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PRACTICAL MATTERS WALK AROUND KOLOMYIA ...... 3 In the city of Kolomyjka dance ...... 4 What does the name of the city mean? ...... 5 Main historic events ...... 6 Kolomyia: a brief summary ...... 8 Invisible symbols of the ancient city ...... 10 Several reasons to visit Kolomyia ...... 12 The most famous Kolomyia natives ...... 14 TOP 12 SIGHTS ...... 17 City Hall ...... 18 The Сhurch of Annunciation ...... 19 Cathedral of St. Michael the Archangel of the Greek Catholic Church ...... 19 The Greek Catholic Church of St. Josaphat ...... 20 The St. Loyola Roman Catholic Church ...... 20 History Museum of Kolomyia ...... 21 Kolomyia Grammar School named after Mykhailo Hrushevskyi ...... 21 National Museum of Hutsul and Pokuttian Folk Art named after Yosaphat Kobrynskyi ...... 22 Kolomyia Academic Regional Drama Theatre named after Ivan Ozarkevych ...... 24 ...... 25 Pysanka Museum ...... 26 The City Palace of Culture ‘Narodnyi dim’ ...... 28 WHAT TO SEE ...... 29 In the city ...... 30 A walk across the city ...... 38 Kolomyia Around Kolomyia ...... 43 WHERE TO… ...... 49 Eat in the City ...... 50 Stay in the City ...... 53 Eat and Stay outside the city ...... 56 Buy Souvenirs of Kolomyia ...... 58 Buy Medicine ...... 58 Use the Internet ...... 58 Be Entertained ...... 59 PRACTICAL MATTERS AND USEFUL INFORMATION 61 I v an F

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This travel guide is divided WALK AROUND KOLOMYIA into five sections to cover the In the city of Kolomyjka dance most important aspects of your visit to What does the name of the city mean? Kolomyia Main historic events Kolomyia: a brief summary Invisible symbols of the ancient city Several reasons to visit Kolomyia The most famous Kolomyia natives TOP 12 SIGHTS Must to visit: sightseeing places and architectural landmarks WHAT TO SEE Kolomyia and around: brief description of the most interesting places Did you know that..? Most interesting museums Excursion itinerary in the city WHERE TO… Use our advice in order to find the best place to eat out, have a cup of coffee, buy clothes and souvenirs and have fun or simply chill out PRACTICAL MATTERS The chapter contains useful visual information for travelers WALK AROUND KOLOMYIA

In the city of Kolomyjka dance 4 What does the name of the city mean? 5 Main historic events 6 Kolomyia: a brief summary 8 Invisible symbols of the ancient city 10 Several reasons to visit Kolomyia 12 The most famous Kolomyia natives 14 Walk around Kolomyia IN THE CITY OF ‘KOLOMYJKA*’ DANCE ‘...for me even There are many famous cities in Ukraine, one of which is Kolomyia. A pearl the world ‘Kolomyia’ of Ukrainian folk art – a dance of ‘kolomyjka’ – is named in honour of it. sounds like music’ Kolomyia enjoys an unofficial status of the main city of Pokuttia and Hutsul Viacheslav Chornovil land and the gate to the Carpathians. Kolomyia is also called a small Lviv or a piece of Vienna. The world famous authors, Leopold von Sacher-Masoch and Sholem Aleichem, dedicated their writings to Kolomyia. The city is also mentioned in the famous novels of Jaroslav Hašek, author of the immortal ‘The Good Soldier Švejk’. Once the city sat on the important trade and military routes and since 1507 it had been marked on European maps. Nowadays it is impossible to imagine tourist roads of the Carpathians and Galicia without Kolomyia. The city can be reached by air and train, by bus and coach, by bicycle and motorcycle and, of course, by taxi. *Kolomyjka is a Hutsul music At the beginning of the 17th century a genre that combines a fast-paced legendary English captain John Smith visited folk dance and a goofy-rhymed Kolomyia. Why don’t you visit the city? City of comic verses. It was historically Kolomyia awaits its guests and believes that popular among the Poles and you will love its architecture and decorations, Ukrainians, and is also known as the kalamajka in north eastern monuments and sacred buildings, cosy Slovenia. Kolomyjkas are still cafés and noisy market, and what is the danced in Ukraine, as a tradition most important – its hospitable and friendly on certain holidays, during people. festivities, or simply for fun. In Ukraine’s rural west, they are popular dances for weddings.

Kolomyia is • 65 km away from Ivano-Frankivsk • 75 km - from Chernivtsi • 196 km - from Lviv • 640 km - from Kiev

The distance from Kolomyia to • Ukrainian-Romanian and Ukrainian- Moldavian borders is more than 100 km • Ukrainian-Polish border – 300 km • Ukrainian-Slovak and Ukrainian-Hungarian borders – almost 400 km 4 Walk around Kolomyia WHAT DOES THE NAME OF THE CITY MEAN? Regional ethnographers have been studied the origin of the name ‘Kolomyia’ for 150 years already. Some of them consider that the name is derived from the river Myia or a tin god Myia, near which the first settlement appeared. The others mention that in the Croatian language the word ‘kolomyie’ means a deep gully filled with water, though the latest researches show that the old Croats did not populate Kolomyia land. There is an ancient version according to which the name of the city is derived from the fact that passing through the town salters washed ‘kola’ (wheels) here. Another version says that the city was named after the first Galician crowned king born as Hungarian Koloman. A true solution to the origin of the city name is likely to be hidden in the depth of millennia. That is indicated by the first three letters – ‘kol’, that are present in the names of many cities and localities since the time of the Indo-European settlement. But it is unknown what this word means. The answer is up to future generations.

