The publication is devoted to the issue of post-war reconstruction of cities and towns in the Transcarpathian region. This scientific work highlights the circumstances, composition, and specific activities of the architectural and construction commission carried out in Transcarpathia in 1949. This commission included the Deputy Head of the Department for Architectural Affairs under the Council of Ministers of the Ukrainian SSR Ivan Malozemov, the Head of the Research Department of the Design Institute Giprograd Vsevolod Artemchuk, as well as officials and architects from Uzhgorod. A previously unused archival document is being introduced into scientific circulation, shedding light on the state of the main settlements in Transcarpathia in the late 1940s. It is a report of the inspection commission. The text of its recoding, which is kept in the Central State Archives of Supreme Bodies of Power and Government of Ukraine, is also provided. In particular, this document contains descriptions of the then improvement and public utilities of such Transcarpathian settlements as Solotvino, Rakhov, Khust, Vinogradovo, and Beregovo. The report includes the most important conclusions of the commission. It was the decision to conduct regional planning with the aim of drawing up a comprehensive project for the use of natural resources, the development of industry, energy, transport routes, and the associated reconstruction of populated areas of the region.
Source: Korol, Vitaliy M. (2025). The State of Settlements in Transcarpathia during the Post-War Recovery Period According to the Materials of the Architectural and Construction Inspection of 1949. Gardarika. 2025. 12(1): 28-36.
Source web-site: https://g.cherkasgu.press/journals_n/1767103329.pdf
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