private TransportClient(ClientTemplate template) {
        super(template.getSettings(), template.getThreadPool());
        this.injector = template.injector;
        this.pluginLifecycleComponents = Collections.unmodifiableList(template.pluginLifecycleComponents);
        this.nodesService = template.nodesService;
        this.proxy = template.proxy;
        this.namedWriteableRegistry = template.namedWriteableRegistry;
    }

    /**
     * Returns the current registered transport addresses to use (added using
     * {@link #addTransportAddress(org.elasticsearch.common.transport.TransportAddress)}.
     */
    public List<TransportAddress> transportAddresses() {
        return nodesService.transportAddresses();
    }

    /**
     * Returns the current connected transport nodes that this client will use.
     *

     * The nodes include all the nodes that are currently alive based on the transport
     * addresses provided.
     */
    public List<DiscoveryNode> connectedNodes() {
        return nodesService.connectedNodes();
    }

    /**
     * The list of filtered nodes that were not connected to, for example, due to
     * mismatch in cluster name.
     */
    public List<DiscoveryNode> filteredNodes() {
        return nodesService.filteredNodes();
    }

    /**
     * Returns the listed nodes in the transport client (ones added to it).
     */
    public List<DiscoveryNode> listedNodes() {
        return nodesService.listedNodes();
    }

    /**
     * Adds a transport address that will be used to connect to.
     *

     * The Node this transport address represents will be used if its possible to connect to it.
     * If it is unavailable, it will be automatically connected to once it is up.
     *

     * In order to get the list of all the current connected nodes, please see {@link #connectedNodes()}.
     */
    public TransportClient addTransportAddress(TransportAddress transportAddress) {
        nodesService.addTransportAddresses(transportAddress);
        return this;
    }

    /**
     * Adds a list of transport addresses that will be used to connect to.
     *

     * The Node this transport address represents will be used if its possible to connect to it.
     * If it is unavailable, it will be automatically connected to once it is up.
     *

     * In order to get the list of all the current connected nodes, please see {@link #connectedNodes()}.
     */
    public TransportClient addTransportAddresses(TransportAddress... transportAddress) {
        nodesService.addTransportAddresses(transportAddress);
        return this;
    }

    /**
     * Removes a transport address from the list of transport addresses that are used to connect to.
     */
    public TransportClient removeTransportAddress(TransportAddress transportAddress) {
        nodesService.removeTransportAddress(transportAddress);
        return this;
    }

    /**
     * Closes the client.
     */
    @Override
    public void close() {
        List<Closeable> closeables = new ArrayList<>();
        closeables.add(nodesService);
        closeables.add(injector.getInstance(TransportService.class));

        for (LifecycleComponent plugin : pluginLifecycleComponents) {
            closeables.add(plugin);
        }
        closeables.add(() -> ThreadPool.terminate(injector.getInstance(ThreadPool.class), 10, TimeUnit.SECONDS));
        closeables.add(injector.getInstance(BigArrays.class));
        IOUtils.closeWhileHandlingException(closeables);
    }

    @Override
    protected <Request extends ActionRequest, Response extends ActionResponse, RequestBuilder extends ActionRequestBuilder<Request, Response, RequestBuilder>> void doExecute(Action<Request, Response, RequestBuilder> action, Request request, ActionListener<Response> listener) {
        proxy.execute(action, request, listener);
    }

    /**
     * Listener that allows to be notified whenever a node failure / disconnect happens
     */
    @FunctionalInterface
    public interface HostFailureListener {
        /**
         * Called once a node disconnect is detected.
         * @param node the node that has been disconnected
         * @param ex the exception causing the disconnection
         */
        void onNodeDisconnected(DiscoveryNode node, Exception ex);
    }

    // pkg private for testing
    TransportClientNodesService getNodesService() {
        return nodesService;
    }
}