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MAIN HISTORIC EVENTS

1241 – The first chronicle mention of Kolomyia. 11th – 14th centuries – Princely epoch of Kolomyia, shrouded in mystery, with the exception of a few terse chronicle lines. Archival sources left us the name of the last elder of Kolomyia from the Ukrainians – Voronko (1398). 1405 – Kolomyia already has its own coat of arms and the Magdeburg Law. 1485 – The Prince of Moldavia and Wallachia Stefan the Great took the vassal oath to the Polish King Casimir IV in Kolomyia. 13th – 16th centuries – Kolomyia was burned and looted by foreign Prince Daniel of Galicia himself took invaders, although at this time it was not only destroyed, but care of the town famous for its salt also developed. Frequent external intervention led to the mines. Later it became a powerful centre of pottery and developed disappearance of written historical sources about the city, except carving traditions. a modest fragments of texts. 1670 – Inhabitants resided in Kolomyia. There were 170 buildings in the town. 1745 – The body of the glorious leader of the Carpathian opryshky (rebels) Oleksa Dovbush was quartered in Kolomyia. Since 1772 - Kolomyia, like Galicia as a whole, had experienced rapid economic development, democratization of the society and educational progress having come under the rule of the imperial Austria. 1778 – The first secular school was opened in the town. 1803 – The first German colonists settled on the western outskirts of the town. 1848 – The first Ukrainian amateur theatre was created by priest Ivan Ozarkevych and presented a few performances to the audience. 1861 – The famous Kolomyia public grammar school was opened. Oleksa Dovbush 1864 – The first secular Ukrainian printing house and the first Ukrainian Kolomyia has another feature: literary community and a non-governmental organisation (St. underground passages, tunnels, Archangel Michael Ecclesiastic Fraternity) were founded. hiding places. Even today builders and treasure hunters encounter enigmas 1866 – The railway service along the route Lviv-Chernivtsi started in of the underground Kolomyia here Kolomyia. The construction of railway station completed. and there. 6 Walk around Kolomyia

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1869 – ‘Machine Factory of Liubin Biskupskyi’ started operations; at Soviet times – the plant ‘Kolomyiasilmash’. 1860s– Kolomyia obtains the status of a district city, something like a present-day regional centre. 1879 - The first art society named after Hryhoriy Kvitka-Osnovyanenko was created. 1880 – The first visit of Ivan Franko to Kolomyia and his three-month detention in Kolomyia prison. Products of the Kolomyia Curtain 1914 – Beginning of World War I. Kolomyia was under the occupation Factory and loaders and forklifts of of Russian, Austro-Hungarian and Romanian military the plant ‘Kolomyiasilmash’ were administrations that succeeded one another. well-known outside the city. November 1st, 1918 – the authority of West Ukrainian People’s Local woodworking factory has Republic established in Kolomyia. exported products to 14 countries. 1930–1935 – Ukrainian General Encyclopaedia in three volumes is published in Kolomyia. 1941–1944 – Kolomyia occupied by Nazi Germany. The occupation regime established three Jewish ghetto, there was a mass extermination of Jews and Ukrainian patriots. 1944-1991 – Kolomyia is being rebuilt and develops its economic potential as a district center of Soviet Ukraine. At the same time here operates a network of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists and the Ukrainian Insurgent Army. Hundreds of Kolomyia citizens taken to Gulag camps. 1990s – Beginning of a new period in the city history: the First World Convocation of Ecclesiastical Ukraine (1990). 1991 – A few days before the Declaration of Independence of Ukraine, the city of Kolomyia celebrated 750-year anniversary of the first written mention of Kolomyia. 2000 – The opening of Pysanka Museum. The 10th Hutsul Festival ‘Kolomyjka’ with the top government officials of Ukraine involved. The prior reconstruction of the city centre was dedicated to this event. Soviet greyness vanished and it turned into an optimistic In 2010 in 7 Staryi Rynok (Old city, and inconspicuous buildings began to shine with new Market) Square the Club of Kolomyia Residents opened an unique ceramic colours. This innovation has been greatly supported and since commemorative plaque (founder M.Petriv). then the city has not lost its rainbow look. 7 Walk around Kolomyia KOLOMYIA: A BRIEF SUMMARY Administrative Organisation and Population Administratively Kolomyia is a part of Ivano-Frankivsk region of Ukraine. It is a city of regional importance, a self-governing polis, a centre of Kolomyia district. Here more than 60 thousand people reside, almost 95% of them are Ukrainians, and the rest are Jews, Poles, Russians, and Belarussians. According to the number of inhabitants Kolomyia ranks the third largest city in Ivano-Frankivsk region. Geography The city area equals to 41 sq.km, the altitude above sea level - 243 m. The city has more than 370 streets, lanes and squares. In addition to several streams and small rivers, it is nourished by rapid waters of the mountain river Prut. The most popular recreation places for locals are the Prut river, two lakes, two parks and surrounding forests and mountains. Religion The city is noted by religious tolerance. Believers from Kolomyia and the guests have opportunity to visit the Greek Catholic and Orthodox Churches, Roman Catholic Church, Protestant prayer houses and Synagogue. Education There are 11 secondary educational establishments, 1 grammar school, 13 kindergartens, child development facilities such as 2 sports schools, 1 art school and 2 music schools, 2 houses of children’s art, 5 colleges, technical school, higher vocational school, 2 lyceums and 2 institutes in the city. Economy The city has a large number of banks, pharmacies, shops and restaurants, petrol and service stations. 31 industrial companies, 19 building firms, 2 transport enterprises, 450 retail companies, 120 catering facilities, 140 consumer services and 11 markets with 2325 trading places operate in the city. Culture Inhabitants of Kolomyia are proud that in the 19th century the first Ukrainian amateur theatre in Western Ukraine was organised in the city. Kolomyia has the richest museums and the most interesting monuments in the region. Cultural life of the city is lively and diverse – performances, clubs, concerts, promotion of books and publications.

8 Walk around Kolomyia KOLOMYIA: A BRIEF SUMMARY Sport Since the early 20th century sport has been developing in Kolomyia. It is represented by the names of champions and winners of the Olympic Games, world and national competitions. From the 1930s until today Kolomyia was considered a capital of ‘white sport’ (tennis) of Galicia. Kolomyia handball players gained recognition. At present boxing, powerlifting, athletics, kickboxing, wrestling and chess are the most popular in Kolomyia. Events On the 19th of August the city of Kolomyia simultaneously celebrates the City Day and the patronal festival of Transfiguration of Lord Jesus Christ. From time to time nationwide symposiums of artists and sculptors take place in the city on the Prut. Records The book of records of Ukraine includes in the category ‘Public Events’ (2012) - a mass dance performance ‘Kolomyjka’ in the centre of Kolomyia and the most massive singing a children karaoke song. In addition, in the category ‘A man of unique opportunities’ - a stay of the person without clothes in the snow. The book of records includes also a cultural project of the Kolomyia Pedagogical College ‘The Kobzar’s Word’ (reading the book of the most famous Ukrainian poet T.Shevchenko ‘Kobzar’ from the beginning till the end within 200 days (the 6th of March 2013 – the 6th of March 2014) in the category ‘Public Events’ (2014).

