Minai

Mynai or Minaj, (; ) is a village in Uzhhorod Raion, Zakarpattia Oblast, Ukraine. The village has a population of 3,088. The village is adjacent to the city of Uzhhorod. Mynai is the second biggest village in the raion. The village is de jure a village, but is de facto a well urbanized place. It is separated from Uzhhorod by Mozhaiskoho Street. In close vicinity is a border with Slovakia and the European Union.

==Overview== In the first written records of the settlement in 1273, it is named Ninay. The village is mentioned at least since the 15th century as private community which was passed from one nobleman to another. Sometimes after 1422 it changed its name from Ninay (or Ninai, Nyna, Ninye) to Minaj (Mynai in slavic languages). In the 16th century the village belonged to Ung domini which was governed by some member of Drugeth family. Among some members of the family Gábor Drugeth owned some land lots in Minaj since 1453. It is assumed by some local history researchers (Ludvik Filip) that the name of the village derived from some of its owners Mynayi to whom the village belonged in 1422–1424. According to "Geographic dictionary of Hungary" by Elek Fényes, Minaj was located in Ung comitat quarter mile away from Ungvár. In 1910, 350, mostly Hungarian people lived in Minaj. The village belonged to Hungary until 1920, when it became part of the newly formed Czechoslovakia. In 1938, it was given back to Hungary, but after World War II, along with the whole Subcarpathia, became part of the Soviet Union.