1662 km railway halt, via Mount Stiy and Mount Velykyi Verkh to Volovets
About the route:
Route 1662 km railway halt, via Mount Stiy and Mount Velykyi Verkh to Volovets. Warning! This route is unmarked (it may be partially marked)! Unmarked routes are not equipped with: information boards; signposts; auxiliary signs (water, campsite, etc.). The decision to take the route is entirely your own responsibility! Trail length 23503m. Lowest point - 378m., highest point - 1646m. Total elevation gain 1479m. Along the route you will see: Mount Stii, Mount Veliky Verkh, Holy Ascension Church, Volovets.
What to see along the route:
Stiy (also known as Stoy) is the highest peak of the Polonyna Borzhava mountain range on the Polonyna ridge (Polonyna Beskyd), located in the inner zone of the Ukrainian Carpathians. It is located within the Transcarpathian region. The height is 1681 meters.
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Mount Velykyi Verkh is a 1,598-meter peak of the Ukrainian Carpathians, located within the Borzhava Polonyna. It is located on the border of two districts of Zakarpattia region - Mizhhirya and Volovets, in the southeast direction from Volovets.
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The Orthodox community in Volovets and Kanora was founded in 1925 by Father Lev Tyblevych, an emigrant from Russia (or possibly Ukraine, since he spoke Ukrainian), who became the first Orthodox priest there. The initiator of the Orthodox movement among local people was Andrii Betsa.
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