Turka

People claim, that this town was called in such a strange, even for this region, way because of a great number of aurochs ("tur" in ukrainian), which inhabited this cozy corner. Nowadays, to a word, these animals are found to be eliminated. Unfortunately...The last one was killed in 19th century.
It was a big and prosper town. It even had got the Magdeburg right in 1730, which gave an ooportunity of duty-free trading, manufacturing and many other privilegues. But in XVI-XVII centuries it was ruined, as in fact the majority of regional fortresses and big towns, by hungarian and then swedish armies.
Today, the main place of interest is a local wooden St. Michael church (1700 a.d.) and an old cemetery near it. It's a great example of carpathian architecture. Besides, it's placed in a really picturesque grove.
Then you may try to "capture" the Ygotzkij mouting pass, which was crossed by Cutuzov and Suvorov in 19th century.


