Verkhovyna, via Mount Bila Kobyla and Mount Khorde to Tatariv village
About the route:
Route Verkhovyna, via Mount Bila Kobyla and Mount Khorde to Tatariv village. 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 38261m. Lowest point - 611m., highest point - 1461m. Total elevation gain 1485m. Along the route you will see: House-museum of the movie "Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors", Verkhovyna, Museum of Hutsul Life and Art "At the Trembitard", Verkhovyna, White Horse Mountain, Mount Gregit, Mount Horde, Mount Lisniv, Church of St. Demetrius of Thessaloniki, Tatariv.
What to see along the route:
The museum was founded and opened in 2000 in the Hutsul hut of Petro and Yevdokiya Soriuks, where the famous film director Sergei Parajanov lived for seven months during the filming of his 1963-1964 movie. The main activities of the museum include screening the film and learning about the history of filming the movie masterpiece Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors. The house is located in the village of Zhabievskyi Potik on the outskirts of Verkhovyna.
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At the Museum of Hutsul Life and Art "At the Trembitard" in the Verkhovyna village of Shveykovo, you will learn about the origin of the Hutsuls, their life, mountain life, rituals and traditions. Here, you will be able to play and take part in a master class on various musical instruments. You will be greeted with the sound of trembita. The museum's owner Mykola Ilyuk always greets guests with a trembita.
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Mount Bila Kobyla is a peak in the Ukrainian Carpathians, which is located within the Pokutsko-Bukovyna mountain range. It is located in the Verkhovyna district of Ivano-Frankivsk region, in the northern direction from the village of Verkhovyna and in the western direction from the village of Berezhnytsia. The height is 1477 m (according to other information - 1479 m). From here you can see a panorama of the list of ridges that would take almost half a page.
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Mount Gregit is a 1472-meter peak in the Ukrainian Carpathians, which lies within the Pokutsko-Bukovyna Carpathians. It is located in the Kosiv district of Ivano-Frankivsk region, southwest of the village of Shepit.
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Mount Khorde is a 1479-meter peak of the Ukrainian Carpathians, which is located within the Pokutsko-Bukovyna Carpathians. It is located in Nadvirna district (partially in Verkhovyna district), southeast of the village of Tatariv and north of the village of Volova.
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Mount Lisniv is a 1257-meter peak of the Ukrainian Carpathians, which is located on the territory of the Pokutsko-Bukovyna mountain range. It is located in the Nadvirna district of Ivano-Frankivsk region, to the east of the village of Tatariv.
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The Church of St. Demetrius of Thessalonica in the small village of Tatariv was built in 1870. The church was erected in honor of the righteous great martyr Dmytro Slutsky. The architect F. Menchynskyi was the author of the church project. According to other sources, the church dates back to 1856. Obviously, it was built on the site of a previous wooden church. The church was completely covered with shingles until the late 1980s.
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