Establishment and development of the Zakarpattia Regional Art Museum during the Soviet and post-Soviet period

The article deals with the preconditions for the formation and stages of establishment of the Zakarpattia Regional Art Museum in Uzhhorod as one of the main cultural and historical centres in the region of scientific, educational and artistic direction. It traces the historical milestones of the cultural and national renaissance in Zakarpattia, which was annexed to the Czechoslovak Republic under the name of Carpathian Ruthenia in 1919 after the collapse of the Austro-Hungarian monarchy, as well as in the post-war period during the Soviet era. The preconditions for the opening of the museum in Uzhhorod and the ways in which the first museum collections were formed have been studied; the activity of persons who played key roles in the formation of the art museum is described.