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Zarosliak
Zarosliak () is a high mountain sports training resort near town of Vorokhta (Yaremche city), Ukraine. It is located within the Carpathian National Nature Park at the foot of mount Hoverla. The resort is smaller than the nearly located Bukovel and more sports oriented. History Since 1880 in place of a modern sports resort existed a tourist resort under the name "Heinrich Hoffbauer Tatra Polish Association". Heinrich Hoffbauer was known for creating the first tourist route over the Chornohora Ridge. During 1911-18 the resort suffered from fire and military conflicts of the World War I and was completely devastated. It was revived in 1923-27 and until the Soviet invasion was accepting 120-150 visitors a day. During the World War II it was destroyed once again and for some time became forgotten. The modern resort traces its history from 1959. Since that time the resort was listed among the Olympic venues of the Ukrainian SSR and since 1991 - Ukraine Ukraine is a country in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vorokhta
Vorokhta (; ) is a Populated places in Ukraine#Rural settlements, rural settlement located in the Carpathian Mountains on Prut River in Ukraine.Vorokhta Ukrainian Soviet Encyclopedia. It is part of Nadvirna Raion, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast. Historically, it is a tourist spa town and later was also turned into a ski resort with several ski-jumping ramps (Avanhard (Vorokhta), Avanhard). Vorokhta hosts the administration of Vorokhta settlement hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Population: due to a constant flow of tourists, its population almost year-round is bigger. Located at an elevation of 800 metres above sea level, it is known for its close ties to the Hutsuls – an ethno-cultural group of Ukrainians who live in the Carpathians, and is often regarded as a Hutsul ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hoverla
Mount Hoverla (Ukrainian language, Ukrainian and ), at , is the highest mountain in Ukraine and part of the Ukrainian Carpathians. The mountain is located in the Eastern Beskids, in the Chornohora region. The slopes are covered with beech and spruce forests, above which there is a belt of sub-alpine meadows called ''polonyna (montane meadow), polonyna'' in Ukrainian. The main spring of the Prut River is on the eastern slope. The name is most likely of Romanian origin and means 'difficult ascent.' Some sources offer a Hungarian word for a 'snow fortress' as the origin, however this claim lacks logical evidence. Hoverla is composed of sandstone. The date of the first ascent is unknown. In the late 19th century, the mountain became a notable tourist attraction, especially among tourists from nearby cities of Galicia (Central Europe), Galicia. In 1880 the first tourist route between the peak of Hoverla and Krasny Luh was marked by Leopold Wajgel of the Polskie Towarzystwo Tatrzańsk ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gorgany
Gorgany () is a mountain range in Western Ukraine in Outer Eastern Carpathians, adjacent to Chornohora range. The highest peak of Gorgany is Syvulia (1,836 m) with the other high peaks including Ihrovyshche, (1,804 m), (1,772 m) and Grofa. The mountains are made of flysch rock, mostly sandstone, which create typical for Gorgany debris fields (local names: ''gorgan'', ''grekhot''). They are bordered by the Mizunka River and Vyshkiv Pass in the west and the Prut River and Yablunytsia Pass in the east. Gorgany are the least populated part of the Ukrainian Carpathians. The western parts of Gorgany are inhabited by Boykos, whose primary occupation is herding and timber Lumber is wood that has been processed into uniform and useful sizes (dimensional lumber), including beams and planks or boards. Lumber is mainly used for construction framing, as well as finishing (floors, wall panels, window frames). ... exploitation. The major towns in the area inclu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yaremche
Yaremche (, ; or ) is a city in Nadvirna Raion, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast (province) of west Ukraine. The city is located at the altitude of around above mean sea level. Yaremche hosts the administration of Yaremche urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Population: Yaremche hosts the headquarters of the nearby Carpathian National Nature Park. History A possible root of the word "Yaremche" comes from the Turkish. In Turkic languages "yarım" means "half" and "yarımca" means "little half". It was founded in 1787 and received city status on 30 December 1977. In the interwar period (1918–1939) it belonged to Poland and was the most popular tourist center in eastern part of the Carpathian Mountains (in the late 1920s more than 6 000 guests came there yearly). Yaremche was growing year by year in importance and number of tourists. According to some, it had the chance to achieve same importance as other key Polish mountain spas, Zakopane and Krynica. However, in Septem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the List of European countries by area, second-largest country in Europe after Russia, which Russia–Ukraine border, borders it to the east and northeast. Ukraine also borders Belarus to the north; Poland and Slovakia to the west; Hungary, Romania and Moldova to the southwest; and the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov to the south and southeast. Kyiv is the nation's capital and List of cities in Ukraine, largest city, followed by Kharkiv, Odesa, and Dnipro. Ukraine's official language is Ukrainian language, Ukrainian. Humans have inhabited Ukraine since 32,000 BC. During the Middle Ages, it was the site of early Slavs, early Slavic expansion and later became a key centre of East Slavs, East Slavic culture under the state of Kievan Rus', which emerged in the 9th century. Kievan Rus' became the largest and most powerful realm in Europe in the 10th and 11th centuries, but gradually disintegrated into rival regional powers before being d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bukovel
Bukovel () is the largest ski resort in Eastern Europe situated in Ukraine, in Nadvirna Raion, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast (oblast, province) of western Ukraine. A part of it is in state property. The resort is located almost on the ridge-lines of the Carpathian Mountains at elevation of above the sea level near the village of Polianytsia (about away). It is one of the most popular ski resorts in the Ukrainian Carpathian Mountains and is situated southwest of the city of Yaremche. In 2012, Bukovel was named the fastest-growing ski resort in the world. History The resort was pioneered in 2000 by a joint venture of ''Scorzonera Ltd''. and ''Horizont AL'' as an all-year-round tourist and recreational complex. The research for potential ski fields and cableways of the first stage was conducted in cooperation with Plan-Alp, Austria, and Ecosign, Canada, who also finalized the master plan for the resort. By late 2001, a first 691-meter ski lift was launched at the Northern slope of Mountai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |