Attractions of Khust district

A unique private collection of models of wooden churches of Transcarpathia and Ukraine is collected in the museum at the "Aratta" hotel complex in Pylypets.

The exposition presents more than 30 churches and bells of Khust district, as well as other regions of the Carpathians and Prykarpattia. Models are carved from wood by folk craftsman Andriy Vorobets. The originals of some of the presented temples no longer exist: they burned down, collapsed or were changed beyond recognition by reconstructions. Their appearance is restored according to descriptions in ancient books.

Other temples have survived to this day and can be seen in their original form or in museums of folk architecture. Among them are the Church of Saint Nicholas of the 17th century in Podobovets, the Assumption Church of the 17th century in Dubivtsi, the Church of Archangel Michael of the 18th century from the village of Shelestovo (now on the territory of the Transcarpathian Museum of Folk Architecture and Life in Uzhhorod), the Ascension (Strukiv) Church of 1824 in Yasinya (listed UNESCO) and others.

The Synevyr Historical and Local History Museum was established at the ecological visit center of the Synevyr National Nature Park.

The exposition presents the life and way of life of Carpathian mountaineers: tools, utensils, clothes, shoes, etc.

A special place is occupied by the exposition of the Museum of forest and rafting, destroyed in 1998 by floods. Here you can get acquainted with the models of buildings and units of mountain dams, with the technology of timber rafting, tools of loggers. 

The exhibition hall introduces rare local "Red book" flora and fauna.

The private cheese factory on the basis of the Baranovo sheep farm is located in the village of Iza.

Cheese production is located in several rooms where cheese-making equipment is installed. The cheese is made from natural products, and a natural rennet component from the stomach of a young calf is used for thickening. The assortment includes several types of cheese: brynza, hard cheese, soft cheese from cow's and sheep's milk.

There are tours with tasting of ten types of cheese with wine or yogurt. You can also buy various types of locally produced cheese and lamb sausage at the Baranovo farm, take a walk around the farm and look at the sheep. Large groups are advised to book in advance.

The spring of mineral water "Kolochava" (another name is "Borkut") is located at the exit from the village of Mereshor in the direction of Kolochava.

A pedestrian bridge across the river leads to the spring. Local residents call this water "borkut". Carbonated-low-mineralized chloride-hydrocarbonate calcium-sodium water of the Kamchatka type has a high content of calcium, magnesium, iron and bromine.

The use of "Kolochava" mineral water stimulates the acid-forming function of the stomach, helps to remove toxins from the body.

The thermal pool and baths of the "Tepli Vody" (Warm waters) hydromedical center are located next to Khust in the village of Veliatyno.

Medicinal thermal, boron and boron-chloride mineral water (+30-58 degrees), which is used in the hydro-hospital, is extracted from a 100-meter-deep well from the Veliatyno deposit and has a high iodine content.

The thermal pool in Veliatyno is equipped for year-round bathing. It is used to treat organs of the musculoskeletal system, nervous system, cardiovascular diseases, gynecological diseases and others.

The legendary 500-year-old oak grows almost in the very center of Mizhhirya, at the crossroads of the main roads passing through this village.

It has long served as a reference point for travelers.

Several long-term firing points of the Arpad Line - a system of defensive structures built by the Hungarians to protect against the advancing units of the Soviet Army in 1943-1944, shortly before the end of World War II.

Most of these buildings were not used in the battles due to the fact that the Soviet troops bypassed them. The section preserved near Synevyr was called the Line of Saint Ishtvan. Bunkers are not connected to each other, each one is like a separate room, but you can look into and enter some of them.

The multi-story command post of the Synevyr District is located on a slope near the Tereblya River. The premises of the hospital, the artillery caponir, and the communication corridors have been preserved.

The Church of the Assumption of the Holy Virgin Mary in Dovhe was founded in 1911 as a Greek Catholic church. Baroque architecture.

During the Soviet rule, the temple was closed.

Today, the Church of the Assumption belongs to the UOC of the Moscow Patriarchate.

Bronetsky Castle is one of the least known and most poorly preserved castles in Transcarpathia.

