TAG | Zakarpattia oblast
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The hippie festival “Shipot”
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Entertainment, People, Photos
Every year (July 1-10) the area near the waterfall Shipot (Volovets district of Zakarpattia region) becomes the place of festival “Shipot”. All kinds of informal people are going to the festival: punks, hippies, rastaman, representatives of other subcultures and, of course, ordinary tourists.
The first festival was held in 1993. The motto of “Shipot” is “Love, Peace & Wine!” The main day of the festival is the day of Ivan Kupala – July 7. Photos by Oleg Grigoryev
Tags: Zakarpattia oblast
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Beautiful landscapes of Ukrainian Carpathians Mountains
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Nature, Photos, Travel
Ukrainian Carpathians Mountains are the part of Carpathian mountain range, located mainly in western Ukraine on the territory of Lviv, Ivano-Frankivsk, Zakarpattia and Chernovtsy oblasts.
The length of Ukrainian Carpathians from San River to the sources of Suchava River is 280 km, width – 100 km. The total area is more than 24 thousand square km. The absolute height of the mountain range varies from 120-400 m in the foothills up to 1500-2000 m along the main ridge.
Tags: Chernovtsy oblast · Ivano-Frankivsk oblast · Lviv oblast · Zakarpattia oblast
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Wooden Gothic churches of Zakarpattia region
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Architecture, Religion
The following two similar wooden churches are located in the neighboring villages – Kraynikovo and Sokirnitsa, near the town of Khust, Zakarpattia oblast.
Both of them belong to so called Maramorosh architectural school also known as “Wooden Gothic”. Photos by av-otus.
Tags: church · Zakarpattia oblast