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How To Passage from BVI to St. Maarten—or—Getting Reacquainted with Exhaustion of Epic Proportions
Passage from BVI to St. Maarten—or—Getting Reacquainted with Exhaustion of Epic Proportions
Yes, it appears we had indeed been spoiled and disillusioned by the calm and lovely waters of the British Virgin Islands—we forgot all about what cruising can really be like.
By Brittany Meyers
Windtraveler- tired Brittany
If you think you've seen a face like this before, you have. On a woman who just gave birth. Scott Meyers
Well, that passage sucked. Nothing like estimating a trip will take 14 to 18 hours at the very most, and then dropping the hook a completely battered and oh-my-god-someone-get-me-a-pillow exhausted 24 hours later. Yes, it appears we had indeed been spoiled and disillusioned by the calm and lovely waters of the British Virgin Islands—we forgot all about what cruising can really be like. In all fairness, 24 hours is not long at all. And, to be honest, it wasn't even that bad. Furthermore, we chose this and sailed directly into the wind (or attempted to at least). But regardless of these things, when expectations don't match with reality, well, things always seem a little worse. Or, is that just me?
It was our first overnight sail with just the three of us, and after the forecast—winds 15-20 knots on the nose with waves 6-8 feet—we knew we'd be in for a bit of a ride. Prior to weighing anchor Scott and I talked about our watch schedule and how we'd manage so that I would be able to get some sleep while still being able to help out with the boat and care for Isla during her "wake times." Considering she goes to bed around 6pm and wakes up around 6am, we decided I would take the 9p-12a watch, and then 3-6a watch, so that when I came off watch at sunrise, I could feed her, hand her over to Scott and get some shuteye. This, we learned, was a mistake.
We weighed anchor at 5pm and headed out to sea. We ate the veggie casserole dinner I pre-made, and I tucked Isla into her bunk in the v-berth which was rising and falling anywhere from ten to twelve feet as our boat charged forth into a building ocean swell. "Do you think she'll be okay up there?" Scott asked incredulously. "We'll see," I replied as I gave her a quarter tablet of children's dramamine. This child and her ability to sleep in the most uncomfortable circumstances never ceases to amaze us. I kissed her goodnight and she drifted off into a very bouncy and at times, probably weightless, slumber. I cleaned up from dinner and hit my bunk for the next three hours.
When I awoke, the seas were approximately 10-12 feet, and wind 18-20 knots on the nose. We were motorsailing with our main and stays'l, chugging along at 6 knots which sounds lovely, except for the little fact that we were going in the wrong direction. Our velocity made good, or "VMG" as it's known to sailors, was a mere 2 knots. Meaning the forward momentum to our actual destination – St. Maarten – was a snail's pace. Literally, a snail's pace. I kid you not, a one-legged man can walk faster than that. I made myself some coffee, gazed up at the beautiful blanket of stars above me, noting immediately the Southern Cross to starboard, and settled in. I stared down to the water where the phosphorescence danced in our wake like tiny fireflies before petering out like embers from a fire. Our boat powered forward into an endless battle line of angry waves, her bow rising up and crashing down again and again with a huge SPLASH! which would not only thoroughly soak the boat (and sometimes the cockpit) but also create a spectacular show of phosphorescence where the individual wave splashes landed in the water. It was as if a million glow sticks were exploding in our wake before dissipating back into the darkness. (This here is the silver lining, FYI).
By morning, we were not even half-way there. Morale was not good. We were tacking almost perpendicular to St. Maarten and by 6am, our ETA was still twenty agonizing hours away. Isla had woken up at her predicted time and conditions were rough. There was no way I could leave Scott to tend to both her and the boat. Isla, of course, was totally oblivious to anything amiss and was fully charged and eager to play having (incredibly) just slept soundly for twelve hours. Totally deprived of sleep and burdened with the kind of physical exhaustion usually reserved for the mothers of newborns, I strapped her into her carseat with a few toys and played "footsie" with her in a vain attempt to get myself horizontal while still keeping her entertained. This worked for all of five minutes. It was going to be a loooong day.
Finally, I suggested we stop trying to sail and just motor directly into the wind toward St. Maarten. "I mean, it's not like it's going to be any worse than what it is now…" I trailed off deliriously. Scott shrugged and began furling the stays'l, leaving the main up for stability. The boat pitched and rolled wildly and, as he pointed our bow much closer to the wind, and therefore more directly towards our destination, we slowly watched our ETA go down…16 hours, 10 hours, 7 hours!! Hooray! We'd be there by nightfall after all! Morale was going up, but only slightly so. Both of us were still completely exhausted and the motion of the ocean was incredibly unpleasant.
We dropped anchor at 5:01pm in Simpson Bay exactly twenty-four hours from the time we raised it. That is nine hours longer than we calculated, ten hours longer than our last trip from the BVI's to St. Maarten, and a solid eleven hours of complete and utter exhaustion. We were grouchy, tired and caked in a veritable crust of salt spray. We rinsed our salty boat and bodies with blessed fresh water, stuffed our faces with some leftover pasta salad and crashed with a whole new appreciation of exactly why "gentleman don't sail to windward" and dreamt of the day when we actually follow the world cruising routes and sail downwind. Sigh…one day.
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Egypt Registers Traditional Puppet Show With UNESCO
Source: egyptiangeographic.com
One of Egypt's oldest and most beloved theatrical forms of art, 'Arragoz' puppet shows, will be registered with UNESCO's List of Intangible Cultural Heritage.
The decision, which was originally proposed by Egypt and endorsed by the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage at UNESCO, was taken during the committee's 13th session at the end of November.
After stick dancing (2016) and the epic of El Sirah El Hilaliyyah (2008), puppet shows would constitute the third item officially registered under Egypt's components of intangible heritage.
The move, secured under the supervision of Egyptian ambassador to France and permanent representative to UNESCO Ehab Badawy, was also a collaborative effort between Egypt's Ministry of Culture and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
The art form, which requires that puppeteers hide behind a small stage and hold up puppets to interact with one another as well as the audience, is particularly popular among Egyptian children.
It is often used as a method of transmitting stories with moral lessons and as entertainment in street festivals and birthday celebrations. It is also commonly found in circus shows.
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The scientist who invented DNA fingerprinting two decades ago has warned that the world's biggest study of the role of nature and nurture in disease could cost billions and yet be of little medical benefit. Sir Alec Jeffreys of Leicester University said the costs of the UK Biobank project could spiral out of control. John Newton, chief executive officer of Biobank, will tell the British Association for the Advancement of Science later this week that the foundations of 21st-century medicine will be laid by the project. He rejects Sir Alec's criticisms and says that he has the UK scientific community on his side. He said UK Biobank was the envy of rival American researchers. But Sir Alec believes the money could be better spent on smaller, targeted projects to look at genetic and lifestyle factors in particular diseases.
Call for public to have bigger say in research
The public must be given a stronger voice in the direction of research, according to the president of the British Association for the Advancement of Science. Dame Julia Higgins, professor of polymer science at Imperial College London, will launch the annual BA science festival in Exeter today with a call for her fellow researchers to take account of public concern about the way science is going - at a fundamental level.
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Education spending can be cut by £5.7bn, say Tories
Up to £5.7 billion a year could be saved from the government's education budget, the Tories conclude in the latest instalment of their Whitehall efficiency review. The biggest savings would come from the reduced role for local education authorities under Tory plans to make all schools self-governing, funded directly from Whitehall. Like Labour, the Tories envisage a lighter inspection regime run by a smaller Ofsted, the watchdog. They would also abolish seven quangos including the planned university access regulator.
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Iraqi universities and the people who work and study at them are proving a battleground for groups of all stripes who are trying to define the shape of the new Iraq. Just over a week ago Iman Yunis, head of translation at Mosul university, became the 35th academic to be murdered in Iraq since the ousting of the Ba'athist regime.
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The 1991 Transcarpathian general regional referendum took place on December 1, 1991, on the same day as the Ukrainian independence referendum and the first presidential elections in Ukraine. The question of the referendum was "On the granting Transcarpathian region status of an autonomous province within Ukraine" 1.

The vast majority taking part in the referendum voted for the "Independence of Ukraine" (90.13%), and accession of Transcarpathia to Ukraine with the status of a "Special self-governing territory" (78%). The high turnout at the referendums (700,555).

Before becoming a part of the Soviet Union on January 30, 1946, Carpathian Ruthenia (the historical name of the region) was part of the Kingdom of Hungary, earlier it was the self-declared independent Republic of Carpatho-Ukraine for one day after gaining an autonomous status within Czechoslovakia, in accordance with the Constitutional Act 326 \ 1938 of November 22, 1938 23.

Prelude
The legislation of the USSR on the procedure of secession of a Soviet Republic from the Union with regard to the legal sociological dispute, continuing around the results of the referendum of December 1, 1991, it was held at a time when factually and legally existed the state of USSR, and its legal framework remained in force. Therefore, strictly legally, decisions and actions within the existing at the time legal field can be regarded as legitimate.

This fact implies that the secession of any republic from the USSR had to be carried out only in accordance with the Law of the USSR of April 3, 1990 - "On the procedure of secession of a Soviet Republic from the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics." The article №3 of the Act states that: " In the Federal Republic, on the territory of which there are places of compact residence of national groups that make up the majority of the population of the area, when determining the outcome of the referendum, the results of voting in these localities are accounted for separately."

Part 7 of Article 17 of the Act also stipulates that in the event of secession of the republic from the USSR, there should be agreed status of the territories that do not belong to the seceding republic at the time of its accession to the Soviet Union.
It is well known that the process of Ukraine's accession to the Soviet Union began on December 30, 1922, and finalized in May 1925, when the IX All-Ukrainian Congress of Soviets adopted a new text of the Constitution of the USSR, and on that date the Republic Subcarpathian Rus was part of the first Czechoslovak Republic. On 2 November 1938, as the result of the First Vienna Award parts of Czechoslovakia - Southern Slovakia and a part of Carpathian Ruthenia - were returned to Hungary, an area amounting to 11,927 km² and a population of 869,299 (86.5% of which were Hungarians according to the 1941 census). Between 5 November and 10 November, Hungarian armed forces peacefully occupied the newly transferred territories.

In March 1939, the Czecho-Slovak Republic was dissolved, Germany invaded it, and the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia was established. On 14 March, Slovakia declared itself to be an independent state. On 15 March, Carpatho-Ukraine declared itself to be an independent state. Hungary rejected the independence of Carpatho-Ukraine and, between 14 March and 18 March, Hungarian armed forces occupied the rest of Carpathian Ruthenia and ousted the government of Avgustyn Voloshyn. The Hungarians controlled the region until The Red Army ejected them in 1944. Subcarpathian Rus became part of the Soviet Union from the date of exchange of instruments of ratification of the Treaty from June 29, 1945 "On Transcarpathian Ukraine"4.