9 Walk around Kolomyia INVISIBLE SYMBOLS OF THE ANCIENT CITY Kolomyia also has its symbols. Did you probably hear about a folk-song- dance genre popular in the Carpathian regions – ‘kolomyjka’? And the word ‘Kolomyjka’ is almost completely consonant with the name of the city – Kolomyia. The scholars suggest that its name is related to the outskirts of Kolomyia and that kolomyjkas existed already in the 15th century. And a stanza of a kolomyika appeared more than 4000 years ago as a common phenomenon in the music folklore of Indo-European peoples. Researches count more than 25 thousand kolomyjkas, a large number of collections of kolomyjkas and audio recordings were produced. It is considered that migrants from Kolomyia area spread these miniature songs around the world: salters – to Central Ukraine in the 15th-18th centuries, seasonal workers – to Romania, Hungary, the Czech Republic, Balkan countries in the 17th-19th centuries, recruits spread them through the places of their military service in Austria-Hungary in the 18th-20th centuries; emigrants carried kolomyjkas to new settlements in America, Canada, Brazil and Argentina. A famous fast-paced dance ‘Kolomyjka’ is known far beyond Kolomyia. True kolomyjkas can be heard and seen at weddings and during other entertaining events in the villages of Kolomyia district. They sound special at the scene of the International Folklore-Ethnographic Festival ‘Kolomyjka’. 13 such festivals have already been held. Maybe you will be lucky enough to see with your own eyes this unforgettable artistic performance. In order not to look like a crane without a beak, learn one kolomyjka:

Kolomyia ne pomyia, Kolomyia misto, V Kolomyii divchatochka yak pshenychne tisto. (Kolomyia is not slops, Kolomyia is a city, In Kolomyia girls are like wheat dough) Since the end of the 19th century in the speech of Galician Ukrainians, Poles and perhaps of Germans and Jews a set expression ‘Anglik from Kolomyia’ has been used. In such ironic way people call a Galician man, who pretended to be a rich, educated gentleman, but in fact was not. This character type may have been emerged in 1880s. At that time English engineers arrived to Kolomyia oil mines; they amazed the natives with their clothes and manners. In 1872 in Galicia another character, the literary one, emerged – ‘Don Juan from Kolomyia’. This is a title of a story by the famous Austrian writer Leopold von Sacher-Masoch.

10 Walk around Kolomyia INVISIBLE SYMBOLS OF THE ANCIENT CITY In 1861 the Lviv newspaper ‘Slovo’ (‘The Word’) published a poem of The famous Ukrainian singer Ruslana L.Dankevych ‘Nema yak nasha Kolomyia’ (‘There Is No Place Like Our Lyzhychko won the Eurovision Song Kolomyia’). It tells the story how in 1814 the Hutsuls entered Napoleon Contest in 2004 with an energetic song Paris as a part of allied troops. When their commander, a captain of the ‘Wild Dances’, dedicated to Hutsul temperamental dance kolomyjka. Austrian Army admired the beauty of the French capital, Hutsul soldiers And one of the songs from her album all together exclaimed: ‘Kolomyia is better!’ This poem gained huge ‘Wild Dances’ is a rehash of old folk popularity, it was retold by the elderly till the end of the 20th century, and kolomyjkas. even nowadays some people like repeating ‘Kolomyia is better!’ Perhaps after visiting the city you will also utter these words, won’t you? Undoubtedly, the spirit of Prince Daniel of Galicia and the Cossack colonel Toporovskyi, the executed national avenger Oleksa Dovbush and the legendary Cossack from Kolomyia Ferents Horbash is still preserved in Kolomyia. In its time Kolomyia enjoyed the visits of two emperors of the Austro- Hungarian Empire. The prominent European monarch Franz Joseph I visited Kolomyia twice (in 1851 and 1880), and his successor, Emperor of the Austro-Hungarian Empire Charles visited Kolomyia in 1912 with his young wife Zita. In 2007 the city greeted their son – the last representative Ruslana is a frequent guest of of the House of Habsburg, the outstanding European Otto von Habsburg. Kolomyia, where she just likes to relax. In his opening speech this 95-year old imperial descendant joked: ‘Last time I was in Kolomyia 95 years ago...’ He, like other tourists and travellers, recognised a piece of Vienna in Kolomyia.

Otto von Habsburg in Kolomyia *Pysanka is a Ukrainian Easter egg decorated with traditional Ukrainian The building of Pysanka Museum constructed in 2000 in a shape of folk designs using a wax-resist pysanka* became another symbol of Ukrainian city of Kolomyia. Owing method. The word pysanka comes to Pysanka museum the city nowadays is called a ‘Pysanka city’. Another from the verb ‘pysaty’, ‘to write’, as meanings of the adjective ‘pysanka’ are picturesque, colourful. Whosoever the designs are not painted on, but is tempted to visit a colourful city?! written with beeswax. 11 Walk around Kolomyia SEVERAL REASONS TO VISIT KOLOMYIA While travelling we not only change circumstances and prove ourselves, but also discover new pages of the world panorama. Kolomyia is just a piece of Vienna or a small Lviv, but the reasons to visit the city are special... The first reason In this very city it is worth listening to kolomyjkas as a live performance or audio recordings and to try to sing at least one of them. And if your visit coincides with the festival ‘Kolomyjka’, then you will be doubly lucky. To remember your visit you can buy a book or a CD with kolomyjkas. The second reason In Kolomyia there is the world’s largest Museum of Hutsul and Pokuttian Folk Art. It is the only Ukrainian Museum included into the Encyclopaedia Britannica as one of the world masterpiece museums. The museum exhibitions reveal the distinctiveness, way of life, aesthetic conceptions and art traditions of Hutsuls and Pokuttian natives. The museum collections include approximately 50 000 exhibits from the period of the Trypillian culture to the present day. Near the museum there are a few shops with Hutsul souvenirs. In music kiosks one can buy CDs of authentic Hutsul music. We bet our bottom dollar you will be fascinated forever with everything related to Hutsul land. The third reason Pysanka Museum is the only museum of its kind in the world and the eighth wonder of Ukraine. Having visited it you will see a collection of more than 12000 Ukrainian and foreign pysankas, and perhaps you will try your hand at miniature works – take a masterclass in pysankas decoration and restoration of fragile souvenirs. Those, who want, will be able to buy albums about pysankas and even pysankas themselves. Thus, if you buy an authentic pysanka from Kolomyia, it will be an exceptional gift-souvenir for your family and friends. The fourth reason Kolomyia is safe and pleasant to walk on foot. It is not too big, not too busy, and not too difficult. Here you can easily exchange currency, buy necessities, find a great coffee shop, rest on a bench and watch the world go by. There are neither trams, trolleybuses nor metro in the city, so even the legs of the elderly will stand a journey across Kolomyia.

