The Church of Saint Pantelejmon

On a steep slope of the small hill over the river Rika, the suburbs of town Hust, in the village of Kolesarovo, there is a church of St. Pantelejmon which is hidden by the trees from the eyes of the drivers who are coming from a by-pass road.

To get to the monastery’s territory is better on foot as the steep road sometimes almost disappears, leaving just a trace of the small stones on the ground. By walking through the small woods, then through meadows and edges of the woods we find ourselves at the entrance of the territory.

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The castle in the village Dyyda

The Village Dyyda (old version: Deyda, Diedovo), was founded in 1957 by combining two villages Berehdyyda and Mezevgomok which were situated closely to each other. The village is located at an altitude of 110 meters above sea level. The reformist church of the 14th century and the Greek Catholic Church of 1862 (renovated in 1982), built on the place of wooden church of 16th century, are among the attractions which attract tourists to the village. A sand pit is particularly popular among the guests of the village; people from surrounding areas and even from Uzhhorod come here to swim in clear water. There is the fourth sight in the village - one of little known castles in Transcarpathia, until recently it has almost not mentioned and known only to a few persons.

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Tereblya-Riks'ka Hydro Power plant. Part one.

Some bald facts to start off with. Tereblya-Riks'ka Hydro-Powerplant, is located in the village of Protyven of the Khust region was built in 1955 and was launched on the 25th of May of 1956. The water supplying the station is taken from the Vilshanske water basin located nearby. This massive water storage basin blocks off the Tereblya river in the nearby valley behind the mountain. The height of the dam is 45.8 meters, and the length is 153 meters. The volume of the basin constitutes 23,6 million of cubic meters of water although as a result of repeated mud accumulation, the useful volume has decreased to about 17 million cubic meters.

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Tereblya-Riks'ka Hydro Power plant. Part two.

The continuation of the report about the trip to the Tereblya-Riks'ka power plant, located in the Protiven' village close to the village of Nizhniy Bystryi.

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The little-known springs of the Solotchyn village

The Solotchyn village, of the Svalyava region is found some 286 meters above the sea level on the Pinya river. The latter falls into the Latorica river near Svalyava. The village is quite well known throughout the former USSR and the resort "Kvitka Polonyny" (the flower of the meadow) opened in 1965 is to take all the blame for it. More precisely, the fame was earned by the natural mineral waters which originate here and are being commercially branded as "Luzhanska-4", "Luzhanska-7", and "Polyana Kvasova". In fact, I can’t think of anyone who wouldn’t want to try some of these while passing by as this point of interest is now part of all the tourists’ guide of the Transcarpatian region. Furthermore, it has also been recently added to the list of "The Wonders of the Transcarpatia". By the way, the village of Solotchyn lies right in the middle of the so-called "the mineral water zone Polyana", which ranks number one in Europe for the density of mineral water springs in any given area.

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