The interim, unelected National Assembly, appointed by decree of the President of the Czechoslovakia Eduard Benes, ratified the Treaty on November 22, 1945, and, accordingly, the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR ratified it by its Decree on November 27, 1945.

Consequently, in accordance with Part 7 of Art. 17 of the Law of the USSR "On the procedure of secession ..." of April 3, 1990, Ukraine has been obliged to include in the ballot of the referendum of December 1, 1991, on the territory of Subcarpathian Rus, second question about the choice of the state affiliation of population of "the territory of the Rusyns to the south of the Carpathians"5.

(All this applies equally to the Western Ukraine (see Law of the USSR "On the inclusion of the Western Ukraine into the USSR ..." from November 1, 1939 (today Volyn, Drogobych, Lviv, Rivne, Ivano-Frankivsk and Ternopil region, and respectively Bukovina (Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of August 2, 1940)

Organization of the referendum

M. Y. Voloshuk, chairman of the Transcarpathian Regional Council, initiated a regional referendum on granting the region the status of an autonomous republic within Ukraine 6.

On the first of October 1991 * (second column of the fourth paragraph) Regional Council adopts the Declaration "On the proclamation of Transcarpathia an autonomous province" 7.

Publication of the Declaration in the official organ of the Regional Council:
«Declaration granting Transcarpathia an autonomous status»

Based on tradition, identity, an inalienable right to the eternal desire of the multinational population of Transcarpathia to self-determination:

On the basis of the right to self-determination under the UN Charter and other international legal instruments, and guided by universal values and norms of equality of nations enshrined in the Declaration of Human Rights, the Helsinki Agreement, the Charter of Paris for a New Europe;

Implementing declarations on the state sovereignty of Ukraine and Act of Independence of Ukraine; Acknowledging Transcarpathia an integral part of independent Ukraine;

Based on the supremacy of the Constitution and laws of Ukraine;
Seeking to ensure the right to national-cultural autonomy of all national groups in conjunction with the regional, national and local self-government;

Guaranteeing equal opportunities of participation in management of state and public affairs to representatives of all nationalities, regardless of their participation in political parties, movements, religious beliefs, type and nature of occupation, place and time of residence in the province under the Constitution and laws of Ukraine; Caring for the preservation and development of good-neighborly relations with all regions of Ukraine and other sovereign republics;

Rejecting any encroachment on the territorial integrity or attempts to change the borders at the expense or benefit of Transcarpathia, contraposition it to other regions of Ukraine;
In an effort to increase and make better use of the unique natural and economic potential for the benefit of the people, to stop the irreversible changes in the spiritual development, the environment and demographic sphere, the regional Council of People's Deputies declares Transcarpathia an autonomous region as part of an independent democratic state - Ukraine.

This Declaration shall enter into force after its approval by the population of Transcarpathia at a regional referendum.
The Declaration is put for discussion at the session on a proposal from the City of Mukachevo, Mukachevo district, Beregovo district Soviets.

«Novyny Zakarpattya»", the newspaper of Regional Council of People's Deputies, №. 188, Tuesday, October 1, 1991

«The decision of the seventh session of the 21 convocation on the status of Transcarpathia as part of independent Ukraine»

For an objective consideration of the status of Transcarpathia as part of independent Ukraine, the seventh session of the 21 convocation of the Transcarpathian Regional Council decided to set up an appropriate commission.

DECISION OF THE SEVENTH SESSION OF THE XXI CONVOCATION

On the status of Transcarpathia as part of independent Ukraine
Having considered the question of the status of Transcarpathia as part of an independent Ukraine, the regional Council of People's Deputies decided:

1. Noting the critical importance of the issue and the need for its comprehensive study, to set up a commission (the list of the committee members is attached).

2. The Commission is to publish a justification of the status of Transcarpathia in the press, and after analyzing the results of its pan-regional discussions, to submit their proposals on the matter to the regional executive committee until December 30, 1991.

3. To put forward the question on the status of Transcarpathia at a regional referendum in accordance with the Law "On All-Ukrainian and local referendums."

Presidium of the session

I. E. Gritsak.

V. V. Shepa.

«Novyny Zakarpattya», the newspaper of Regional Council of People's Deputies, №. 188 Tuesday, October 8, 1991

The commission included distinguished representatives of various public organizations, institutions, denominations, communities, trade unions and nationalities.

It represented various political forces in the region, such as, for example, the "Movement", "Democratic Party of Ukraine", "Ukrainian Republican Party".

Representatives of national public organizations of residents of Transcarpathia: "Roma", "Society of social and economic development of the Romanians in Transcarpathia named after Cosbuk", "Society of Germans "Revival ", "Society of Hungarian culture KMKS", "Society of Carpathian Rusyns", "Society of Slovaks."

Commissioners from religious organizations: "Mukachevo-Uzhgorod Orthodox diocese," "Pentecostal church", "a Roman Catholic religious community", "Mukachevo Greek Catholic diocese," "Reformed Church".

Public organizations of cultural and national orientation represented "Afghan war veterans", Society "Memorial", "Transcarpathian branch of the Writers' Union of Ukraine", regional organization of the society "Prosvita", "Society of the Ukrainian language named after Taras Shevchenko "Prosvita".

ORGANISATIONAL STRUCTURE OF THE COMMISSION ON THE STUDY OF THE ISSUE
«ON THE STATUS OF TRANSCARPATHIA AS PART OF INDEPENDENT UKRAINE»

1 ADAM Yosip Ivanovic, co-chair of the Roma community "Roma".

2 ADAM Aladar Evgenievich, co-chair of the Roma community "Roma"

3 BED Victor, MP, Chairman of the Transcarpathian regional organization "The People's Movement of Ukraine".

4 GABOR Ivan Ivanovich, the deputy of the Regional Council, the representative of Tyachiv region.

5 GEREVICH Ivan Ivanovich, the deputy of the Regional Council, the representative of Beregovo district.

6 HOLYSH Ivan Vasilyevich, representative of Mukachevo.

7 HORVAT Vasily Vasilievich, deputy of the Regional Council, the representative of Mukachevo district.

8 GRANCHAK Ivan Mikhailovich, Professor, Doctor of Historical Sciences.

9 GRECHANINOV Viktor Fedorovich, deputy of the Regional Council, the representative of Afghan war veterans.

10 GUZOV Mikhail Mikhailovich, deputy of the Regional Council, the representative of Rakhiv district.

11 GULACSY Ludwik Lyudvigovich, representative of the Reformed Church.

12 DUMNICH Mihail Vasilevich, representative of the Regional Council of Independent Trade Unions.

13. ZADIRAKA Valentina Dmitrievna, representative of the Velykyi Bereznyi district.

14. ZILGALOV Vasiliy Alekseevich, chairman of the regional organization "Memorial".

15. ILYASH Ivan Ivanovich, the deputy of the Regional Council, the representative of Vynohradiv district.

16. KAINZ Emelyan Ivanovich, chairman of the Society of Germans "Revival."

17. KEMENYASH Georgy Georgiyovich, the deputy of the regional council, representative of Svalyava district.

18. LELEKACH Ivan Mihaylovich, representative of Mukachevo Greek-Catholic diocese.

19. MADYAR Ivan Mikhailovich, deputy of the Regional Council, the representative of the district Irshava.

20. MATICO Ivan, a representative of society of Slovaks.

21. MARINA Vasily Vasilievich, deputy of the Regional Council, the representative of society of social and economic development of the Romanians in Transcarpathia named after Cosbuc.

