Parasha ( uk, Пара́ша, Параша) – mountain in the

Ukrainian Carpathians The Ukrainian Carpathians ( uk, Українські Карпати) are a section of the Eastern Carpathians, within the borders of modern Ukraine. They are located in the southwestern corner of Western Ukraine, within administrative territor ...

, the highest peak of the Parasha Range in the

Skole Beskids The Skole Beskids ( uk, Сколівські Бескиди; pl, Beskidy Skolskie) is a mountain range in western Ukraine, belonging to the set of ranges called the Eastern Beskids, within the Outer Eastern Carpathians. The mountains are com ...

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Eastern Beskids The Eastern Beskids or Eastern Beskyds ( uk, Східні Бескиди; pl, Beskidy Wschodnie; rue, Выходны Бескиды; ro, Beskizii Orientali; russian: Восточные Бескиды) are a geological group of mountain ranges o ...

). Highest peak reaches above sea level. It is located at a distance north-west from the district center Skole and from the regional center of

Lviv Lviv ( uk, Львів) is the largest city in western Ukraine, and the seventh-largest in Ukraine, with a population of . It serves as the administrative centre of Lviv Oblast and Lviv Raion, and is one of the main cultural centres of Ukra ...

Etymology

According to legend, the mountain is named after Parashka - the daughter (according to other versions - a woman) of Prince Svyatoslav Vladimirovich, son of

Vladimir the Great Vladimir I Sviatoslavich or Volodymyr I Sviatoslavych ( orv, Володимѣръ Свѧтославичь, ''Volodiměrъ Svętoslavičь'';, ''Uladzimir'', russian: Владимир, ''Vladimir'', uk, Володимир, ''Volodymyr''. Se ...

, who was killed on this mountain by the troops of Sviatopolk I of Kyiv in 1015. This event was preceded by the battle between Sviatoslav and Sviatopolk near the town of Skole.

Fun facts

* Parashka is the highest peak, which lies entirely in the Lviv region. * In good weather from the top of Parashka you can see the nearby village of Korchyn, as well as the cities of

Stryy Stryi ( uk, Стрий, ; pl, Stryj) is a city located on the left bank of the river Stryi in Lviv Oblast (region) of western Ukraine 65 km to the south of Lviv (in the foothills of the Carpathian Mountains). It serves as the administrative cent ...

Mykolayiv Mykolaiv ( uk, Миколаїв, ) is a city and municipality in Southern Ukraine, the administrative center of the Mykolaiv Oblast. Mykolaiv city, which provides Ukraine with access to the Black Sea, is the location of the most downriver brid ...

(cement plant), and even

(90 km). Гора_Парашка_з_Львова_(90_км).jpeg, Mount Parashka (in the middle) in the background of the building of the State Tax Service. View from Lviv (90 km) Хрест на вершині гори Парашка.jpg, Cross on the top of Parashka

References

External links

Parashka, Mount

Mount Parashka
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