12 Walk around Kolomyia SEVERAL REASONS TO VISIT KOLOMYIA The fifth reason City feasts. Visit Kolomyia at the time of festivals. The festival ‘Kolomyjka’ (every two years), the Hutsul Festival (every few years), the Music Festival in Honour of Anatoliy Kos-Anatolskyi (every December), the national Festival of Pysanka (every April - May), the Festival ‘Medovyi Spas’ (‘Saviour of the Apple Feast Day’) (every August), Sich Festival in Kolomyia (every September) and the national theatre festival ‘Kolomyiski predstavlennia’ (‘Kolomyia Performances’). You will also have fun when the city will be filled with people dressed in different costumes from surrounding villages at Malanka Feast (the 13th of January). And the most visited events are the City Day and the patronal festival (the 19th of August). Music, songs, dances and a variety of souvenirs and attractions will entrance and fascinate you. That’s why plan in advance your next trip to Kolomyia.

Festival ‘Medovyi Spas’

The sixth reason Plenty of monuments and statues to keep you and your camera busy. In addition to interesting architecture there are nineteen monuments. A true kaleidoscope of the imperial epoch is to be found in Kolomyia!

The seventh reason Don’t look for a reason to visit – just do it! It is worth remembering that Kolomyia was always visited by widely known people. Among them were the legendary English captain John Smith (in the 17th century), the Austrian scientist Balthasar Hacquet (in the 18th century), the prominent Czech ethnographer František Řehoř and the Polish ethnographer and folklorist Oskar Kolberg (in the 19th century), and in 1906 the famous Jewish writer Sholem Aleichem stayed in Kolomyia for four days, after which he wrote a comic story on Kolomyia ‘To Brekhnia!’ (‘That is a Lie!’).

13 Walk around Kolomyia THE MOST FAMOUS KOLOMYIA NATIVES One can comply a large register of famous Ukrainians whose life and work are connected with Kolomyia. The turbulent 20th century scattered Kolomyia natives around the world, Volodymyr and there they built their artistic and scientific careers. For example, the Kysilevskyi famous public figure and editor Volodymyr Kysilevskyi (Kaye) became a professor of the University of Ottawa and an official of one of the ministries in Canada; Yaroslav Babiak taught at Charles University in Prague (the Czech Dariia Karanovych- Republic); the pianist Dariia Karanovych-Hordynska lived and performed Hordynska in the USA; the journalist Bohdan Osadchuk lived and worked in Berlin (Germany); the famous traveller Roman Turianskyi lived in Japan, where he published a number of books about his trips in various languages; the Merited Artist of Ukraine Yurii Krechkovskyi lives and works in Toronto (Canada); the singer Viktoriia Vatutina performs at the Wroclaw Opera House (Poland); the talented artist, professor Yurii Arseniuk lives and works in Moscow (Russia); the People’s Artist of Russia Mykhailo Kit sings Yurii Arseniuk at the Mariinsky Theatre in Saint Petersburg (Russia); Andrii Dovhaniuk works as the chancellor of the Ukrainian Free University in Munich; the mathematician Bohdan Hrechuk teaches at the University of Leicester (Great Britain); the talented artist Oleksandr Odosii creates in Belarus. Kozarenko Alexander, a composer, musicologist, Dean of the Faculty of Culture and Arts of Lviv National University named after Ivan Franko, professor at the Lviv National Music Academy named after Mykola Lysenko lives and works in Lviv. Kolomyia gave the world a whole galaxy of sportsmen. Their list includes more than 20 names. For example, the handball player Valerii Hasii became a champion of the 21st Olympic Games, Andrii Fedchuk became a prize winner of the 27th Olympic Games, Inna Orobets became the Valerii Hasii world champion in powerlifting, Mykhailo Lesiuk became the world champion in karate, Yurii Ovcharenko became the world champion in freestyle wrestling, Volodymyr Kolesnyk became a prize winner of the world boxing championship. Inna Orobets The city also became native to the Poles, Jews and representatives of other nations. Here the following worldwide known Jews were born: the cellist Emanuel Feuermann who lived in the USA, the journalist of the world newspapers ‘The Guardian’ and ‘The Washington Post’ Viktor Zoria (Israel Vermouth) who lived in England and India. The Polish environment of Kolomyia gave the world the opera singer Olga Bohdan Osadchuk Tabachnyk and others. The famous English architect Yan Shelepet, one of the designers of the Sydney Opera House (Australia), was born in Kolomyia in an Austrian-Ukrainian family. 14 Walk around Kolomyia THE MOST FAMOUS KOLOMYIA NATIVES Franko’s Kolomyia Kolomyia is otherwise called a city of Franko. The brilliant Ukrainian writer Ivan Franko was imprisoned in Kolomyia in 1880. Here he wrote one of his best works and experienced one of the worst weeks of his life in one of the hotels. Here at the railway station he bid farewell to his first love – Mykhailyna Roshkevych. In January 1912 Ivan Franko arrived to Kolomyia for reading a poem ‘Moisei’ (Moses) (the initiative of Leontii Kuz’ma). This was one of the main event for city residents and the last Franko’s visit to the city. In 2011 a memorial table with a bas-relief of the prophet Moisei was opened in Kolomyia to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Ivan Franko’s poem ‘Moisei’ reading. The street and the college are named in honour of the Kamenyar*, commemorative plaques to him are on the walls of the City Hall and the Medical College, and in 2012 a magnificent monument to Ivan Franko, made by Vasyl Andrushko, Vasyl Hurmak and Oleg Prilia, was open at Chornovil Street.

* ‘Kamenyar’ is a Slavic word meaning a stonemason in a quarry, a metaphorical name for Ivan Franko because of his revolutionary poem ‘Kamenyari’ (‘The Stonemasons’). 15

TOP 12 SIGHTS WE RECOMMEND TO VISIT: SIGHTSEEING PLACES AND ARCHITECTURAL MONUMENTS City Hall 18 The Сhurch of Annunciation 19 Cathedral of St. Michael the Archangel of the Greek Catholic Church 19 The Greek Catholic Church of St. Josaphat 20 The St. Loyola Roman Catholic Church 20 History Museum of Kolomyia 21 Kolomyia Grammar School named after Mykhailo Hrushevskyi 21 National Museum of Hutsul and Pokuttian Folk Art named after Yosaphat Kobrynskyi 22 Kolomyia Academic Regional Drama Theatre named after Ivan Ozarkevych 24 Cathedral of Transfiguration of Christ of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church 25 Pysanka Museum 26 The City Palace of Culture ‘Narodnyi dim’ 28 Top 12 sights