22. MISHANICH Fedor Vasilievich, chairman of the regional organization of the Democratic Party of Ukraine.

23. MILOVAN Sandor, representative of the Roman Catholic religious community.

24. MOKRYANIN Ivan Mikhailovich, deputy of the regional Council, representative of the district Mizhgirya.

25. POP Vasily Stepanovich, Chairman of the Transcarpathian branch of the Writers' Union of Ukraine.

26. RIASHKO Mikhail Mikhailovich, representative of the Volovets district.

27. TIVODAR Michail Petrovic, deputy of the Regional Council, Ph.D..

28. TURJANYTSA Ivan Mikhailovich, professor, representative of the Society of Carpathian Rusyns.

29. USTICH Sergei Ivanovich, Vice Chairman of the Regional Executive Committee.

30. FEDAKA Pavel Mikhailovich, chairman of the regional organization of society "Prosvita".

31. FEER Petr Ivanovich, the deputy of the Regional Council, the representative of the Khust district.

32. FODOV Sandor Loyshovich, the deputy of the Regional Council, Chairman of the Society of Hungarian culture.

33. HRIPTA Ivan Andreevich, representative of the Pentecostal Church.

34. TSURKO Ivan Emerihovich, deputy of the regional Council, a representative of Uzhgorod district.

35. CHUCHKA Pavel Pavlovich - chairman of the Society of Ukrainian language "Prosvita", named afterTaras Shevchenko.

36. SHEREGIY Vasily Miroslavovich, a representative of the regional board of Ukrainian Republican Party.

37. SCHERBA Yemelyan Stanislavovich, member of the Regional Council, the representative of Perechyn district.

38. YAREMA Vasily Yurievich, representative of Mukachevo-Uzhgorod Orthodox diocese.

«Novyny Zakarpattya», the newspaper of Regional Council of People's Deputies, №. 193 Tuesday, October 8, 1991

Date announcement

In accordance with the requirement of Article 21 of the Ukrainian law, as amended in 1991, "On national and local referendums", the local Council of People's Deputies after receiving a properly drawn up proposal (on the status of Transcarpathia), had to make one of three decisions:

1. On the announcement of referendum

2. On the rejection of the referendum

3. On solving the issue at the session, as not requiring a referendum

The session decided to call a referendum, determine the date and content of the question put forward at the referendum. Announcement to call a referendum, its subject and date was published in the local media.

The decision of the seventh session of the Transcarpathian Regional Council

of People's Deputies of the twenty-first convocation on October 31, 1991

On holding of the regional referendum.

In accordance with Articles 125, 131 of the Constitution of the Ukrainian SSR, Articles 13, 14, 21, 22 of the Law of the USSR "On national and local referendums", Regional Council of People's Deputies decided:

1. To announce that regional referendum on the status of Transcarpathia as part of an independent Ukraine would be held on Sunday, December 1, 1991.

2. To assign the responsibilities of the regional, city (towns of regional subordination), district and precinct election committees on holding the regional referendum, accordingly to the existing regional, city (towns of regional subordination) and district electoral commissions on elections of deputies of local councils of people's deputies, the district commissions on elections of President of Ukraine and a nationwide referendum. Based on the fact that the regional referendum would be held simultaneously with the presidential elections in Ukraine and the nationwide referendum, and share the precinct commissions, to consider inappropriate to involve in conducting regional referendum electoral commissions of villages (towns of regional subordination), and village commissions on elections of deputies of the respective Soviets of People's Deputies .

3. To approve the content and form of the voting ballot for the regional referendum of December 1, 1991.

4. To instruct the Regional Commission for the Referendum and the Regional Executive Committee develop and implement the necessary organizational and technical measures for the regional referendum of December 1, 1991.

5. To publish in the media the decision to call a regional referendum on the status of Transcarpathia as part of independent Ukraine.

Presidium of the session:

I.E. Gritsak,

V.V. Shepa.

"Novyny Zakarpattya", Newspaper of Regional Council of People's Deputies, №. 212, Tuesday, November 5, 1991

Ballot text adopted at the seventh session of the Transcarpathian Regional Council from October 31, 1991:

The seventh session of the Transcarpathian Regional Council adopted and approved the text and the size of the Ballot in accordance with the requirements of the legislation

Ballot
For a vote in the general regional referendum

Do you wish that Transcarpathia obtained the status of an autonomous territory as a subject within independent Ukraine and not part of any other administrative and territorial formations?

Yes___No

Leave one of the answers, cross out the other.

The Ballot, in which both of the words, "Yes" and "No" or neither of the words are crossed out during the vote, is nullified.

The size of the Ballot is 144,5x105 mm.

"Novyny Zakarpattya", the newspaper of the Regional Council of People's Deputies, №. 212, Tuesday, November 5, 1991

Publication of the "Declaration of Rights of Nationalities of Ukraine"

On the eve of the referendum (November 6, 1991), in the official organ of the Transcarpathian Regional Council of People's Deputies was published "Declaration of Rights of Nationalities of Ukraine" adopted by the "Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine" on November 1, 1991.

The purpose of the publication:

To convince inhabitants of the region that the "Ukrainian State guarantees all peoples, national groups and citizens living on its territory equal political, economic, social and cultural rights ... Ukrainian State guarantees its citizens ... in the regions densely populated by several ethnic groups that along with the state Ukrainian language may function language acceptable to the entire population of the area."

D E C L A R A T I O N
of the rights of Nationalities in Ukraine
(Published in Kiev Bulletin of the Verkhovna Rada (BVR) of Ukraine on 31.12.1991 - 1991 p., № 53, Article 799, Document 1771-12, the current edition - Adopted on 01/11/1991)

Parliament (Verkhovna Rada) of Ukraine on the basis of the Declaration of State Sovereignty of Ukraine, the Declaration of Independence of Ukraine, guided by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the international covenants on human rights and freedoms, ratified by Ukraine

Aspiring to the sacred principles of freedom, humanism, social justice, equality of all ethnic groups of the Ukrainian people in an independent, democratic Ukraine,

Taking into account that in the territory of Ukraine live more than 100 nationalities, who together with Ukrainians comprise fifty-two million people of Ukraine, adopts the following Declaration of the Rights of Nationalities in Ukraine:

Article 1

Ukrainian State guarantees all peoples, national groups and citizens living on its territory equal political, economic, social and cultural rights. Representatives of the peoples and national groups are elected on an equal basis to public authorities at all levels, occupy any position in government, enterprises, institutions and organizations. Discrimination based on nationality is prohibited and punishable by law.

Article 2

Ukrainian State guarantees all nationalities the right to maintain their traditional settlement and ensures the existence of the national administrative units, assumes the responsibility to create appropriate conditions for the development of national languages and cultures.

Article 3

Ukrainian State guarantees all peoples and ethnic groups the right to freely use their native language in all spheres of public life, including education, manufacturing, receiving and disseminating information. Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine interprets Article 3 of the Law "On Languages in the Ukrainian SSR" so that within the administrative-territorial units, densely populated by a specific nationality, can function its language on a par with the state language.

