My weekend

1. my weekend

In vorokhta

2. 29 km from Yaremche, there is another great mountain resort of the Ukrainian Carpathians with the height of 800-850 meters

above sea level — Vorokhta.
Local air infused with spruce can cure the heaviest respiratory illness. Vorokhta
is most famous as a winter ski resort: there is a range of four slopes, which due
to synthetic cover operate all year round, and a 2 km long chair lift. Besides, two
original wooden churches have remained here. The Virgin Mary Nativity Church
is one of the smallest in Hutsulshchyna. It is one of the best examples of Hutsul
wooden folk architecture of XVII century, which was moved here in 1780 from
the village of Yablunytsa.

3. Historical background of Vorokhta The village Vorokhta got its name from the surname of Mikhailo Vorohta who had settled here

at the end of the XVIIth century.
Vorokhta was a deserter from the Polish army, and therefore he did
not return to Transcarpathian region, where he was born. Michailo
Vorokhta was an able master and made a loom for one young lady
with whom he later got married. Since then the Weaving Crafts of
Vorokhta began to develop rapidly, and people for a sign of gratitude
and love to master, called the village by his name.
Village Vorokhta started developing and became particularly as a
resort after the railway in 1884. The recreation facility was opened in
1906, called “the first sanatorium”, then in the Soviet period it was
renamed as the” Mountain Air”, which operates up to now. In 1928
Vorokhta was officially recognized as a resort for patients with
tuberculosis and lung disease. Until now residents from different parts
of Ukraine receive treatment here. However, the village develops as a
center of winter sports and tourism. In 1930, during the Polish
government, two ramps were built in Vorokhta – for children and
adults, which have acquired international importance.

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6. Viaduct in Vorohta A large stone arch railroad bridge, viaduct of Austrian times connects the two banks of the river Prut.

Underneath there is a highway
Yaremcha-Verkhovyna. The bridge was built in 1895 during
construction of the railway Stanislav (Iavno-Frankivsk) – Yaremcha –
Vorokhta – Rakhiv. Its length reaches 130 meters and the length of the
span is 65 m .The Arch Bridge in Vorokhta consideres to be one of the
longest stone railway bridges in Europe.

7. Hutsul church in Vorokhta This ideal for proportions, very harmonious wooden church moved here in 1780 from Yablunytsa. The

name of it as in its newer neighbor
on the hill next to is dedicated to. When the church was built, historians
do not know: There are two versions, the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin
Mary. Historians do not know when the church has been built. There
are two versions: the XVIII century and archaic for this part of the
Carpathians 1615. In any case, the composition of the sanctuary did
not change for several centuries and this is also a true gift of fate.

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9. Goodbye!

• By : oleksandra slavnitska
• Group : DO-31