CITY HALL

RR The starting point of any European city is a City Hall. The Kolomyia City Hall (1875-1877) is a place, where friends and strangers meet, 1 where walking city tours, festive parades and demonstrations start, it  1 Mykhailo Hrushevskyi attracts more and more people, and it is an excellent background for Avenue a memorable photo. Despite two World Wars, it is still preserved in Kolomyia City Council Kolomyia. Moreover, it is a seat of the municipal authorities. And though  +38 (03433) 50760 there are older buildings in the city, but this one is the heart of Kolomyia. +38 (03433) 50823 ww2.gov.if.ua/kolomiyskiy Kolomyia City Hall has a rich history. In 1865 a big fire occurred in the Free entrance city centre. The wooden town hall over 200 years old in the middle of a large central city square ‘the Market’ burnt away together with many surrounding wooden houses. The building was not rebuilt, instead a new city hall was erected in a new place not from the wood, but from the stone. In 1875 while digging trenches for a foundation of the new stone town hall the remains of graves of the former Klyashtorny (monastery) cemetery were found, located on the site earlier and closed already for 100 years. The building was erected in 1877 as a space for a city magistrate. A big beautiful three-storey house. The height of the tower of the city hall building was about 32 meters. In 1970, during the repair and reconstruction, the tower height was increased for a slightly more than one meter and now it reaches, as people say, 33 meters. Presently the Kolomyia City Council seats here. In front of the City Hall the outstanding public events of Kolomyia city take place. It was here, where in 1745 the dead body of the most glorious leader of the Carpathian opryshky (rebels) Oleksa Dovbush was cut into 12 pieces. Allegedly his remains were buried nearby, near the house of the rich Marmorosh family. The square in front of the City Hall outlives the emperor and his successor, being greeted here in the 19th century and at the beginning of the 20th century, the solemn marches of soldiers of various armies during two World Wars, the parades and manifestations during the Soviet times. In 1991 the 750-year anniversary of the first written mention of Kolomyia was celebrated here. This place is usually the starting point for a festive parades in honour of the City Days (celebrated annually on the 19th of August), and a venue for many other concerts and festivals. The craftsmen’ village welcomes here the city visitors during festive events.

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THE СHURCH OF ANNUNCIATION

The Church of Annunciation with its bell tower is the oldest architectural RRR building of Kolomyia; the only sight in Kolomyia that has the status of 2 architectural monument of national importance. It was built by unknown Hutsul masters in 1578, and in 1648, 1767 and 1845 it was rebuilt and  2 Karpatska Street restored. Free entrance The church locates on the territory of an ancient Ukrainian cemetery, the burial place of many famous Ukrainian social, political, cultural and educational activists. The territory of this complex is called ‘Monastyrok’ as a reminder of the days, when there really was a monastery.

CATHEDRAL OF ST. MICHAEL THE ARCHANGEL OF THE GREEK CATHOLIC CHURCH

The Cathedral of St. Michael the Archangel was considered one RR of the largest in Galicia of that time. It was built within 1854-1855 3 and consecrated in 1871. The initiator of the construction was the Kolomyia parson, publicist, cultural and social activist the priest Luka  11 M.Hrushevskyi Street Dankevych. Interestingly, a large share in the building of this Ukrainian Free entrance sacred object was invested by the ethnic Austrian Rudolph Kurtzweil – a burgomaster, a patron and an owner of large neighbouring settlements, a honorary citizen of Kolomyia. The new priest Ivan Ozarkevych twice reached the imperial capital Vienna in order to get the permission to build the church directly from the emperor Franz Joseph I. But he did not live to see the fruits of his work, he died in 1854. Monumental cathedral paintings and icons were created by the well-known Ukrainian and Polish painters, namely Kornylo Ustyianovych, Teofil Kopystynskyi, Valerian Krytsinskyi, Yaroslav Lukavetskyi and others. More than seventy serpentine steps must be overcome in order to reach the bell tower. In 1923 four bells made in Sambir were set here. One of the largest bells, that is almost one metre high, is called Michael. On the left tower one can see an old clock made by an Austrian company and set here more than 150 years ago. 19 Top 12 sights THE GREEK CATHOLIC CHURCH OF ST. JOSAPHAT (the Roman Catholic Parish Church of Virgin Mary)

RR The visitors of Kolomyia can see with their own eyes the newest variant of the old Roman Catholic Parish Church of Virgin Mary. Its history began in 4 the second half of the 18th century. Kolomyia residents afforded to invite  2 Mazepa Street the Italian architect Bernard Merettiner for construction of a church. The Free entrance construction was completed in 1775. However the church had hard luck. In 1830 it was partially burned away, it had been rebuilt for a long time, the architect’s primary conception was changed. During the Soviet times the atheistic authorities wrecked the cross of the church tower with the help of a tractor and the temple was turned into a baby goods shop. In the first years of Ukraine's independence the building was transferred to the Greek Catholic community of the city. After the rehabilitation and partial restoration the Bishop Paul Vasylyk consecrated it as a Greek Catholic Church of St. Josaphat. The temple adornments are the tall, vertically stretched windows, designed as if for the defence, partially bricked up after the war. In the vaults of the temple there were burial places of Roman Catholic priests and heroes of the liberation wars of the Poles against Russian autocracy. The church had underground connections, which the local ethnographers are still trying to find. A miraculous painting of the Virgin Mary was founded in the church for a long time, but on April 2nd, 1946 it was taken to Poland. THE ST. LOYOLA ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH RRR The brick Roman Catholic Church was designed by the architect Dionizii Krychkovskyi and on October 31st, 1897 its construction was completed. 5 During the Soviet period it was closed and turned into a furniture shop  18 Ivan Franko Street and after Ukraine gained its independence it was returned to the Roman Free entrance Catholic community. This brick spiritual temple architecturally harmonises with the institution of Ursuline Sisters and finishes by a sharp spire with a cross. In 2013 residents of Kolomyia have initiated the restoration of the relief to the theologian Petr Skarha of 1912 on its façade. The church keeps a famous in the Catholic world copy of the icon of the Kolomyia Mother of God (the original icon is located in Poland). 20 Top 12 sights HISTORY MUSEUM OF KOLOMYIA (Building of the Kolomyia County Council)