Ukrainian state provides to its citizens the right to free use of the Russian language. In areas densely populated by several ethnic groups, along with the state Ukrainian language can function language acceptable to the entire population of the area.

Article 4

All Ukrainian citizens of every nationality are guaranteed the right to practice their religion, to use their national symbols, to celebrate their national holidays, to participate in traditional rituals of their people.

Article 5

Monuments of history and culture of the peoples and national groups on the territory of Ukraine are protected by law.

Article 6

Ukrainian State guarantees all nationalities the right to create their own cultural centers, societies, communities, associations. These organizations can carry out activities aimed at the development of national culture, to hold public events in the manner prescribed by law, to promote the establishment of national newspapers, magazines, publishing houses, museums, art groups, theaters, film studios.

Article 7

National cultural centers and societies, representatives of national minorities have the right to free contacts with their historical homeland.

Parliament (Verkhovna Rada) of Ukraine

Kyiv, November 1, 1991 N + 1771-XII
"Novyny Zakarpattya", the newspaper of the Regional Council of People's Deputies, №. 213, Wednesday, November 6, 1991

Leonid Kravchuk and Transcarpathian regional referendum

On November 20, 1991, Chairman of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR, Ukrainian presidential candidate Leonid Kravchuk arrived in Transcarpathia. On the Eighth Extraordinary Session of the Regional Council gathered on this occasion, Leonid Kravchuk made a speech.

In his speech, he emphasized the delicacy of the referendum issue and urged the assembled deputies to amend the text of the ballot.
First of all, it was offered to replace the term "autonomy" with "self-governing territory."

(...)

Given the situation, Transcarpathian region could be granted a special status of self-governing territory. This area independently solves their cultural, language problems, the nature of the election of authorities, economic affairs. Of course, in accordance with the laws of Ukraine.

(...)

If you replace the word "autonomy" in the Ballot with "special self-governing territory", in this case, I will support you. Otherwise, he said, there will be all sorts of problems, including legal.

(...)

So, it seems to me, stressed Leonid Makarovych, if this region is given such a special status, by this act is absorbed a number of problems - economic, national linguistic, cultural, political, and others. And, most importantly, it is to be compatible with the Constitution, our laws ...

It will not be someone's wish. This status will be valid, have a legislative power, it will be part of the Constitution .. This means that the future of this region will not depend on the good or bad presidents, on good or bad prime ministers. This would open the path to full self-realization. What is the difference between autonomy and special status of self-governing territory?

When talking about autonomy, said the Chairman of the Parliament (Verkhovna Rada), it is necessary to define what is this autonomy: the national and cultural, or regional, or republican, or possibly some other autonomy. There is autonomy in general, it has some specific form. And this specific form in the regional ballot has not been determined. If we are talking about the autonomy of the state, then the formation of further 10-12, or possibly 20 state and political structures in Ukraine (as, say, autonomies in Russia at the moment) could initiate interstate, inter-autonomous problems.

That is particularly worrisome.

And the status of a self-governing territory gives it the full right to dispose of its wealth, its resources, its economic, cultural and national issues.

The main thing is that it is not a state, but a self-governing structure. And the state is only one - the state of Ukraine.

"Novyny Zakarpattya", the newspaper of the Regional Council of People's Deputies, №. 223, Thursday, November 21, 1991

The decision of the extraordinary eighth session of the Regional Council of the XX convocation (November 20, 1991) "Amendments to the text of the ballot for voting at the regional referendum on December 1, 1991"

The decision of the extraordinary eighth session of the Regional Council of the XX convocation (November 20, 1991), "Amendments to the text of the ballot for voting at the regional referendum on December 1, 1991". After lengthy debate, it was decided to change the wording "status of an autonomous territory" in the text of the ballot to "enshrined the Constitution of Ukraine status of a special self-governing administrative territory." New ballot was approved by this same session.

DECISION

Of the extraordinary eighth session

of the Regional Council of the XX convocation

ON AMENDMENTS IN THE TEXT OF THE BALLOT FOR VOTING AT THE REGIONAL REFERENDUM on December 1, 1991

The referendum of December 1, 1991

Regional Council of People's Deputies adopted a decision:

On partial change (p.3) of the decision of the Regional Council of People's Deputies from October 31, 1991, "On holding of the regional referendum" to approve the following text of the ballot in the regional referendum of December 1, 1991 :

«Do you wish that Transcarpathia obtained enshrined in the Constitution of Ukraine status of a special self-governing administrative territory as a subject within the independent Ukraine and not part of any other administrative and territorial formations?».

Presidium of the session

Gritsak I.Y.

Shepa V.V.

"Novyny Zakarpattya", the newspaper of the Regional Council of People's Deputies, №. 223, Thursday, November 21, 1991

Appeal of the Executive Committee of the Regional Council of People's Deputies to the people of Transcarpathia

Article 125 of the Constitution of the Ukrainian SSR (1978) provided the possibility of participation of local councils of people's deputies in the discussion of issues of republican and national importance, and Article 131 enabled them to put the most important local issues to the vote in a referendum.

Using this competence, the executive committee of the Council of People's Deputies made a formal interpretation and explanation of the issue submitted to the referendum.

The basic rights guaranteed by referendum in case of an affirmative answer of the majority of polled citizens, residents of Transcarpathia, were:

- Independently form governments at all levels

- Independently solve issues of economical, socio-cultural and spiritual development of the region

- Actions of the President and the Parliament (Verkhovna Rada) at a self-governing territory, would have no direct legal effect, only the Constitution and laws of Ukraine would operate there.

"Appeal"

The Executive Committee of the Regional Council of People's Deputies

Dear Transcarpathians!

On Sunday, December 1, when receiving the ballots, you must make a fateful choice:

(...)

- Will Transcarpathia have the status of special self-governing administrative territory as a part of independent Ukraine?

(...)

We urge you to say, "Yes", I wish that Transcarpathia obtained enshrined in the Constitution of Ukraine status of a special self-governing administrative territory, as a subject within an independent Ukraine, and not part of any other administrative and territorial formations.

This status would guarantee us:

- Free trade zone;

- The right to independently, in the interest of the region and its population address the issues of economics, socio-cultural and spiritual development;

- The right to form our own governments at all levels;

- That there would be no direct actions of the President and the Verkhovna Rada at the self-governing territory, only the Constitution and laws of Ukraine would operate there;

- The possibility of full consideration of the interests of all nationalities living in the region, their broader representation in government, self-government, the right to have their national and cultural formations.

"Novyny Zakarpattya", the newspaper of the Regional Council of People's Deputies, №. 223, Thursday, November 21, 1991

Results of the Regional referendum

Strictly following the provisions of Article 31 of the Law of the Ukrainian SSR "On national and local referendums" (as revised in 1991), the official organ of the Regional Council ("Novyny Zakarpattya") on December 3, 1991, published the primary results of the republican and Transcarpathian regional referendums.

The vast majority taking part in the referendum voted for the "Independence of Ukraine" (90.13%), and accession of Transcarpathia to Ukraine with the status of a "Special self-governing territory" (78%). The high turnout at the referendums (700 555 thousand).

