Legends of the Lowlands

Staroushytsky region is a picturesque corner of the Carpathian-Dniester lands. Landscapes of forested mountains, the majestic flow of the Dniester, springs with healing water make this place an earthly paradise. Many legends and legends were born and live in people's memory here. We invite you to immerse yourself in the history of our region and discover all the Legends of the Lowlands!

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Bakota - "Ukrainian Atlantis"

The ancient capital of the Lowlands. The village was flooded in connection with the construction of the Dniester HPP in 1981. This place has a unique microclimate, and rocks and forests protect the Dniester coast from northern air currents. The picturesque nature, healing springs and energy of this place attract many streams of pilgrims and travelers.

Bakotsky rock-cave monastery

Located at an altitude of about 70 m in the cliff on the middle terrace of the steep slope of the White Mountain, which rises above the Dniester at 130 m. The first mention of the monastery dates back to 1362. Every year during the Feast of Macovei (August 14) on the territory of the monastery there is a festive service, when you can consecrate flowers, poppies, drink healing water from Bakot springs.

Selisok - "Podil Carpathians"

Place on the outskirts of the village. Nefedivtsi, located on the territory of Podilsky Tovtry, resembles the Ukrainian Carpathians in its landscapes. At the foot of the hill you can find a small cave. The place is popular for paragliding, because there are upward air currents and the required altitude.

700-year-old brick well in Hrushka

This brick well is over 700 years old. According to locals legends, this is where the village began to develop. There are even approximate date - 1238. Old-timers say that the Chumaks liked this place. In those ancient times, three pears grew here, and there was a well near them. The Chumaks rode and stopped here to rest.

Teremets Mountain

Exist legend that in the early nineteenth century. was in Podolia, Bishop Ioanniki. It so happened that during the audit of the parish, in one of the ravines near Privorot, the horses got tired and carried his carriage with all their might on the rocks and ravines, stopping nowhere. He began to pray to God and in prayer made a vow that he would build a church at the place where the horses stopped. The horses stopped near Privorot, and it was here that he built a beautiful church.

National Museum of the village of Chabanivka

i svyata (fragment) u muzei sela chabanivka. 1988. oliya.jpg

The People's Museum of History in the village of Chabanivka, opened in March 1990 on the second floor of the village house of culture. The institution is unique and not for nothing that the Ministry of Culture of Ukraine recognized the institution as the best rural museum in the country. In addition to the well-designed museum space, the institution is famous for the mural of Podolsk artist Volodymyr Lashka. The height of the paintings is three floors. The plot was local legends and traditional rituals of Podolia.

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