Korolevo is an urban type settlement on Tisza

Tisza

The Tisza or Tisa is one of the main rivers of Central Europe. It rises in Ukraine, and is formed near Rakhiv by the junction of headwaters White Tisa, whose source is in the Chornohora mountains and Black Tisa, which springs in the Gorgany range...

 River in Zakarpattia Oblast

Zakarpattia Oblast

The Zakarpattia Oblast is an administrative oblast located in southwestern Ukraine. Its administrative center is the city of Uzhhorod...

, Vynohradiv Raion

Vynohradiv Raion

Vynohradiv Raion is a raion in Zakarpattia Oblast in western Ukraine. Its administrative center is Vynohradiv. It has a population of 117957.-External links:*...

, Ukraine

Ukraine

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History

At the end of 12th century there existed a settlement of Slavs. On the hill was built a wooden royal hunting house, from which Koroleve ("royal village") got its name. In the 14th century at the site a stone castle named Nyalab was built. In 1672 the castle was destroyed.

In 1910, the village in the Kingdom of Hungary

Kingdom of Hungary

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 in the county Ung, had 3,167 inhabitants, of whom 2,224 were Hungarians and 932 Ruthenians. in 1938 Koroleve joined the then newly formed Czechoslovakia

Czechoslovakia

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 (as part of the Subcarpathian Ruthenia). In 1944 close to the end of World War II

World War II

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, it ended up in the Ukrainian SSR

Ukrainian SSR

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 as part the USSR. In 1947 the village got the status of an urban type settlement. In 1991 it became part of an independent Ukraine.