#include <iostream>
#include <fstream>
#include <queue>
#include <fstream>
using namespace std;

int maxi = 0;

vector<vector<int>> darb(const vector<vector<int>>& g) {
    int n = g.size() - 1; // Nodes are 1-indexed
    vector<vector<int>> dist(n + 1, vector<int>(n + 1, -1)); // Initialize to -1 (unreachable)

    for (int start = 1; start <= n; ++start) {
        queue<int> q;
        q.push(start);
        dist[start][start] = 0;

        while (!q.empty()) {
            int u = q.front();
            q.pop();

            for (int v : g[u]) {
                if (dist[start][v] == -1) { // Not visited yet
                    dist[start][v] = dist[start][u] + 1;
                    q.push(v);
                    if (dist[start][v] > maxi)
                        maxi = dist[start][v];
                }
            }
        }
    }

    return dist;
}

int main()
{
    ifstream in("darb.in");
    ofstream out("darb.out");

    int n, x, y;

    in >> n;
    vector<vector<int>> g(n+1);
    vector<vector<int>> len(n+1);

    while (in >> x >> y)
    {
        g[x].push_back(y);
        g[y].push_back(x);
    }

    auto dist = darb(g);

    /*for (int i = 1; i <= n; ++i)
    {
        cout << i << ": ";
        for (int j = 1; j < dist[i].size(); ++j)
            cout << dist[i][j] << ' ';
        cout << '\n';
    }*/

    out << maxi + 1 << '\n';

    in.close();
    out.close();
    return 0;
}