Attractions of Transcarpathian region

The manor house of the Kaydi noble family was built in the village of Hechain 1804 by Layosh Kaydi.

A small one-story building under a tiled roof has been preserved to this day in its original form without noticeable alterations. Today, it houses the Hecha Village Council. In the backyard is the dilapidated family crypt of the Kaydi family.

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 longest linden alley in Europe stretched for 2.2 kilometers along the Uzh River in the city of Uzhhorod. The alley starts from Teatralna Square and stretches along Nezalezhnosti and Studentska embankments to the Avangard stadium.

The park-monument of horticultural art of local importance "Linden Alley" (Lypova Aleya) with an area of 1 hectare was laid out in 1928 by Czech botanists during the construction of the Uzh embankment. Currently, the alley has 191 linden trees, as well as 4 western thuja and 2 oaks. Due to the fact that lindens of various varieties are collected here, the alley blooms throughout the summer from the beginning of June, filling the air with honey aromas.

A separate botanical monument of nature of local importance is Masaryk's Ash, which grows at the beginning of the Independence embankment. The 120-year-old common ash tree, 30 meters high, wrapped in vines, is named in honor of Tomasz Masaryk, the first president of the Czechoslovak Republic, who defended the rights of Ukrainians.

A small local history museum works at the House of Culture of the Transcarpathian village of Dertsen.

The exposition tells about the history and culture of the village.

The ethnographic section presents rural antiquities: antique furniture, ceramic dishes, traditional clothes, Transcarpathian carpets, tools.

The private Local Lore Museum "Sriberna Zemlia" (Silver Land) in the village of Hrushovo was opened in 1994 in the house of Transcarpathian artist Vasyl Tegza, who during his lifetime collected a considerable collection of antiquities.

After the death of the artist, his wife Lyudmila continued the museum work.

Today, the museum has more than 5,000 exhibits in 12 departments. Among them are the handwritten "Gospel" of the 15th century and another 65 old prints, an ancient church chalice, an icon of the Transcarpathian school of painting, coins from the Roman period, rare stamps of many countries.

The ethnographic exposition presents more than 200 samples of clothing, mostly Hutsul, 250 home-woven towels, spinning wheels with bobbins, a large number of household items (vats, butter churns, jugs, berbeniks, painted plates).

Some of Vasyl Tegza's paintings, in particular Transcarpathian landscapes, are also exhibited.

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 source of therapeutic mineral water "Polyana Kvasova" is located on the territory of the sanatorium. "Sonyachne Zakarpattya".

Buvet was opened together with the sanatorium in 1965.

The Poliana deposit of mineral waters is located two kilometers from the center of the village of Poliana on the left bank of the Velika Pinya River in the Kvasy tract. The source has been known since the 18th century. In Transcarpathia, mineral waters containing natural carbon dioxide are called kvass, kvass.

At first, the water from the Poliana source was transported in barrels, and in 1840 it was bottled and exported to Europe under the name "Polyanska". The new industrial bottling of water "Polyana Kvasova" was launched in 1946.

The content of hydrocarbons in it is much higher than in the famous Borjomi. One glass is enough to get rid of heartburn. Water is used for the prevention and treatment of diseases of the gastrointestinal tract and joints.

One of the mineral water sources "Burkut", in honor of which the village of Kvasy got its name.

Mineral water with a high degree of natural carbonation is called "Kvasy" water in the Hutsul Region. Only in Kvasy, on the territory of Ukraine, there is a similar carbonated arsenic mineral water, which belongs to the "Arzni" and "Yesentuky" types.

The healing properties of water have a positive effect on the restoration of the musculoskeletal system, improve metabolism, remove radionuclides and excess salts from the body.

The "Poliana Kvasova" mineral water bvet is located near the "Sonyachne Zakarpattya" sanatorium.

The Poliana mineral water deposit was first mentioned in 1463 in Hungarian royal charters. The first water hospital was opened here in 1826, and the current pumping station has been operating since 1965.

