Fedinec Csilla: A kárpátaljai magyarság történeti kronológiája 1918-1944 - Nostra Tempora 7. (Galánta-Dunaszerdahely, 2002)
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530 Summary Prague, promising this temporary situation would last until the time of introducing autonomy, although this did not happen. The area was left out of the first parliamentary elections in 1920, since the Máramaros part was under Romanian occupation at that time. Between 1924 and 1928 the unification of the territories and their integration in the Czechoslovak administration system was carried out. At that time the Hungarian parties (Hungarian Law Party, Autonomy Party of Original Inhabitants of Podkarpatská Rus, National Christian-Socialistic Party, Party of Farmers and Craftsmen) followed mainly the issues of the party block, state office acceptance, taxation, and Hungarian public education. The fact that the Czechoslovak public administration divided the former Ung County between Transcarpathia and Slovakia was a problem. Uzhhorod and Mukacheve fought for primacy, for the status of the “capital city”; and together with Berehove and Vinohradove their role and place in the Hungarian public life became the primary question. There were discussions on the work of the Committee of Frontier Readjustment, on border traffic that was launched mainly to the direction of Romania. The election results almost until the end evidenced stable position of the communist party. At the turn of the 20-30s, the period of the economic crisis brought the strengthening of irredentist movements. Behind all efforts we have to see that in the Czechoslovak period the official Hungarian government practised its influence on Hungarian politics in Transcarpathia thanks to moneys through the Centre of the Union of Social Associations and directly through the Prime Minister’s Office and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and even the autonomous Ruthenian parties were given special support. In 1938, the original unity that was constantly demanding autonomy, broke up, when the idea of the Hungarian national authority whose main exponent was the Hungarian National Party became ripe. The Munich Pact on the fate of Czechoslovakia on 29th-30th September 1938 created a new situation. On 11th October a new formation was founded in Transcarpathia led by Andrej Brody, leader of the Ruthenian Agricultural Party, who was soon removed and accused of revisionism. The second Transcarpathian Prime Minister, who followed him, the Ukrainianoriented Avhustin Voloshyn, teacher of theology, took over his office on 26th October. The Prague government appointed his Ministers, although on 22nd November, the Czechoslovak National Council granted Transcarpathia its autonomy. Meanwhile, as the result of the First Vienna Treaty on 2nd November, the territories inhabited by Hungarian people became part of Hungary. The Voloshyn-government made strong efforts to make the rest of the territory independent under the name Carpathian Ukraine, and also arranged an independent army besides the Czech army that had its station there. Its main supporter in the new centre was Khust was Germany (Hitler) that supported the opening of the consulate. On 15th March 1939, the Carpathian Ukraine Parliament in Khust proclaimed the independence of the mini state, although they could not block
