#include<bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;
using ll = long long;
using ull = unsigned long long;
using pii = pair<int,int>;
using db = double;
int n;
const int N=1e5+10;
vector<int> a[N];
int mx=0,mx_node=0;
void dfs(int u,int fa,int d){
if(d>mx){
mx=d;
mx_node=u;
}
for(auto v:a[u]){
if(v==fa) continue;
dfs(v,u,d+1);
}
}
int main(){
std::ios::sync_with_stdio(false),cin.tie(nullptr),cout.tie(nullptr);
cin>>n;
for(int i=1;i<n;i++){
int u,v;
cin>>u>>v;
a[u].push_back(v);
a[v].push_back(u);
}
dfs(1,-1,0);
dfs(mx_node,-1,0);
cout<<mx;
return 0;
}