According to the chemical composition, the mineral water "Poliana Kvasova" belongs to the type of Borjomi-type hydrogen carbonate sodium boric waters (the degree of mineralization is from 6.5 to 12.0 grams per liter) and is characterized by a natural content of healing carbon dioxide. Known for its healing properties since 1840. In a natural way, it stabilizes the acid level of the gastrointestinal tract, balances the water-salt balance of the body, neutralizes the side effects of drugs, overcomes hangovers, and invigorates metabolism. Effectively helps with heartburn.

Water is supplied to the pumping station directly from the source. Buvet operates according to the schedule during meal periods.

The Kvasovo castle "Minta" was founded in the 12th century on the trade route from Maramorosh to Transdanubia. He controlled the overland salt route at the exit from the Borzhava Valley.

The ruins of the castle are located on a 15-meter hill in the center of the village of Kvasovo. The Romanesque-type castle was triangular in plan, had a round tower-donjon with a diameter of 12 meters. In the eastern corner of the castle yard there was a siege well cut in the rock.

For the first time in documents, the "Minta" castle is mentioned in 1390 as the property of the feudal lord Yanosh Nodmihali. In the 16th century, it belonged to Pavlo Motuznay, who became famous for robbery and robberies. As a punishment for this, in 1564, the Austrian troops led by Lazar Shevendy took the castle by storm and destroyed it, but the owner managed to escape, and later partially rebuilt the fortress.

Representatives of the Motuznay family owned the Kvasiv castle until 1623, after which it changed hands several times, then was abandoned and almost completely dismantled for building materials by local residents. Only barely visible ruins have survived.

A monument on the grave of fallen Kuruts rebels was erected in the Transcarpathia village of Dovhe.

In 1703, during the national liberation war of the Hungarian people led by the Transylvanian prince Ferents II Rakotsi against the Austrian rule, the first battle between the rebel Kuruts, including the villagers, and the Habsburg regular troops took place here. Although the battle ended in the defeat of the rebels, the war broke out with renewed vigor after that.

The monument to the fallen Kuruts peasants was erected in 1908. By the 300th anniversary of the uprising, the descendants of the Dolhay family from Hungary cast a new sculpture of the turul, which disappeared from the pedestal as early as 1923.

The monument to the Chimney Sweep in the center of Mukachevo was erected in 2010 at the initiative of the former head of the Transcarpathian regional state administration Viktor Baloha.

The sculpture by Ivan Brovdi is placed on the cobblestones near the fountain, opposite the city's House of Culture. The monument to the "happy Chimney Sweep" was immediately nicknamed "Bertalon Bachi", because the prototype was the well-known Mukachevo Chimney Sweep Bertalon Tovt. He is shown with his gear surveying the rooftops of the surrounding buildings. Beside him is a faithful cat.

It is believed that a meeting with a Chimney Sweep brings good luck.

The sculpture of a shepherd with a sheep is the oldest monument of Kolochava. Located in the center of the village, at the main intersection.

The shepherd's monument was created in the early 1950s based on the sketch of the statuette, which was awarded to Kolochava shepherds Dmytro Maleta and Ivan Ivanysh as the first place prize at the 1937 Prague sheepdog exhibition.

In 2009, the monument was restored and repainted from white to gold.

Mount Petros (2020 meters) is one of the highest peaks of the Carpathian Chornohora massif, the third highest mountain in Ukraine after Hoverla (2061 meters) and Brebeneskul (2035 meters).

It is located at the northwestern end of the ridge between the Sheshul and Hoverla mountains. The name is translated from Romanian as "stone". It consists of sandstones, covered with subalpine vegetation. The western slope is steep, with numerous stone screes.

According to legend, a stone cross was once found on the top of Petros. Today, a wooden chapel has been built on this place. The top offers a wonderful view of the entire Montenegrin mountain range, as well as Mount Blyznytsia.

Mount Petros is popular among lovers of mountain tourism. The ascent to it is more difficult than to Hoverla, due to the greater steepness of the slope. The easiest route starts from the village of Kvasy, from where there is a gentler ascent. Snow avalanches often occur in winter.