The results of the referendum

ANNOUNCEMENT
of regional commission of the general regional referendum about vote returns on December 1, 1991

"Novyny Zakarpattya", the newspaper of the Regional Council of People's Deputies, №. 231, Tuesday, December 3, 1991

The next issue of the newspaper "Novyny Zakarpattia" (Wednesday 4 December 1991). On the basis of the received protocols, the regional commission reported detailed data of the results of the referendum.

Detailed data by districts - the number of people taking part in the vote, and the number of citizens who answered the offered questions - "YES".

From the Tables follows the conclusion about high commitment of citizens (the average in the region 82.7%), and high percentages of citizens who answered "YES" at the referendum (the average in the region 78%).

The lowland areas of the region: Uzhgorod - 89.7%, Berehove - 88.9%, Svalyava - 86.5% had a higher percentage of affirmative votes at the regional referendum than the highlands: Rakhiv - 54.1%, Mizhgirya - 59%.

SUMMARY
of the number of citizens who participated
in voting on December 1, 1991 (percentage)

SUMMARY
of the number of citizens,
who answered «YES» during the vote
at the regional referendum (percentage)

"Novyny Zakarpattya", the newspaper of the Regional Council of People's Deputies, №. 232, Wednesday, December 4, 1991

The legitimacy of the referendum

The 1991 referendum was closely watched not only by the citizens of Ukraine, but also the international community.

Almost all foreign observers, including authoritative international and European representatives, noted the high level of organization and the absence of significant violations.

"Referendum in Ukraine was organized without any violations"
— Jon Gundersen, United States Ambassador to Ukraine 8

Michel Jakmain - Secretary of the Bureau of the National Assembly of France

Gert Weisskirchen - Member of the German Bundestag

Patrick Boyer - a member of the Canadian Parliament (and others)

According to the US Ambassador in Ukraine Jon Gundersen, Office Secretary of the National Assembly of France, Michel Jakmain, Bundestag deputy Gert Weisskirchen, a member of the Canadian Parliament Patrick Boyer and others who were at the meeting, the referendum in Ukraine was held in an orderly manner, without any violations. Its results will open up new opportunities for fruitful and mutually beneficial cooperation with foreign countries.

"Novyny Zakarpattya", the newspaper of the Regional Council of People's Deputies, №. 231, Tuesday, December 3, 1991

Refusal of the Supreme Council of Ukraine

The first in the history of the USSR Crimean referendum of January 20, 1991 (on the reestablishment of the Crimean Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic) served as a legal justification for the Transcarpathian regional referendum. Taking into account the will of the Crimean people, on February 12, 1991, the Supreme Council of the Ukrainian SSR adopted the Law "On the reestablishment of the Crimean Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic within the Crimean region as part of the Ukrainian SSR"

It was the first implemented attempt to decide the fate of the people based on the will of the citizens themselves.

Representatives of the IX-th session of the Transcarpathian Regional Council of People's Deputies, as a legislative initiative, appealed to the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine with a demand to make changes and additions to the Constitution of Ukraine according to the results of the Transcarpathian regional referendum.

The procedure required supplementing the first part of Article 77 of the Constitution with the words: "In Ukraine, there is a special self-governing administrative territory, Transcarpathia", as well as supplementing Article 752, "Special self-governing administrative territory, Transcarpathia, is a part of Ukraine ..." because referendum actually took place in the context of making Transcarpathia a part of Ukraine.

However, the supreme legislative body of Ukraine, using the procedure of bureaucratic sabotage, ignored the mandatory introduction of amendments and additions to the Constitution of the USSR (as it was done in the case of the Crimea), thereby putting the issue of adaptation of Ukrainian legislation to the legal status of the Transcarpathian region as part of an independent Ukraine, outside of the legal framework of Ukraine.

DECISION
of the ninth session of the Regional Council of People's Deputies from January 24, 1992
ON THE APPEAL TO THE VERKHOVNA RADA OF UKRAINE
"Regarding amendments and additions to the Constitution of Ukraine"

Given that 546,450 of the adult population of the region (78 percent) at the regional referendum on December 1, 1991,were in favor of granting Transcarpathia enshrined in the Constitution of Ukraine status of a special self-governing administrative territory as a part of independent Ukraine, and in accordance with the Article 38 of the Law of Ukraine "On Local Soviets of People's Deputies of the USSR and local self-government ", the regional Council of People's Deputies decided as part of legislative initiative to appeal to the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine on introduction of amendments and additions to the Constitution of Ukraine:

1. To add the words: "In Ukraine, there is a special self-governing administrative territory, Transcarpathia" to the first part of Article 77 of the Constitution.

2. Supplement the Constitution of Ukraine with the chapter 72, "Special self-governing administrative territory, Transcarpathia" and the Article 752, "Special self-governing administrative territory, Transcarpathia, is a part of Ukraine and decides independently on matters within its competence."

Chairman of the Council

I. KRAILO

"Novyny Zakarpattya", the newspaper of the Regional Council of People's Deputies, №. 12/260, Thursday, January 30, 1992

The Law of Ukraine "On the self-governing special administrative territory of Transcarpathia"

Main article: The Law of Ukraine "On the self-governing special administrative territory of Transcarpathia"

The Law of Ukraine "On the self-governing special administrative territory of Transcarpathia" - adopted the sixth of March 1992 at the second meeting of the IX- session of the Transcarpathian Regional Council of People's Deputies.
Initiated by the Transcarpathian Regional Council, in order to introduce into the legal framework of Ukraine the results of Transcarpathian general regional referendum of December 1, 1991, on the status of Transcarpathia as a self-governing special administrative territory as a subject of an independent Ukraine, its non-accession into any other administrative-territorial units and securing (this status) in the Constitution of Ukraine.
The Law of Ukraine

Section I

GENERAL PROVISIONS

Article 1. The self-governing special administrative territory Transcarpathia

The special self-governing administrative territory Transcarpathia is a special subject of administrative and territorial structure of Ukraine.

Article 2 Constitutional and legal status of Transcarpathia

Status of Transcarpathia defines the Constitution of Ukraine, this Law, the Statute and other regulations of Transcarpathia.

Article 3. Principles of special administrative government

The status of self-governing special administrative territory of Transcarpathia is based on the following principles:

 Inviolability and indivisibility of the territory of Transcarpathia as an integral part of Ukraine
 Non-accession of Transcarpathia in any other state and administrative-territorial formations
 Ensuring the rights and freedoms of the individual
 Ensuring national territorial and cultural autonomy
 Ensuring economic independence and the right to choose the forms of its realization, self-financing

       Distribution of powers of national authorities and authorities of self-governing special administrative territory define this Law in the absence of direct effect of acts of the executive and administrative authorities of the State in the territory of Transcarpathia.

...

Public information about the work on the draft Law in the committees of the Supreme Council of Ukraine is absent.

Since, in accordance with the Law "On referenda ..." in the wording of 1991, results of the referendum shall come into force upon their publication in the official media organ to hold a referendum. Therefore, because of the refusal of the Supreme Council of Ukraine to adopt the law regulating the status of Transcarpathia as part of Ukraine (in accordance with the results of the referendum), thus far it remains uncertain.

