Vorokhta

Worochta (Ukrainian and Russian Ворохта; Polish Worochta ) is an urban-type settlement in the Western Ukraine, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast in the upper reaches of the River Prut away on the northern side of the Carpathian Mountains, about 71 kilometers from Ivano- Frankivsk. The village belongs to the municipality of Yaremche and is surrounded by the territory of the Rajons Nadvirna.

History

The town grew after the construction of the railway ( railroad Sighetu Marmaţiei - Ivano -Frankivsk ) and the establishment of a station from 1894 to a larger village, 1895 Forest Railway in Prut Valley was built in addition to the mouth of Foreschtschanka brook. He remained a center of Hutsul in this area. After the end of the 1st World War, the city became part of Poland and developed into a tourist center. 1939 Worochta was occupied by the Red Army, but came in 1941, after the invasion of the Soviet Union under German administration, was conquered until 1945 by the Soviet Union and then remained in the Ukrainian SSR respectively since 1991 a part of the Ukraine. Under Soviet rule, the town was transformed into a winter sports resort, today there are many ski lifts and slopes around the place. Since 1960 the place has the status of an urban-type settlement. In 1965, the Forest Railway, which at that time had a total length of 13.5 kilometers, is set.

Personalities

  • Oleksandr Lasarowytsch, Ukrainian ski jumper
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