It is named after the theater that was opened on July 7th ,1921. The official opening took place on January 3, 1921. In July, 1921 famous Ukrainian director Mykola Sadovskiy headed the theater. Since 2005 puppet theater has called "Bavka". In the past all theatrical spectacles were called so in Verkhovyna villages. In addition, the traditional puppet "vertep", includes...
The Transcarpathian museum of architecture and everyday life – is an ethnographic open-air museum. It was opened in June 1970 as first museum in Ukrainian SSR which consisted of architectural monuments of ancient Transcarpathian village and exhibits of folk art. It covers an area of 5.5 hectares and located on Castle Hill near Uzhgorod Castle. The museum has samples...
All Transcarpathians and their guests have chance to hear carols in Ukrainian, Slovakian, Hungarian, Romanian and even German. Caroling groups come from all over the region, bringing their Vertep (a portable puppet nativity theatre). The groups entertain guests not only with beautiful singing, but also by acting out funny performances, full of various colourful characters. Visitors can also enjoy...
After joining Subcarpathian Rus to Czechoslovakia, the Government of the Czechoslovak Republic decided to build a new modern area to enhance the prestige of Uzhgorod as the main city of the region. In October 1921 it was developed and published technical specifications for the construction of a new quarter - of Small Halahova with the participation of the government...
Built as a monastery to educate Basilian monks and Ukrainian children, the building was designed by Uzhgorod architect Ernest Kovosh. Its facade overlooks the street, and originally had four-storey central and three-storey side parts, which contained so-called Hanging Gardens.
This was the tallest building in Uzhgorod until World War II. Since 1947, it has been a part of Uzhgorod State...
Traditionally, the festival is held in the paprika capital of Ukraine, in the village of Mala Dobron in Uzhhorod region. This Festival is held to promote Hungarian and Ukrainian hand-made art, the revival and popularization of national customs and traditions, to broaden the artistic vision of the participants, to enrich their spirituality, to find and support skilled and talented...
Botanical garden was founded on 28 November 1948 on a place where two nut and fruit gardens existed. There were 96 nuts and also apple, pear, cherry, plum, elderberry, rosehips, blackberries and willow. Botanical Garden is located on three terraces with difference in height of 22 meters. One third of area of the garden is located on the first...
Uzhgorod Laudon dendropark was founded in 1886. It named after its founder - Ishtvan Laudon (1862-1924) - a teacher of Uzhgorod Gymnasium. The park gathered representatives of exotic plants, including 100-year-old magnolia and a 100-year-old cypress swamp height of 20 meters, yew, pine black (Austrian), forest beech, Cryptomeria Japanese and silver apricot. Magnolia tree and relict ginkho appeared in...
Linden alley is a park-monument of artistic landscaping of local importance in Ukraine. In 1928 Czech botanists collected and planted different varieties of linden tree here, which is why the alley blooms all throughout summer. The Alley is located on the right bank of the river Uzh and its length is 2.2 km. The Alley has about 300 lindens,...
Active cultivation of the right bank embankment began after the First World War. Now it is called "Independence". In 1928 the Czech botanists have collected and planted there different varieties of linden, so that avenue blooms all summer. Linden alley - is a monument of landscape art of local importance in Ukraine. It is run by the Uzhgorod municipality....