Analysis of the results of the referendum

Strictly in accordance with the Law "On referendums ..." in the wording of the 1991, results of the referendum shall come into force upon their publication in the official media of the authority that held a referendum. In April 2016 then governor of Zakarpattia Oblast Hennadiy Moskal claimed the referendum directly contradicted this (then) law.

This publication of the results of the referendum in our region was made on Dec. 4, 1991, in the newspaper of the Regional Council of People's Deputies, "Novyny Zakarpattya" and, therefore, the results of the referendum have acquired an imperative legal force of the Law of Ukraine. (The results of the referendum do not require any approval or confirmation.)

Ukrainian and Transcarpathian regional referendums have the same legal effect (are legally equivalent), and their legal implementation or lack of it will automatically lead to the identical consequences for the legal entity.

If the results of the referendum cause compatibility issues with existing legal realities for the current regime, it is necessary to amend the national legislation or it (the referendum) should be held again.

References

External links
 «Novyny Zakarpattya»", №. 188, October 1, 1991
 «Novyny Zakarpattya»", №. 189, October 2, 1991
 «Novyny Zakarpattya»", №. 193, October 8, 1991
 «Novyny Zakarpattya»", №. 196-197, October 13, 1991
 «Novyny Zakarpattya»", №. 198, October 15, 1991
 «Novyny Zakarpattya»", №. 201-202, October 19, 1991
 «Novyny Zakarpattya»", №. 207, October 29, 1991
 «Novyny Zakarpattya»", №. 212, November, 1991
 «Novyny Zakarpattya»", №. 213, November 6, 1991
 «Novyny Zakarpattya»", №. 215, November 8, 1991
 «Novyny Zakarpattya»", №. 216 November 12, 1991
 «Novyny Zakarpattya»", №. 217, November 13, 1991
 «Novyny Zakarpattya»", №. 219-220, November 16, 1991
 «Novyny Zakarpattya»", №. 222, November 20, 1991
 «Novyny Zakarpattya»", №. 223, November 21, 1991
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 «Novyny Zakarpattya»", №. 12 (260), January 30, 1992

Referendums in Ukraine
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Referendums in the Soviet Union
Dissolution of the Soviet Union
History of Zakarpattia Oblast
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Channel Master 7778 pre-amplifier, fed into RG6 Quad-Shield cable. I provide the antenna setup and God provides the atmospheric conditions. Last night I watched the 11pm news on WBTV, then a few minutes of a program about Lake Mead on WCNC's subchannel. Distance to WBTV's 2,000-ft tall tower: 181 miles.
What is amazing is that, with the antenna aimed at Gaston County, the tuner of my Sony TV was detecting something on channel 11, though the signal was not strong enough to view. I verified that WTOC-11 in Savannah was not coming in strongly enough to be what I was getting. Surely it could not have been WTVI!
No way that was WTVI. Not even god can view that station.
I will drive up to China Grove today and check on it. The remote control says 100% power, but we can not pick it up because of WYFF.
Yes, I am aware of the work that was done on RF50 WAXN Ch64-1, and the fact that you are protecting the signal of WFMY Greensboro, with the main lobe going 215 degrees.
However, since there's been no change on the translator, RF36 WAXNTV1 out of China Grove on CH64-7, I find it very interesting that I am experiencing these results. As previously mentioned, I have 'consistently' received a signal from RF36 (day and night) for the past 1/2 year since I've had my antennas. This changed (as of about 6 days ago now) where I get nothing at all (day or night). Just that blank screen with occasional flashes of light (not pixelations).
Thanks Ted for any additional feedback on this situation.
VHF does have a better chance of reflecting off the atmosphere. I do agree however that WTVI is a bit tough to pick up, though I get it fine on my homemade antenna, basically a 28 inch dipole.
That station is having money problems. I hope they manage to pull through it as they bring some pretty unique programming to the area.
Public TV nationwide is having economic issues. But PBS is also available from UNC TV and SC ETV. I get 3 SC public channels, 29, 49, and 38. And 2 from NC, 33 and surprisingly 17.
The views expressed here are my own and do not necessarily represent those of ABC, CBS, CW, FOX, MeTv, or AntennaTv; my employer; or its parent company.
Nor my wife for that matter!
PBS still presents by far the best TV programing in the country, cable or OTA. Not even in the same ball park with your FOX programing.
I think he is refering to the business model of public TV moreso than the quality of programming. Government should be concerned with providing essential services rather than operating an unprofitable business.
Of all the stations i pick up OTA, WUNE is the most impressive because of the distance(68ml)& being WAY outside the sweet spot of my antenna's. Ether i have line of sight or the whole grandfather mt thing really helps.
With the limited programming we OTA'ers have i for one enjoy what PBS brings to the table.
I can also see WUNE with my outdoor Winegard. However, it only works if I aim my antenna at about 270 degrees. But I usually don't try to see it since I can watch PBS on either WUNL W-S or WUNG Concord without rotating my antenna.
Ted, I am not sure if you found any problems or not with the China Grove translator. I didn't have a chance during the day (today) to look at TV. However, I can say that as of tonight (after six days), I now can see RF36 WAXNTV Ch64-7. So hopefully it is back to normal. It's always been a very reliable translator (day and night) outside of the past six days. I wanted to let you know.
I will agree with you on that one. If I had to choose between PBS channels and all the rest, I would choose the PBS channels.
And yes, everyone knows that UNC PBS is out there, but I prefer WTVI.
WTVI news coverage is the best in the business. It beats the hell out of ANY of those Charlotte stations where all they talk about day after day is their budget.
Bingo. Like a real Education for our children, and not by watching PBS Kids on TV.
The 64.7 stream on WAXNTV1 has been corrected. The 9.7 and 9.8 were always working. I am in the process of being able to monitor China Grove from Charlotte.
I actually don't watch the PBS portion that much except for the cooking shows which, IMO are far superior to anything on Food Network. (If you actually cook) The reason I like WTVI is for CreateTV and MHZ Worldview on their two sub-channels, 42.2 & 42.3. It's nice to actually have some real news. If you have cut the cable, these channels offer up some nice alternative programming. I agree about the part above about kids and these programs.
Charlotte is lucky to have 3 different PBS affiliates available. It might be unique in the Carolinas for that. Strictly for PBS, I think SCETV does the best job of the 3, followed by WTVI. WUNC(G) are pretty poor in comparison. They are basically a Raleigh TV station that just happens to transmit to the rest of the state. Almost nothing on there about Western NC.
IMO are far superior to anything on Food Network. (If you actually cook) .
That channel needs to be banned at my house. All it does is get me back in the frig at 930 at night and is making me widescreen.
Location: Where ever I am is where I am.
Starting next Monday, Capitol Broadcasting's CW affiliate in Charlotte, N.C., will offer the Tribune Broadcasting classic TV diginet on a subchannel. Tribune now claims coverage of more than 50% of the U.S. for the network, thanks mostly to its carriage on 19 Tribune stations.
Capitol Broadcasting's WJZY Charlotte, N.C., next Monday (July 25) will join the growing lineup of stations airing Antenna TV, Tribune Broadcasting's classic TV multicast network, Tribune announced today.
In addition to WJZY's ch. 46.2, Antenna TV will be available in the Charlotte market on Time Warner Cable's ch. 147. The station is negotiating with other cable operators and expects to achieve full cable carriage in the market "in the near future," according to Tribune.
Antenna TV debuted on Jan. 1, 2011 and has expanded coverage to more than 50% of the U.S.
Much of that coverage comes from Tribune's own stations. Antenna TV airs on 19 Tribune properties, including WPIX New York, KTLA Los Angeles, and WGN Chicago.
WJZY broadcasts The CW on its main channel.
All opinions expressed (unless otherwise noted) are the posters and NOT the posters employers. The poster in NO WAY is/will speak for his employers. "Arguing with an engineer is like mud wrestling with a pig. After a couple of hours, you realize the pig likes it"
AMEN to both Tyler and bdfox - if PBS programming is so great, then they should survive just fine without a government subsidy. I mean, why would government throw money at something that doesn't work - they spend their money responsibly like I do, right?
Anyway, PBS can still operate non-profit and get grants from businesses and viewer contributions. Or, they can go commericial.
Yes, the 9.7 and 9.8 have always been working with no dropouts or pixelations at any time (day or night).
As for the 64.7 stream off WAXNTV1 from China Grove, I've had the station back since yesterday. However, it's still acting funny. For example, right now my signal meter on my Panasonic 37 inch LED reads 85% on 64.7. However, while it's reading that amount, I'm getting pixelations and dropouts.
Before yesterday (for a six day period), it was no picture at all on 64.7 (just brief flashes of light--not pixelations). Now, the picture is back at 85% but instead of flashes of light on a blank screen, it displays the picture with quite a bit of pixelations. Again, this is weird given that an 85% signal strength normally means a solid picture; and the fact that I never saw any of these issues up until last week on this translator for 64.7.
Thanks a bunch for your trip up to China Grove as well as anything else you can check into about this signal when you get time.
Has anyone noted the extra commercials of late cutting into airtime on 18.3 (ME-TV)? Even the credits of some programs have disappeared (and even bits of show intros). I enjoyed viewing the credits because it gave me a chance to do a Google search on the stars of yesteryear.
I've actually seen some of the programs, themselves, trimmed a bit.
Part of the nostalgia of ME-TV is being able to see the shows from intro to ending credits. In addition, editing out these portions hurts the continuity of the lineup...at least in my opinion.
I plan to contact the station and express my views.
There are no extra commercials being inserted into MeTv nor are shows being trimmed. (at least not intentionally) What you are seeing is due to a software bug in our automation where it often fails to send a "return to network" command. The tech support guys have logged in remotely and seen where the command is issued but does not execute. They have the software developers looking into the issue, but until they find the cause it may affect the shows at times.
This station does seem to put out an impressive signal, as I normally receive it here in GVL SC as well. And that is off the side of the antenna which is pointed towards Dallas/CLT. Not sure about their power level, but being on a tall tower from the mtns surely seems to help.
Is the WTVI repeater, translator, or whatever it is, in Hickory having a problem?
The four WHKY signals come in strong 99.9% of the time. The three WTVI channels seem to be having some problems.
The WTVI Problem is with ch 11 in Johnson City, TN. With the current weather they are putting signal into Hickory on channel 11. The Hickory WTVI transmitter picks up off air from the Charlotte site.
WJZY has AntennaTV on 46.2 as of this morning. And, TitanTV now has the listings for WJZY 46.2 ATV. So far, I haven't got the 7-day line-up on TVGOS on my DVR.
64.7 is back up..again. We are having issues receiving WAXN 64.1. We will be looking at a pre-amp and maybe antenna change.
I have noticed that Reverend Rob is back (minus the reverend) from Apple Auto Sales on MeTV. His commercials always made me laugh and it's good to see him again. He is a bit of Charlotte TV history.