The building of the Kolomyia County Council was built in Secession style at RRR the end of the 19th century. It impresses with its lightness, practicality and 6 artistic perfection. Unique stained glass windows were made by artists of Krakow Higher Art School, and elements of decor (a bee and beehives)  80 R.Shukhevych Street symbolise prosperity, endeavour, and success in business.  +38 (03433) 38 238 +38 (03433) 70 358 Throughout its history the building was a seat of Kolomyia County Council www.museum.ko.if.ua (since 1875), later it hosted the District Military Unit of West Ukrainian P 09:00 - 18:00 People's Republic, during the Soviet period – the ideological institutions, Mon: closed city library, and a radio station. Since 1991 here located the Children's Entrance fee: from 4 UAH Music School №2. And since 1997 the building on the corner of Shukhevych Street and Lesia Ukrainka Boulevard has become a shelter for the Kolomyia History Museum with its exposition - Kolomyia Museum of National Liberation Struggle. KOLOMYIA GRAMMAR SCHOOL NAMED AFTER MYKHAILO HRUSHEVSKYI (a school of nuns of the Order of St.Ursula) A Convent and a school of nuns of the Order of St.Ursula, in a common RR language – Ursuline Sisters. Nuns came to Kolomyia in 1899 and afterwards a building of red open bricks with wooden rafters was 7 constructed and covered with a rooftop. It resembles similar European  19 Franko Street architectural patterns. Now the Kolomyia Grammar School operates here.  +38 (03433) 23 470 In the yard of the Grammar School named after Mykhailo Hrushevskyi a www.kolgym.if.ua monument to this public and cultural figure is set.

21 Top 12 sights NATIONAL MUSEUM OF HUTSUL AND POKUTTIAN FOLK ART NAMED AFTER YOSAPHAT KOBRYNSKYI (The Ukrainian Community Hall) RRR The Museum is located in the building of the former Ukrainian 8 People’s House erected in 1895-1902 with the funds of the city and surrounding villages’ communities with an active participation of the  25 Teatralna Street Greek Catholic priest and pastor from the village Myshyn Yosaphat  +38 (03433) 27 978 Kobrynskyi. The design and the plan of the People’s House were www.hutsul.museum performed by the engineers and architects Lucian Beker and Dionisii P 10:00 - 18:00, Mon: closed Krychkovskyi. The artistic interior decoration was made by the artist Entrance fee: 10 - 20 UAH and the teacher in the Kolomyia pottery school Stanislav Dachynskyi. The sculptures on the attic and stucco molding for interior decoration were done by the Kolomyia pottery school teacher Carol Luschevskyi. The Museum was founded in November 1926 on the initiative of Volodymyr Kobrynskyi. The grand opening of the Ukrainian Folk Museum ‘Hutsulschyna’ named after Yosaphat Kobrynskyi was held on December 31st, 1934. The Museum was granted the status of ‘National’ by the decree signed by the President of Ukraine on October 20th, 2009 for the significant contribution to the development of museums, research, preservation and promotion of traditional art of the Carpathian region and active international activity. Museum collections include almost 50000 artefacts representing all kinds of Hutsul and Pokuttian traditional folk art from 17th century till nowadays. The Museum exposition located in 18 showrooms discloses the wood art processing (carving, incrustation, woodburning), metal treatment, leather working, pottery, decorative weaving, tapestry, embroidery and dress-making. Since 2000 the Museum has been staging permanent exhibition of traditional Hutsul furniture, sacred and fine art. In 2003 the memorial room of famous writer of Western Ukraine, social and political activist, lawyer Andriy Chaikovskyi has been renewed. In 2014 the Museum exposition was replenished with one new exhibit – a fragment of the petrified trunk of a giant coniferous tree, whose age is around 23-65 million years. The Museum carries out research, scientific and educational activities, organizes scientific conferences, round tables, seminars, art events, museum academies, ethnic studies, educational lectures, studios and excursions. 22 Top 12 sights NATIONAL MUSEUM OF HUTSUL AND POKUTTIAN FOLK ART NAMED AFTER YOSAPHAT KOBRYNSKYI (The Ukrainian Community Hall) Around 200 thousand people from more than 50 different countries visit annually the museum that proves the interest in Ukraine and its unique culture. It is the only Ukrainian Museum included into the Encyclopedia Britannica as one of the world masterpiece museums. The Museum includes three branches that operate as separate museums: the Hutsul Folk Art and Life Museum in Kosiv, the Carpathian Ethnography and Ecology Museum in Yaremche and the unique in the world – the Pysanka Museum. On the façade of the museum a number of plaques commemorate famous people involved in the creation of a museum or visited it at their times. These are: the commemorative plaques to the Ukrainian writer, poet, cultural and public figure Markiian Shashkevych (1911), to the Ukrainian poet and writer Ivan Franko (1926), Yosaphat and Volodymyr Kobrynskyis (1990) (by the author Vasyl Vilshuk, the Shevchenko National Prize laureate from Ivano-Frankivsk). Other plaques are dedicated to the mentioned above Ukrainian writer Andriy Tchaikovskyi (1992) (by the author Svitlana Toporkova, Ivano- Frankivsk) and to the Ukrainian composer Mykola Lysenko (2003) (by the author ‘Tair’ Ltd.).

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KOLOMYIA ACADEMIC REGIONAL DRAMA THEATRE NAMED AFTER IVAN OZARKEVYCH (Building of the Polish Handicraft Community ‘Gwiazda’)

RR The building of the Polish Handicraft Community ‘Gwiazda’ underwent 9 different architectural transformations in 1920s-1940s. Once it hosted various communities, clubs and even a cinema. The  7b Vichevyi Maidan Street theatrical traditions are quite old here. Way back in 1848 on the stage of  +38 (03433) 47 844 www.teatr.kolomyya.org the theatre an amateur group gave the performance ‘Divka na viddanniu abo Na mylovanie nema sylovanie’ (‘A Girl at the Marriage Age or You can't win love by force’), which was remade from ‘Natalka Poltavka’ of Ivan Kotliarevskyi by the local Greek Catholic priest Ivan Ozarkevych. The play was an unprecedented success. In 1880 the Literary and Drama Society was created and the dramatic writings were published. The theatrical traditions of Kolomyia were not interrupted. All leading theatres of Galicia and later of Ukraine played in Kolomyia. At the beginning of 1940s here operated the District Ukrainian Theatre named after Ivan Kotliarevskyi, it gathered a highly professional troop and found a great favour with the public. During the Soviet period till 1962 a professional theatre also operated here. The present theatre was revived over the period of Gorbachev perestroika in 1989 due to the efforts of local authorities and middle class. It is leaded by the Merited Artist of Ukraine Dmytro Chyborak. The theatre festival ‘Kolomyiski predstavlennia’ (‘Kolomyia Performances’) is held here annually with participation of well-known Ukrainian and foreign masters of scene. Commemorative plaques to the conductor and stage director of the Kolomyia theatre, the talented Ukrainian film actor Vasyl Symchych and the founder of the theatre in Kolomyia Father Ivan Ozarkevych are set on the façade of the building.

