Village Staryi Vovchynets: travel guide to Staryi Vovchynets

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General information about Staryi Vovchynets

The village of Staryi Vovchynets is located 15 kilometers south of Hlyboka, near the Ukrainian-Romanian border.

It was mentioned for the first time in 1703, when the Hetman of Suchava Mykola Kostyna presented it to the Barnovskyi Monastery (Moldova).

From the end of the 18th century, Russian Old Believers began to settle here. In the center of the village, the Church of the Nativity of the Virgin with two towers and a belfry-rotunda (year 1900) has been preserved.

Since 1957, the village museum of local history has been operating, which exhibits a large collection of Bukovyna Easter eggs.

Село Старий Вовчинець розташоване в 15 кілометрах на південь від Глибокої, поблизу українсько-румунського кордону.

Вперше згадується в 1703 році, коли гетьман Сучави Микола Костина подарував його Барновському монастирю (Молдова).

З кінця XVIII сторіччя тут стали селитися російські старообрядці. В центрі села збереглася церква Різдва Богородиці з двома вежами і дзвіницею-ротондою (1900 рік).

З 1957 року діє сільський краєзнавчий музей, в якому представлена велика колекція буковинських писанок.

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Tourist attractions and museums of Staryi Vovchynets

Museum of Local Lore named after Ivan Topalo

Ethnographic complex , Museum / gallery

The Local Lore museum complex named after Ivan Topalo in Staryi Vovchynets is the largest peoples local history museum in the region.

The village museum was founded in 1957 by Ivan Topalo, a resident of Staryi Vovchynets, a local school history teacher.

For more than half a century of existence, the museum has collected a rich collection - more than 8,000 exhibits reflecting the nature and history of the village. In particular, the reconstruction of a Bukovyna hut of the first half of the 20th century, peasant tools, earthenware, samples of Bukovyna embroidery are presented.

Of particular interest is the rich collection of Bukovyna Easter eggs - more than 3,000 copies.

Bazarna Street, 6