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Great Anderson Township pumpkin chase frees deer from jack-o'-lantern
Deer unable to eat or drink until Cincinnati Halloween hunters unlodged jack-o'-lantern from its head.
Great Anderson Township pumpkin chase frees deer from jack-o'-lantern Deer unable to eat or drink until Cincinnati Halloween hunters unlodged jack-o'-lantern from its head. Check out this story on cincinnati.com: http://cin.ci/2zRSGwA
Jennie Key, jkey@enquirer.com Published 4:24 p.m. ET Oct. 30, 2017 | Updated 5:43 p.m. ET Oct. 30, 2017
This deer was spotted running through eastside Cincinnati neighborhoods for several days before a group of residents was able to trap the deer long enough to free it from the plastic jack-o-lantern stuck on its muzzle.(Photo: Provided by Dave Saylor)
The calls started last week at the Anderson Township Family Pet Center.
"How do you get a pumpkin off a deer's head?"
Eastside Cincinnati neighbors began commenting on social media Wednesday about a deer sporting a child's bright orange Halloween jack-o'-lantern on its head. The deer was seen in a number of neighborhoods in Anderson Township and was spotted several times in Guardian Angels Cemetery.
The pumpkin would not come off because its strap was lodged around the back of the deer's head, stuck on the nubs of his antlers. The deer was unable to eat or drink.
Daryl Meyerrenke, owner of the pet center, said people began calling to ask how they could help, and residents started to brainstorm online to figure out how to help the animal.
On Sunday, Oct. 29, Anderson Township residents Dave and Wendy Saylor set up a tracking thread for the deer's location. A group set out to catch and free the deer from the plastic pumpkin. Meyerrenke, who has wildlife handling experience, headed up the expedition.
This group of Anderson Township residents found and rescued a deer entangled in a plastic Halloween pumpkin. From left, they are Aaron Meyerrenke, Wendy Saylor, Bonnie Morrison, Dan Earls, Dave Saylor, Stacie Grant, Daryl Meyerrenke and Suzy Peck. (Photo: Provided by Aaron Meyerrenke)
The deer was seen in the area of Paddison Road at around 3 p.m.
By 4 p.m., the deer hunters were on the trail and into the woods. The group included the Saylors; Staci Grant from Peppermint Pig Rescue; her husband, Joe, and daughter Hallie; Anderson Township residents Dan Earls and Suzie Peck, who the deer frequently visits at their home, a haven for wildlife; Ethan and Kala O'Brien; and Nick Barker and Meyerrenke's son Aaron. Second Chance Wildlife Rescue also pitched in, with Bonnie Morrison bringing a catch pole, ropes, and expertise to the expedition.
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Meyerrenke said the deer, while tired, still had the energy to evade neighbors as they trailed him through the woods.
"He drove through a 10-foot thicket of bamboo without a machete," he said. "He was weakened and slow but he was still able to get away."
He said approaching a deer can be dangerous, because of the animal's sharp hooves. "We talked about keeping the deer's feet on the ground."
Eventually, just before sunset, the group was able to trap the deer by enclosing it against a fence in a semicircle. As the deer attempted to bolt, Daryl's son Aaron, who grew up around animals thanks to his dad's prior profession as a wildlife officer, was able to get a headlock on the deer and pulled the pumpkin off.
"There was a lot of cheering at that point," said Morrison, who said she is licensed by the state to give short-term care to deer.
The deer was so hungry it ran off about 30 feet to the nearest creek and started drinking and grazing. "It was a happy ending," Wendy Saylor said. "I was just glad to see people not give up. It ended well, but it could have been very different."
The actual pumpkin that was removed from the deer head now sits on the counter at Anderson Township Family Pet Center, 6666 Clough Pike, collecting donations to be given to 2nd Chance Wildlife Rescue.
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