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CATHEDRAL OF TRANSFIGURATION OF CHRIST OF THE UKRAINIAN GREEK CATHOLIC CHURCH The Cathedral of Transfiguration of Christ of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic RRR Church was being built in 1998-2012. The author of the design was the architect Viktor Mytsai. The Cathedral was painted by famous Lviv icon 10 painters and lecturers of the Department of Sacred Art of the Lviv Academy  31 Teatralna Street of Arts headed by Roman Kyslyi and Roman Vasylyk. Free entrance The Cathedral 42 metres of length and 38 metres of width has the height of 52 metres. This is the tallest building in Kolomyia (the height of the City Hall equals to 33 metres). In the Cathedral there are the lower and the upper churches, a large and rich collection of icons left by the Bishop Mykolai Simkailo. The Cathedral can accommodate up to 5 thousand people. It was consecrated on August 19th, 2012 by the Patriarch of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church Sviatoslav in concelebration of bishops and priests. Tourists can enter Cathedral, pray and admire beautiful paintings providing, as a matter of course, the compliance with the rules established by the church administration. In front of the Cathedral there are two tombs of bishops (Pavlo Vasylyk and Mykola Simkailo), who contributed the most to the formation of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Eparchy of Kolomyia-Chernivtsi and building of Cathedral of Transfiguration of Christ. Actually, since the proclamation of the independence of Ukraine Kolomyia has become an episcopal city for the first time in its history. There is a residence of bishops of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church and Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Kyiv Patriarchate here.

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PYSANKA MUSEUM RRR The first exposition of Pysanka (Painted Egg) Museum was opened in the Church of Annunciation, the wooden architecture monument of 16th 11 century. The Museum was organized by Olga Kratiuk, a former director  43b Chornovil Street of the National Museum of Hutsul and Pokuttian Folk Art named after  +38 (03433) 27 891 Yosaphat Kobrynskyi, and officially opened on October 26th, 1987. P 10:00 - 18:00 Mon: closed In 2000, the special building for the Museum has been constructed and Entrance fee: 5 -15 UAH opened for visitors on September 23rd during the 10th International Hutsul Folklore-Ethnographic Festival ‘Kolomyjka 2000’. The building was built in the shape of an Easter egg (13 meters high) designed by the architect Igor Shumyn from Ivano-Frankivsk. The concept of a new museum exposition was developed by Yaroslava Tkachuk, the director of the National Museum of Hutsul and Pokuttian Folk Art named after Yosaphat Kobrynskyi. The artists from Kolomyia performed the museum decoration - Honored Artist of Ukraine Myroslav Yasinskyi and Vasyl Andrushko. Nowadays the Museum collections possess an extensive collection of over 12 000 Easter eggs, which attest to the unique diversity of ornamental elements, motivations and performance techniques. The Museum displays Easter eggs from all over Ukraine - from Hutsul land and Pokuttya, Bukovina, Lemkivshchyna, Boikivshchyna, Opillia, Podillia, Polissia, Dnieper region, Slobozhanshchyna and the Black Sea coast of Crimea. The permanent collection of museum also includes Easter eggs from other countries like Belarus, Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Romania, Hungary, France, Denmark, Switzerland, China, India, Argentina, Canada, USA, Israel, Turkey, Shri Lanka, Indonesia, Pakistan and Egypt. Easter eggs with autographs of famous political and public figures, representatives of the diplomatic circles and international organizations draw special attention. In the exposition showrooms you can always find diverse exhibitions of contemporary crafts and fine arts. From 2008 the Easter eggs painting school is operating within the museum involving everyone to study the painting techniques and eggs restoration.

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THE CITY PALACE OF CULTURE ‘NARODNYI DIM’ (SAVINGS BANK)

RR The Savings Bank was built in 1891-1892 (nowadays it hosts the City Palace of Culture, which has a traditional Galician name – ‘Narodnyi Dim’ (‘The 12 Community Hall’). This is a perfect architectural structure with decor, columns,  27 Teatralna Street portico, cornices and balconies. Unfortunately, artistic wall paintings of  +38 (050) 76 96 941 Valerian Krytsinskyi have not been preserved to our days. A striking symbol www.kolomyya-art.org of wealth – ‘a Flea’ appears on the wall, since after all the building primarily Free entrance assignation was as financial institution. Due to its spacious hall and big scene, the Savings Bank immediately became a place of various meetings and celebrations. Actually, here at 27 Teatralna Street, despite the financial status of the building, in the 20th century the greatest ceremonial events, conferences and meetings, biennales and concerts were held. Such opera stars as Solomia Krushelnytska, Modest Mentsynskyi, Mykhailo Holynskyi, Dmytro Hnatiuk and Anatoliy Solovianenko and such unique voices and People’s Artists of Ukraine as Nina Matviienko and Vasyl Zinkevych sang on this stage. The art gatherings and celebrations of anniversaries of famous Ukrainian writers were organised here. In the cold season of 1912 Ivan Franko read his brilliant poem ‘Moisei’ (‘Moses’) to the public of Kolomyia. To commemorate this historical event in 2011 a commemorative plaque was set on the façade of the building (by author R.Zakharchuk). Since 1987 the Music Festival in Honour of Anatolii Kos-Anatolskyi became a tradition in the Community Hall. During the festival the leading Ukrainian choirs, ensembles, orchestras and also famous composers M.Kolessa, Y.Stankovych, M.Skoryk and others perform.

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DWELLING HOUSE AT TEATRALNA STREET R A dwelling house at 56 Teatralna Street was built in Secession style in 1910  56 Teatralna Street and somewhat resembles the letter G – the symbolic one for Freemasons. In general, local ethnographers suggest that different symbols and allegories on the façade of the building indicate that here gathered Freemasons of Kolomyia. Rich Jews (doctors, lawyers, bankers) had lived in this building before they were killed by the Gestapo during World War II.

VICHEVYI MAIDAN SQUARE R R The name of the square tells for itself: here in the contemporary history  Vichevyi Maidan Square the populous public meetings (veches) took place, famous speakers and orators appeared, among whom the leaders and inspirers of Ukrainian nation Viacheslav Chornovil, Levko Lukianenko, and Dmytro Pavlychko. At Vichevyi Maidan Square in front of the Kolomyia theatre there is a bust of the famous native of Kolomyia district, a soldier of the Legion of Ukrainian Sich Riflemen and the Ukrainian Galician Army, a writer and a victim of the Stalinist purges Myroslav Irchan (the real name Andrii Babiuk (1897-1937). It was opened in 1977. The authors of the monument are the sculptors A.Lendel and A.Nimenko, and the architect – M.Danyliuk. Here the buildings of several epochs of 19th-21st centuries – the classical imperial, socialist-realistic and modern ones - shape a matrix of the city centre with its sometimes eclectic combination of styles and epochs.

