Attractions of Khust district

The age-old linden, which grows in the village of Dovhe in Transcarpathia, is considered one of the oldest trees in Ukraine.

Its age is estimated to be more than 600 years old (according to other data, it is 450 years old). A linden tree 25 meters high has a girth of 6 meters. Bequeathed in 1969, it is a botanical monument of local importance.

The tree is located on the territory of the park of the tuberculosis sanatorium, located in the premises of the Dovhe Castle. There is no fence or security sign.

The Dzhublyk tract in Irshav region is the center of mass pilgrimage of Greek Catholics, who revere it as the place of the apparition of the Mother of God.

According to legend, the phenomenon was witnessed in 2002 by two little girls - 10-year-old Olena and 9-year-old Maryana, who were collecting water from a spring under Mount Dzhublyk. According to the girls, the Holy Mother of God came to help restore the authority of priests, unite the Church and unite the disunited people.

At the place of the apparition, a chapel was built and the monastery of the Cathedral of the Most Holy Theotokos was founded. From Lviv to Dzhublyk, Europe's longest Way of the Cross of Unity "The Last Way of Christ" (300 kilometers) has been laid.

Since that time, thousands of pilgrims from all over Ukraine come to Mount Dzhublyk, where miracles are often observed: the bleeding of wooden crosses, healing of the sick, apparitions of the Holy Family.

The mineral water geyser in Vuchkove is located on the bank of a mountain stream in the Petrovets tract at the entrance to Mizhhirya from the Khust side.

The water in the spring is salty, with a high content of iron, which is visible from the red-yellow-hot color of the surrounding stones.

Previously, the geyser beat upwards with a free 7-meter fountain with a constant frequency 4 times a day. In Soviet times, when the sanatorium was founded, it was enclosed in a pipe, the main flow was diverted to the river.

Currently, the geyser is again erupting vertically upward with a fountain 5-7 meters high. The periodicity of eruptions can vary from 20 minutes to several hours (on average every two hours). The duration of the eruption is about 10 minutes.

On the other side of the river there is a spring with delicious iron mineral water - "kvas".

At the entrance to the tract is a bee farm, on the territory of which the only bee monument in Europe is installed. It was here in the 1960s that the frost-resistant species of the Carpathian bee was bred.

The wooden church of the Holy Spirit was built in Kolochava by master Ferents Tekka in 1795 on the site of an old church founded in the 17th century.

The church is high, two-log, covered with shingles. The slender tower is finished with a Baroque pinnacle.

In Soviet times, the temple was turned into a museum of atheism, thanks to which it was well preserved (restored in 1969).

Currently, the Church of the Holy Spirit does not function, but it is available for tourists to visit. A unique icon of the 18th century "Jesus Christ the vinedresser" is kept here.

There are several Czech graves and the burial of a Hungarian postman on the territory of the Holy Spirit Church-Museum. At the entrance, a sculptural composition has been installed in honor of a local monument of sacred literature - the manuscript of the Kolochava deacon Ivan Luhosh "The Pearl of Great Price".

The excursion must be arranged in advance by phone.

The picturesque Horodyliv waterfall roars down the slope of the mountain of the same name at an altitude of 460 meters.

Located at the foot of the Ilina and Rorond-Tete mountains, 3 kilometers northwest of the village of Iza.

Cold water flows in beautiful streams from a height of 3-4 ethers over stones overgrown with green moss, into a red stone base. The Horodyliv waterfall looks most spectacular from below, but there is also an observation deck at the top.

There are several smaller waterfalls on the way to the waterfall, as well as a recreation area with a spring and streamside gazebos.

The Carpathian spotted salamander, listed in the Red Book, can be found in the protected tract of Horodyliv.

The People's Museum of History and Local Lore "House of Grandma Pavlyna" has been created by Pavlyna Shimon, a resident of the Transcarpathian village of Danylovo, in her home for more than half a century.

Currently, her collection includes more than a thousand exhibits: ancient household items, painted plates and jars, embroidered cloths, towels, icons, church books and other trinkets. Of particular interest is the rustic wedding attire of the bride and groom.

Another exhibition is located in the village council building.

The hostess also conducts tours of the Saint Nicholas Church in the village of Danylovo.

The wooden Church of the Introduction of the Holy Virgin in Roztoka was built in the 17th century in the Boyko style.

The date "1759" carved on the door indicates the year of reconstruction, when the temple was given features of the Lemki style of temple architecture.

There is a wooden bell tower of the 18th century near the Introduction of Holy Virgin Church.

Until recently, there was an ancient carved iconostasis in the interior of the Introduction of Holy Virgin Church, but it disappeared in 2001 under unknown circumstances.

