Attractions of Transcarpathian region

Transcarpathian Regional Art Museum named after Yosyp Bokshay is located in the former county building in Uzhhorod.

A massive classicist office building on a hill in the center of the city was built in 1809 to house local authorities. On the facade you can see the coat of arms of the Ung County. The house is connected with the events of the Hungarian national liberation struggle and the activities of the Ukrainian society "Prosvita".

Since 1979, the premises have been occupied by the Transcarpathian Regional Art Museum named after Yosyp Bokshay with an exhibition of works by Ukrainian, Hungarian and Western European artists.

The basis of the museum collection are the works of the former Zemsky Art Gallery. The artistic work of Transcarpathian artists is represented by the works of recognized luminaries of fine arts Yosyp Bokshay, Adalbert Erdely, Andriy Kotska, Vasyl Svyda, Zoltan Sholtes and many others.

Trout farm "Zhdymyr" in Vovchyi near Svaliava is a complex of 18 ponds in which pond trout are bred.

Visitors are offered fishing with a guaranteed catch, fishing gear rental, gazebos over the lake, and a wood-burning bath. You can cook trout yourself on the grill or order a ready-made meal in a restaurant-collibus.

Nearby there is a forest and a river in which you can swim in the summer.

Two similar buildings, built at the beginning of the 20th century opposite each other at the intersection of Secheni Street and Tinodi Street, were once the decoration of Berehove.

The best-preserved palace of Geysi Kubovych (the building of the Hungarian bank "Alfeld") in the Art Nouveau style. The second building, in which the chief architect of the city, Shamuel Meyhesh, lived, is now completely devoid of decoration.

In Soviet times, there were communal apartments here. Restoration is planned.

The Velyka Kopania Historical and Local Lore Museum has been operating since 2002 at the comprehensive school of the village of Velyka Kopania.

The exposition presents more than 1,500 objects that demonstrate the history, culture and daily life of the inhabitants of the village from the earliest times.

The exhibition has 12 sections: "In a village house", "Weaving and embroidery", "Agricultural relics", "Old houses", "Vine weaving", "Pottery products", "Flour equipment", "Numism", etc.

A separate exhibition tells about the phenomenon Velyka Kopania - an abnormally high number of twins born in the village.

Excursions are conducted by high school students.

The Velykyi Bychkiv Historical and Local Lore Museum acquaints visitors with the nature, culture and history of the urban-type settlement of Velykyi Bychkiv from ancient times to the present day.

The museum was founded in 1957 on the initiative of the local community. It is located in a two-story building, which is a historical monument of the 17th century. The museum's collections include about 3,000 exhibits. In particular, a lithograph with the image of the "Clotilda" factory is presented – the first chemical enterprise in Hungary, which was built in Velykyi Bychkiv in 1868.

One of the exhibition sections is dedicated to the native of the village, the bishop of the Mukachevo Greek Catholic Diocese, the blessed holy martyr Teodor Romzha.

Products of local masters of folk art: artists, carvers, embroiderers are widely presented.

Voyevodyn waterfall is one of the most beautiful waterfalls in Transcarpathia.

It is located in a hard-to-reach place on the territory of the Sokolovi Skeli State Reserve. The name is deciphered as "voy-vodyn" (howling water). He also received the second name Shypit for his powerful voice.

The icy waters of the mountain stream Voyevodyn, flowing from Mount Runa, are dumped here from a height of 24 meters and after 4 kilometers flow into the Shypit River.

There is a comfortable recreation center nearby.

Vynohradiv Historical Museum is located in the historic center of the city, is located in a temporary room (until recently housed in the Franciscan Monastery, which is now returned to the Catholic Church).

The funds have about 10,000 exhibits.

An interesting bronze collection of the second millennium BC.

Extensive material is presented about the uprising of Uhochan peasants under the leadership of Dyerd Dozh (early sixteenth century) and about the liberation war of the Hungarian people against the Habsburgs.

In one of the halls there is an ethnographic collection with samples of folk weaving and embroidery.

Vynohradiv Winery was opened in 1972.

The shaft of the wine cellar is cut in the Chorna (Black) Mountain in the shape of a horseshoe and is 350 meters long. The temperature there varies between 11-14 degrees. Up to 720,000 liters of wine material and wine can be stored in oak barrels at the same time. The classic technology of making wines aged in oak containers is used.

Wines of "Leanka King", "Sauvignon", "Stepnyak", "Müller Thurgau", "Isabella" and others were produced here. Currently, the Vynohradiv Winery has suspended production, tastings are temporarily not held.

The Museum of Weaving and Ethnography was opened in 1992 in the premises of the secondary school of the Transcarpathian village of Velyki Berehy, which is the center of traditional Berehove weaving.

