/**
 * code generated by JHelper
 * More info: https://github.com/AlexeyDmitriev/JHelper
 * @author RiaD
 */

#include <iostream>
#include <fstream>

#include <iostream>


#include <iterator>


#include <string>
#include <stdexcept>

#ifndef SPCPPL_ASSERT
	#ifdef SPCPPL_DEBUG
		#define SPCPPL_ASSERT(condition) \
		if(!(condition)) { \
			throw std::runtime_error(std::string() + #condition + " in line " + std::to_string(__LINE__) + " in " + __PRETTY_FUNCTION__); \
		}
	#else
		#define SPCPPL_ASSERT(condition)
	#endif
#endif


/**
* Support decrementing and multi-passing, but not declared bidirectional(or even forward) because
* it's reference type is not a reference.
*
* It doesn't return reference because
* 1. Anyway it'll not satisfy requirement [forward.iterators]/6
*   If a and b are both dereferenceable, then a == b if and only if *a and
*   b are bound to the same object.
* 2. It'll not work with reverse_iterator that returns operator * of temporary which is temporary for this iterator
*
* Note, reverse_iterator is not guaranteed to work  now too since it works only with bidirectional iterators,
* but it's seems to work at least on my implementation.
*
* It's not really useful anywhere except iterating anyway.
*/
template <typename T>
class IntegerIterator: public std::iterator<std::input_iterator_tag, T, std::ptrdiff_t, T*, T> {
public:
	explicit IntegerIterator(T value): value(value) {

	}

	IntegerIterator& operator++() {
		++value;
		return *this;
	}

	IntegerIterator operator++(int) {
		IntegerIterator copy = *this;
		++value;
		return copy;
	}

	IntegerIterator& operator--() {
		--value;
		return *this;
	}

	IntegerIterator operator--(int) {
		IntegerIterator copy = *this;
		--value;
		return copy;
	}

	T operator*() const {
		return value;
	}

	bool operator==(IntegerIterator rhs) const {
		return value == rhs.value;
	}

	bool operator!=(IntegerIterator rhs) const {
		return !(*this == rhs);
	}

private:
	T value;
};

template <typename T>
class IntegerRange {
public:
	IntegerRange(T begin, T end): begin_(begin), end_(end) {
		SPCPPL_ASSERT(begin <= end);
	}

	IntegerIterator<T> begin() const {
		return IntegerIterator<T>(begin_);
	}

	IntegerIterator<T> end() const {
		return IntegerIterator<T>(end_);
	}

private:
	T begin_;
	T end_;
};

template <typename T>
class ReversedIntegerRange {
	typedef std::reverse_iterator<IntegerIterator<T>> IteratorType;
public:
	ReversedIntegerRange(T begin, T end): begin_(begin), end_(end) {
		SPCPPL_ASSERT(begin >= end);
	}

	IteratorType begin() const {
		return IteratorType(IntegerIterator<T>(begin_));
	}

	IteratorType end() const {
		return IteratorType(IntegerIterator<T>(end_));
	}

private:
	T begin_;
	T end_;
};

template <typename T>
IntegerRange<T> range(T to) {
	return IntegerRange<T>(0, to);
}

template <typename T>
IntegerRange<T> range(T from, T to) {
	return IntegerRange<T>(from, to);
}

template <typename T>
IntegerRange<T> inclusiveRange(T to) {
	return IntegerRange<T>(0, to + 1);
}

template <typename T>
IntegerRange<T> inclusiveRange(T from, T to) {
	return IntegerRange<T>(from, to + 1);
}

template <typename T>
ReversedIntegerRange<T> downrange(T from) {
	return ReversedIntegerRange<T>(from, 0);
}

template <typename T>
ReversedIntegerRange<T> downrange(T from, T to) {
	return ReversedIntegerRange<T>(from, to);
}

template <typename T>
ReversedIntegerRange<T> inclusiveDownrange(T from) {
	return ReversedIntegerRange<T>(from + 1, 0);
}

template <typename T>
ReversedIntegerRange<T> inclusiveDownrange(T from, T to) {
	return ReversedIntegerRange<T>(from + 1, to);
}

#include <vector>
#include <map>
#include <algorithm>

template <typename T>
void updateMin(T& oldValue, const T& newValue) {
	if (newValue < oldValue) {
		oldValue = newValue;
	}
}

template <typename T>
void updateMax(T& oldValue, const T& newValue) {
	if (oldValue < newValue) {
		oldValue = newValue;
	}
}

#include <cassert>

using namespace std;

class TaskD {
	vector<vector<int>> g;

	vector<int> solve(int v, int p) {
		map<int, int> cnt;

		int mxDouble = -1;
		for (int to: g[v]) {
			if (to == p) {
				continue;
			}
			for (int x: solve(to, v)) {
				if (++cnt[x] == 2) {
					updateMax(mxDouble, x);
				}
			}
		}
		for (int i = mxDouble + 1;; ++i) {
			if (cnt[i] == 0) {
				vector<int> vv;
				vv.push_back(i);
				for (auto pp: cnt) {
					if (pp.first <= i) {
						continue;
					}
					assert(pp.second == 1);
					vv.push_back(pp.first);
				}
				return vv;
			}
		}
	}
public:
	void solve(std::istream& in, std::ostream& out) {
		//out << "Case #" << ++testNumber << ": ";
		//cerr << "Running test: " << testNumber << endl;

		int n;
		in >> n;

		g.resize(n);

		for (int i: range(n - 1)) {
			int a, b;
			in >> a >> b;
			--a, --b;
			g[a].push_back(b);
			g[b].push_back(a);
		}

		out << solve(0, -1).back() << "\n";
	}
};


int main() {
	std::ios_base::sync_with_stdio(false);
	TaskD solver;
	std::istream& in(std::cin);
	std::ostream& out(std::cout);
	in.tie(nullptr);
	out << std::fixed;
	out.precision(20);
	solver.solve(in, out);
	return 0;
}


Measured memory_bytes: 18816