The building was constructed in 1936. In times of Czechoslovak authorities a gendarmerie of Subcarpathian Rus located there. Today there is a building of Medical Faculty of UzhNU. It is one of the biggest faculties of the university which plays an important role in the development of both the university and health of Transcarpathian region. During its existence the...
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...
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...
Pidzamkoviy Park was begun in the middle of the 16th century. In the early 1870s, this area was called Széchenyi Park, after the famous public and political figure. During the time that Uzhgorod and Transcarpathia were part of Czechoslovakia, the stadium of the Sports Club "Rus" was built. Soon after, a municipal swimming pool was construced in the park....
Uzhgorod arose around Castle Hill, which on all sides was washed by Uzh and its branches. In 1361 there were at least two bridges in Uzhgorod: small and big one. The first bridge crossed the river at about the same place where is modern footbridge, it connected old town on the right bank of the river Uzh with the...
Dominated by the regional administration building at one end, since 1999 the square has been decorated with a large statue of Ukraine’s national poet, Taras Shevchenko. In 2001 a grass lawn was installed, with lights. In 2011 a fountain was re-installed. On the left side of the square, there’s a rose garden and right behind it is the building...
The name “Calvary” is translated from the Latin as "a bowl of a corpse." It is considered as the cross of Christ, his torment that is why there are chapels on Calvary, symbolizing his way. The very first city cemetery, which appeared in the sixteenth century, was located in the modern Castle Hill. The castle servants and warriors were...
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...
It was built in XVII century. There was a bakery on the first floor where baked a bread for Jews all over the region. Another part of the building was filled by classrooms of Jewish school for boys - The Jewish public school. Nowadays there is Biology Faculty of UzhNU. The history of Biology Faculty begins in 1945 –...
The "Transcarpathian Edelweiss" national festival of the arts is an artistic and social event designed to promote contemporary art among the population of Ukraine, revealing new talented artists and authors.
Any ensemble or individual artist - amateur or professional - can participate in the Festival, in genres such as singing, choreography, instrumental music, oratory art and circus.