The museum was founded by the honored master of folk art Marianna Profus with the help of her teacher Katalin Poloni (Kateryna Antonyk), who in 1958 created a weaving and embroidery circle in Velyki Berehy with the aim of reviving local weaving traditions. On her initiative, compulsory teaching of weaving and cross-stitching was introduced at the Velyki Berehy school.

The museum has a collection of samples of ancient embroidery on homespun cloth with ornaments that are typical for Velyki Berehy and the entire Berehove region. Also in the exposition are old looms and other equipment for the production of fabrics in working condition, household items, old photographs.

Weaving and embroidery workshops are held.

The "Beregvidek" wine house invites you to get acquainted with the history of winemaking and taste the best Transcarpathian wines.

The tasting hall is located in the village of Yanoshi, at the exit from Berehovo in the direction of Mukachevo. The interior features wooden decoration, old barrels, an exhibition of production tools, candles and a fireplace.

7 varieties of wine are offered for tasting: "Royal Leanka", "Black Doctor", "Tokai furmint", "Kagor", "Saperavi" and others. Transcarpathian wines have a delicate taste and aroma. Cheese and prunes are served as an appetizer. Here you can buy the variety you like.

A coat of arms hangs on the wall, which reads: "Entry is free, exit as much as possible."

The wine cellars of the "Zakarpatsky Sad" plant in Korolevo were laid in 1972 at the same time as the wine cellar in Vynohradiv.

The total length of the tunnels is 700 meters. A constant temperature of 11-14 degrees is maintained in the cellars. This is one of the largest wine cellars in Ukraine, where up to 1.5 million liters of wine and wine materials can be stored at the same time. The products of the "Zakarpatsky Sad" plant were sold under the trademark "Korolivsky zamok" (Royal Castle) in honor of the castle that once stood on the mountain at the foot of which the enterprise is located today.

Excursions were held. During the tasting, visitors were treated to nine types of wines, from dry white to sweet red, and two types of cognacs. Currently, the Zakarpatsky Sad winery has suspended production.

The Historical and Local Lore Museum of the urban-type village of Yasinia is located in a wooden house in the center of the village.

The exposition has four sections. The ethnographic department is decorated in the form of the interior of a Hutsul house and demonstrates the daily life of the Hutsuls. Hutsul tools of the 19th - early 20th centuries are presented in the Hutsul economy department. In the department of folk crafts, samples of Hutsul embroidery, weaving, carving, cooperage, etc. are exhibited. The Department of Nature of the Carpathians tells about the fleet and fauna of the region. T

he Yasinia Historical and Local Lore Museum also has an art gallery on the second floor. 

On the facade of the museum, a memorial plaque was installed in honor of the founder of the village, the legendary shepherd Danylo Struk, who built the first wooden church in Yasinia.

In 2011, a monument to Stepan Klochurak, president of the Hutsul Republic of 1918-1919, was erected on the square in front of the museum.

The Zatysiansky Museum Complex in the village of Tysobyken near Pyiterfolvo was founded in 1970 on the initiative of the head of the local collective farm Andor Birov.

Complex consists of a historical museum, an open-air ethnographic museum and an art gallery.

The historical exhibition is housed in the former palace of the Fogoroshi Counts, built in 1890 in the classicism style.

Nearby is the family count chapel (now the Greek-Catholic Church of the Holy Trinity) and an open-air museum (skansen) that recreates an old Transcarpathian village. Authentic wooden buildings that are more than a hundred years old are presented here: a house of a wealthy peasant (1882), a poor man's hut (1918), a village school and a teacher's house (1920). Contemporary interiors are reproduced in the houses, and old household items are presented.

The Art Gallery is located in the restored palace of Endre György, built in 1864, in the nearby village of Pyiterfolvo.

The Zoological Museum of Uzhhorod National University was founded in 1946 at the Biological Faculty of UzhNU on the initiative of the first dean of the faculty, Ivan Rohal.

The museum is located in the Neo-Gothic building of the former Basilian monastery from 1912, which also houses the Physical Faculty of UzhNU.

The exposition presents more than 5,000 specimens of insects, fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals from all continents and oceans of the world (total of 150,000 exhibits). In particular, a giant kangaroo from Australia, an African ostrich, an American caiman, an Indian elephant, a Bengal tiger, a Tibetan monkeys, an Antarctic penguin, etc. are presented.

Of considerable interest are the collection of diurnal birds of prey and owls from Transcarpathia and Eastern Slovakia of the Uzhhorod naturalist Oleksandr Grabar and the collection of tropical insects collected at the end of the 19th century by Professor Ishtvan Laudon.

Excursions must be ordered three days in advance.