Soviet annexation of Transcarpathia

Location of Transcarpathia between Czechoslovakia and the Soviet Union
  Transcarpathia
  Czechoslovakia
  Soviet Union

In 1944 and 1945, the Red Army pushed out the Royal Hungarian Army and took control of Carpathian Ruthenia, also called Transcarpathia. In 1945 and 1946, the region was annexed by the Soviet Union from the (Third) Czechoslovak Republic, which the Allies considered to be the legal owner of the territory beforehand.


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