Turka

Wednesday, 03 November 2010 00:49 Peter
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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.

Last Updated on Wednesday, 03 November 2010 14:59

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