The famous Hutsul village of Sheshory is the venue for the eponymous festival of ethnic music. Located in the mountains at an altitude of 600 m, on the territory of the Hutsulshchyna National Park.
The village of Sheshory stretches for 9 km along the river Pistynka, on which there is a cascade of Silver Falls. Sheshory Huk is one of the most beautiful Carpathian waterfalls (5 m). The Sheshory Mountains are covered with beech and spruce forests, there are tourist routes on the slopes, there is a ski tow lift (800 m).
In the neighboring village of Pistyn, one of the oldest Hutsul temples, the Horish Church of the Assumption of the Virgin, has been preserved.
The village of Sheshory is famous for art ...
Silver Waterfalls
Natural object , Rest on the water
Silver waterfalls in Sheshory are one of the most famous and most visited waterfall cascades in the Carpathians.
The waters of the small Pistynka River (a right tributary of the Prut) overcome massive sandstone boulders here for several hundred meters, creating two parallel waterfalls 5 and 3 meters high (Velikyi and Malyi Huk). They got their name due to their powerful voice and the fact that the sprays sparkle very brightly in the sun.
From 2003 to 2006, the festival of ethnic music and folk art "Sheshory" was held here.
Silver Falls served as scenery for several films and video clips.
Holy Great Martyr Paraskeva Pyatnytsya Church
Temple , Architecture
The wooden church of the Holy Great Martyr Paraskeva Pyatnytsya was built in Sheshory in 1874.
Currently, the landmark of Hutsul folk architecture of local importance has lost its authentic appearance - the church is almost completely covered with tin, wooden windows have been replaced with plastic ones.
The temple belongs to the Orthodox Church of Ukraine.
Lebedyn Lake
Natural object
The Lebedyn mountain lake is located on the territory of the Hutsulshchyna National Park, 5 kilometers northwest of the village of Sheshory.
Located in the mountains at an altitude of 650 meters, surrounded by a beech forest.
The legend tells about how in the waters of Lebedyn Lake, a young man and a girl in love, whose parents were against their marriage, joined forever, like swans.
The area of the Lebedyn protected tract is 45 hectares. Many medicinal plants can be found here.
Administrative status | village |
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Founded / first mentioned | 1445 |
Latitude | 48.321327 |
Longitude | 24.956734 |
Area, sq. km | 13.5 |
Population | 1984 |
Postal codes | 78623 |
Region | Ivano-Frankivsk |