Starina reservoir is a water reservoir in eastern

Slovakia Slovakia (; sk, Slovensko ), officially the Slovak Republic ( sk, Slovenská republika, links=no ), is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east, Hungary to the south, Austria to the s ...

Snina District Snina District (''okres Snina'') is a district in the Prešov Region of eastern Slovakia. Until 1918, the district was part of the county of Kingdom of Hungary of Zemplín. Municipalities * Belá nad Cirochou * Brezovec *Čukalovce * Dlhé n ...

, located in the

Poloniny National Park Poloniny National Park ( sk, Národný park Poloniny) is a national park in northeastern Slovakia at the Polish and Ukrainian borders, in the Bukovské vrchy mountain range, which belongs to the Eastern Carpathians. It was created on 1 October 1 ...

. It is the most important source of drinking water in the area, built on the headwaters of the river

Cirocha Cirocha ( hu, Ciróka; ukr, Ціроха) is a right tributary of the river Laborec in the Prešov Region of eastern Slovakia. It is long and its drainage basin size is .

. Building started in 1981. 3,463 inhabitants were evacuated from 769 dwellings from the 7 following villages ( Starina,

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, Ostrožnica, Smolník, Ruské,

Veľká Poľana Veľká Poľana ( hu, Nagypolány) is a Ruthenian village in eastern Slovakia, in Snina District. The first mention of the village was in 1493. The village originally belonged to the noble families of Humenné, later given to some other noble fa ...

and Zvala). The total surface of the water reservoir Starina is 240 ha. The height of the water headbay is 50 m. This source of drinking water is very important because it supplies nearly all of East Slovakia with

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. There is a scenic viewpoint above the

water reservoir A reservoir (; from French ''réservoir'' ) is an enlarged lake behind a dam. Such a dam may be either artificial, built to store fresh water or it may be a natural formation. Reservoirs can be created in a number of ways, including control ...

Starina.

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documentary project about Rusyn minority from the region of water dam Starina Starina reservoir
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Región SninaStarina photos
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