Verkhovyna ( uk, Верхови́на, translit=Verchovyna; before 1962, uk, Жаб'є, pl, Żabie) is an

urban-type settlement Urban-type settlementrussian: посёлок городско́го ти́па, translit=posyolok gorodskogo tipa, abbreviated: russian: п.г.т., translit=p.g.t.; ua, селище міського типу, translit=selyshche mis'koho typu, ab ...

located in Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast in western Ukraine. Verkhovyna serves as the administrative center of Verkhovyna Raion. It hosts the administration of Verkhovyna settlement hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Population: . It was originally established as Żabie in 1424.Horse riding in Verkhovyna
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region of the Carpathian Mountains called

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, upon the Cheremosh River, a tributary of the

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. Verkhovyna is currently an important tourist center in Ukraine. The town's name means "highland place." In 1919–1939, Żabie belonged to

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and was located in the Kosów Powiat (

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) of the

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. During those years, it was one of the main tourist centers of the country, attracting people from as far away as

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. It was also the biggest rural community in Poland (in terms of territory). There is an Orthodox church, a Hutsul museum and a Polish cemetery with monuments of soldiers of the Polish Border Patrol who died while protecting the pre-1939 border. Another important attraction in Verkhovyna is the Museum of Musical Instruments and

Hutsuls The Hutsuls (sometimes the spelling variant: Gutsuls; uk, Гуцули, translit=Hutsuly; pl, Huculi, Hucułowie; ro, huțuli) are an ethnic group spanning parts of western Ukraine and Romania (i.e. parts of Bukovina and Maramureș). They ...

Lifestyle founded by Roman Kumlyk.

Gallery

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museum File:Verkhovyns'ka rayrada.JPG, Verkhovyna district council

Climate

The climate in Verkhovyna is a mild to warm summer subtype (

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: ''Dfb'') of the

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References

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