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<p><tt>There is evidence cited here</tt><tt><br>
</tt><tt><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.files.ethz.ch/isn/25742/report_04.pdf">https://www.files.ethz.ch/isn/25742/report_04.pdf</a></tt><tt><br>
</tt><tt>that in 1990, before the independence of Ukraine on 24
August 1991, the state granted</tt><tt><br>
</tt><tt>extended cultural autonomy rights to ethnic minorities.</tt></p>
<p><tt><img src="cid:part1.43E4210B.E80BF670@astro.ch" alt=""
width="792" height="372"></tt></p>
<p><tt>This was probably the basis for Transcarpathia to have its
own time zone, like Europe/Budapest, between 1 July 1990 and 29
Sep 1991</tt><tt>.</tt></p>
<p><tt></tt><tt>From 29 Sep 1991 onward Europe/Uzhgorod and
Europe/Kiev are the same.</tt></p>
<p><tt>We still lack newspaper article evidence.</tt><tt><br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix"><tt>On 03.12.19 13:38, Alois Treindl
wrote:</tt><tt><br>
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<p><tt>There is strong evidence for a renewed autonomy movement in
Transcarpathia with its partly Rusyn population,</tt><tt><br>
</tt><tt> at the time of the decay of the Soviet Union in 1990.</tt></p>
<p><tt>The center of this autonomy movement was Uzhgorod /
Uzhhorod at the Slovakian border.</tt><tt><br>
</tt><tt> See for example </tt><tt><a
class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://litopys.org.ua/rizne/magocie.htm"
moz-do-not-send="true">https://litopys.org.ua/rizne/magocie.htm</a></tt></p>
<p><tt>While I have not (yet) found direct evidence of an official
local time zone of CET during the period in question, I have
found several quotes</tt><tt><br>
</tt><tt> that there exists a tradition for parts of the
population to use 'Hungarian time' in the region.</tt></p>
<p><tt><b>This makes Shank's claim again more believable.</b></tt></p>
<p><tt>Once Ukraine stabilized after gaining full independence, it
blocked all such movements in its southwestern province.</tt><tt><br>
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