The Church of the Introduction to the Church of the Holy Mother of God in Torun was built in 1809.

The temple is three-log, with a high tower. Introduction Church is located in the center of the village on the bank of the Torunchyk River.

The exemplary Irshava Historical and Local Lore Museum was founded in 2006 on the initiative of the local historian Vasyl Kerechanyn.

The museum is located in the premises of the Irshava city center of extra-curricular education. The main fund of the museum includes more than a thousand exhibits.

The archaeological exhibition presents items found during excavations of a Paleolithic site near the village of Malyi Rakovets, a Slavic settlement of the 9th-10th centuries near Irshava, a mound of the Kushtanovy culture near the village of Chorny Potik, etc.

The ethnographic collection includes household items and clothes of the 18th-19th centuries. Banknotes of the region of the first half of the 20th century, collections of glass bottles and kerosene lamps are also presented.

Separate expositions tell about the history of the Borzhava narrow-gauge railway and the life of the strongest man of the 20th century, Ivan Firtsak-Kroton, who was born in Irshava region in 1899.

Recently, the exposition has been supplemented with objects related to the Revolution of Dignity and the Russian-Ukrainian war.

The Ivan Olbracht Historical and Ethnographic Museum was opened in the village of Kolochava, where this famous Czech writer lived and worked for a long time.

In Kolochava, he collected material for his novel "Mykola Shuhay - a Robber", thanks to which this Transcarpathian village became a place of pilgrimage for lovers of literature from the Czech Republic.

In addition to the exposition dedicated to the writer's work, the museum presents exhibits that characterize the life, rituals and customs of the local population.

The museum is located on the premises of the school. In front of the building there is a monument to Ivan Olbracht.

The small Kamyanka waterfall is located on the slope of the mountain of the same name in the National Natural Park "Synevyr", next to the road leading from the village of Synevyr to the village of Synevyrska Poliana.

It is a series of small waterfalls. The height of the water drop of the largest stream is 6 meters.

It is convenient to drive to the Kamyanka waterfall.

The Museum of the Carpathian narrow-gauge railway is located on the territory of the Kolochava Skansen "Old Village".

A network of narrow-gauge roads was built in Transcarpathia at the end of the 19th century, but now it has almost completely ceased to exist. The "Chertiozhnyk" station has been restored in Kolochava. On the tracks is a train consisting of a locomotive and ten passenger and freight cars. Various tools and devices used by railway workers are presented.

A special exhibit is the car "Volga" GAZ-21 on a railway chassis.

The small mountain lake Ozirtse is also called Wild, and sometimes - the "younger brother of Synevyr".

Its area is 1.2 hectares, the depth is 10 meters. It is located surrounded by a coniferous forest at an altitude of about 1000 meters on the northern slope of the Pishkonya ridge.

According to legend, at the site of the lake, the khan of the Wild Horde buried the gold looted during the military campaign for the Carpathians.

The lake is considered unique due to the fact that its waterlogging comes not only from the periphery to the center, but also vice versa - from the center, where there is a so-called "melt" of red-brown moss.

Christmas trees, sycamores and beeches grow on the shore. There is a wooden deck along the shore, which you can use to go around the perimeter of the lake. There are several huts that can be a shelter from bad weather.

The Kolochava Source of mineral water "Mermaid"  (Rusalka) is located on the southwestern outskirts of the village, on the territory of the Synevyr National Park.

Healing springs in Kolochava were first mentioned in 1876. A bathhouse functioned on the basis of one of them. Now there are 9 springs and 4 wells in Kolochava, one of which (#4) is used for industrial extraction and bottling.

"Kolochava" mineral water belongs to the rare Malkin (Kamchatka) type of mineral water found only in Kamchatka. It is used as a treatment for chronic endogenous intoxications, disorders of mineral metabolism and others.

The spring, which is located at the exit from Kolochava in the direction of Tiachiv, is decorated with a sculpture of a mermaid.

The first monument to wage earners (migrant workers, guest workers) in Ukraine was erected in 2011 in the Transcarpathian village of Kolochava.

Against the background of a tiny hut of a poor peasant, a scene of farewell to the family of the head of the family, who is forced to leave his homeland in an attempt to ensure a normal future for his children, is filmed. The figures of the wage earner and his family members are depicted in clothes of the beginning of the 20th century, because it was in those years that almost half of the male population of the village went to earn money. Many of them never returned - their names are engraved on the memorial plaque.

The composition stands in the center of the village, at the bus stop - where even now the people of Kolochava see off their loved ones to a foreign land.