It was mentioned for the first time in 1273 in the deed of the Hungarian king Laslo IV Kun, when it was recaptured from the Rus by Master Petro Chaka. The last mention dates back to the year 1296, when King Andrash III instructed Zhupan Mykhaylo to reliably guard the Bronetsky Castle.

Several legends are associated with the castle, in which the knight Brinda appears on a three-legged horse, the horseshoes on whose hooves were nailed backwards. In some legends, the knight is described as an evil prince who terrorized the local population and robbed neighbors, and in others - as a noble robber who punished a nobleman.

It is not known who destroyed the Bronetsky castle and when. Only the outline of the foundation and individual stones scattered among the trees remained on the mountain.

The buffalo eco-farm "Paradise Corner" (Rayskyi Kutochok) of local entrepreneur Vasyl Shymon is located on the territory of the farmyard "Na Toku" on the outskirts of the village of Horinchovo.

23 heads of Carpathian buffaloes, deer, African ostriches, peacocks, decorative ducks, domestic chickens, pheasants (golden, Romanian and hunting), partridges, horses and roe deer are kept here.

Excursions and tastings of dairy and meat products are held. Horseback riding can be organized.

The complex of the eco-farm "Paradise Corner" includes a hotel and a restaurant.

The Saldobosh Buffalo Farm in Steblivka near Khust was established by the "Association for the Preservation of Agro-Biodiversity of the Carpathian Mountains" at the initiative of Mishel Yakobi to preserve the population of Carpathian buffaloes, which are on the verge of extinction.

In addition to more than 30 buffaloes, the farm is home to Hutsul horses of the old Hutan breed, as well as Carpathian pigs bred from the rare Manhalitsya breed.

To support the breeding activities of these rare species, the association promotes and sells products obtained from buffaloes - milk and cheese. Tours of the farm, tasting of cheeses and other products, horseback riding, and entertainment with buffaloes are held.

The austere Gothic former church of Saint Elizabeth is located in the very center of Khust.

Built in the 13th-14th centuries as a Catholic church, it was rebuilt and surrounded by a defensive wall in the 15th century. In 1524, when the local residents accepted the Protestant faith, the church became a Reformation church.

The complex consists of a strict quadrangular bell tower with a high spire and a stone church building attached to it with powerful buttresses.

In the interior, a large pointed arch separates the choirs and the nave covered with cross-shaped vaults. Arrow windows and doorways, characteristic of Gothic, attract attention. On the wall you can see a fresco with the image of the Hungarian kings Vladyslav, Stefan and Irma, who are considered saints.

Now it is the Khust Reformed Church.

The Czech quarter in Khust, located west of the city's central square and market, is called "Little Prague".

This quarter was built as housing for officers and employees of the Czechoslovak administration during the period when Transcarpathia was part of Czechoslovakia. The construction was carried out in 1924-1925 according to the project of Prague functionalist architect Indrzhykh Freyvald. Two-story houses with small rooms are built from local materials (stone, wood, sand-gravel mixture) and covered with natural red tiles. In total, there are 13 residential buildings in the Czech quarter of Khust.

From the courtyards with outbuildings, you can go out to various streets of the city: Karpatskoyi Ukrayiny, Tarasa Shevchenko, Tomasha Masaryka, Prazka. The administrative buildings of the quarter now house a gymnasium, a school, a vocational school and a children's polyclinic.

The first Deer Farm in Ukraine is located near Khust, between Iza and Lypcha.

It was created in 2003 on the basis of the liquidated collective farm named after Michurin, where spotted deer imported from Russia were bred since 1987.

150 heads are kept on the territory of 60 hectares. Medicines are made from young deer horns (antlers). Tourists are offered to feed the animals directly from their hands. The herd regularly approaches the feeder in the morning around 08:00 and in the evening around 19:30.

The Church of the Descent of the Holy Spirit in the Transcarpathian village of Dovhe is a modern construction in the style of constructivism with high-tech elements.

Previously, there was an old Roman Catholic church built in 1920 on this site, but it fell into disrepair during the years of Soviet rule.

In 1999, a new church was built in place of the old building. nearby is the Greek Catholic Church of Saint Illya.