Uzhok

The Church of the Cathedral of the Holy Archangel Michael in the village of Uzhok is one of the most outstanding monuments of wooden architecture in Ukraine.

This is one of the most interesting buildings of the Boyko style. Included in the UNESCO World Heritage List in the category "Wooden Churches of the Carpathian Region of Ukraine".

Saint Michael's Church was built in 1754 by masters Pavlo Toniv and Ivan Tsyhanyn. It is located on the slope of a hill near the Uzhok pass, it offers wonderful views of the mountains. The forms of the church seem to repeat the natural surroundings: the powerful hump is dominated by the central tent top, it is complemented by a small tent above the altar part, and a small tower above the nave acts as a complement to the overall composition.

Fragments of ancient carvings and a carved iconostasis of the 18th century have been preserved in the interior. The interior is partially damaged by modern alterations.

In 1927, a classic Verkhovyna wooden belfry, square in plan, two-story, covered with a four-slope tent, was erected near the Church of Saint Michael.

Uzhok Pass is located on the border of Transcarpathia and Lviv region, near the border with Poland.

The height of the pass reaches 889 meters. From the side of the village of Uzhok, a steep serpentine of the Uzhhorod-Sambir highway leads to the pass. From the observation decks you can enjoy wonderful panoramas of the main Carpathian ridge.

During the First and Second World Wars, fierce battles took place on the Uzhok Pass. A monument was erected to the heroes of the Second World War who died in 1944, liberating the Carpathians. A memorial sign was also erected in honor of the Ukrainian Sich riflemen who, fighting on the side of Austria-Hungary, in 1914 took their first battle with the Kuban Cossacks at the Uzhok Pass.