KOLOMYIA PEDAGOGICAL COLLEGE The building of the pedagogical college was constructed with the practical R R aim in the 19th century, but its exemplary yard is worth seeing. It is decorated with sculptures, a delicate monument to Saint Mary with a  12 Ivan Franko Street +38 (03433) 26 531 Child, photo illustrations of the past of Kolomyia, green islands of lawns www.pedcollege.kolomyya.org and neat mini-playgrounds. If you have time, you may sit on the bench and enjoy the handmade beauty... 30 In the city

KOLOMYIA MEDICAL COLLEGE NAMED AFTER IVAN FRANKO Once the building of the Kolomyia Medical College hosted the District Court R R Administration and a prison (during the war it was burned away). In one of  14 Ivan Franko Street the cells of this rigid institution Ivan Franko, the famous Ukrainian poet, writer,  +38 (03433) 24 450 social and literary critic, journalist, interpreter, economist, political activist, www.frankocollege.info doctor of philosophy, and ethnographer, served his sentence. Consequently the college was named in honour of him. In 2006 a commemorative plaque to Ivan Franko (also known as a stonemason (‘Kamenyar’) in reference to one of his most famous poems) made by Vasyl Andrushko was set on the corner of the college building.

THE HEROES’ SQUARE The Heroes’ Square or other ways – The Sorrow Square - was a symbolic R R place of the Soviet period where different ceremonies of a military  The Heroes’ Square character took place. Here the graves are marked with the headstones with the names of Soviet soldiers and officers killed in the battles with Germans and also during the clashes with the warriors of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army and members of the underground Organisation of Ukrainian Nationalists.

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CITY PARK NAMED AFTER KYRYLO TRYLIOVSKYI R R In 1870s a city park was laid up at Zelena Street (presently – Lesia Ukrainka  Lesia Ukrainka Boulevard – Boulevard). Nowadays it is a park named after Kyrylo Tryliovskyi. Within O.Kobylianska Street the last 100 years the park diminished to the size of a public garden, but here still grow a lot of relict trees and the birds sing. More than 100 species of trees and bushes were once planted here and arranged in such a way so their decorativeness and queerness was viewed well against the background of Carpathian landscapes. On the other side, with the help of various variants of one and the same species of plants, which differ from each other by form or colour, the gardeners tried to convey a rich palette of garden art. By imperial days the Ethnographic Exhibition (1880) occurred in this green temple and was visited by Emperor Franz Joseph I and Archduke Ratner. The city park also was a place of public manifestations and veches. For three times in 1902, 1903 and 1906 the famous political figure Tryliovskyi, in honour of whom the park was named, officially held grandiose ‘Sich Holidays’ in Kolomyia when the columns of several thousand people with music, in colourful Ukrainian costumes with emblems and flags marched through the city park and the centre of the city to the bank of the Prut to participate in competitions. These days the Tryliovskyi park is the largest natural shelter in the city centre, a favourite resting place of mothers with children, the elderly and the loving couples. Here, despite the wars and changes of regimes, survived a monument to the famous Polish poet Adam Mickiewicz made by the sculptor Dachynskyi. This is the oldest monument in Kolomyia, it just turned 115 years old! The photos of the monument appear on several old postcards published in Kolomyia. They are available on occasion at the antiques market, which is going every Sunday at the house of former Polish Society ‘Sokil’ (The Falcon) (the present-day Youth Center at 11 Petlyury Street). In the summer season the city park is filled with residents and guests of Kolomyia during the regional festival ‘Medovyi Spas’ (‘Saviour of the Apple Feast Day’), on the City Day and the Feast of Ukrainian Song. Perhaps then you will try healing honey and sing a few folk songs together with the crowd, won’t you?

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COMMEMORATIVE PLAQUE TO KYRYLO TRYLIOVSKYI A commemorative plaque with a bas-relief of Kyrylo Tryliovskyi was R opened on September 30th, 2010 on the house on the corner of Valova  on the corner of Valova and and Teatralna Streets, where at the beginning of the 20th century this Teatralna Streets famous public and political figure had lived and worked for a long time. The sculptor was Roman Zakharchuk, the executants - Valerii Didorak and Pavlo Cheliada, the designer - Myroslav Yasinskyi.

CHORNOVIL STREET Chornovil Street is one of the main streets of the city centre dotted with R R interesting architectural buildings, famous institutions and establishments.  Chornovil Street Recently a monument to fighters for freedom of Ukraine (by authorship of Roman Zakharchuk) has appeared on a small site. The honourable citizen of Kolomyia, a legendary sotnyk* of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army Myroslav Symchych became the prototype for it. Next in the street there are impressive small buildings from the end of 19th century where wood, bricks and ceramics are combined. Here are a post office and a telegraph. It is known that the first post office in Kolomyia was opened in 1904. Once the buildings on this street housed popular hotels and cafés, newspapers’ offices and photo salons. Various shops occupied the *Sotnyk was a military rank ground floors, and their owners resided on the upper floors. Façades among the Cossack starshyna with interesting balconies and window decorations attest that (officers), the Ukrainian Insurgent residents of Kolomyia in the early 20th century had aesthetic sense Army, the Ukrainian Galician Army of beauty. and the Ukrainian People’s Army.

MONUMENT TO IVAN FRANKO A monument to famous Ukrainian writer, poet, scientist and thinker Ivan R R Franko at Chornovil Street was opened on August 27th, 2012. The idea  Chornovil Street itself to erect the monument to a ‘Stone breaker’ in Kolomyia appeared far back in 2003 (9 years before the monument was placed). The monument was created by a sculptor from Kolomyia Vasyl Andrushko, a professor of the Lviv National Academy of Arts Vasyl Hurmak and an architect Oleg Pril’. The funds for the monument were raised by the whole community supported by the regional and local authorities and sponsors. The monument appears as a holistic composition in bronze. Ivan Franko, as if by climbing the stairs of ages to the present, moves towards people, and with his thoughtful gaze turns to passers-by: ‘It’s time for us to live for Ukraine!’. He calls to work for the sake of Ukraine as he did all his life. 33 What to see...

KOLOMYIA MARKET R The Kolomyia market once was a large trade square. At their times the  Ploshcha Rynok masters and mistresses from Hutsul and Pokuttian land sold here their fruits (The Market Square) and vegetables, grain and dairy products, local Jews offered tasty kvass and sweet lemonade, fiacres were waiting. A railway truck from the mountains lay across the market and near the City Hall, and a train arrived at the railway station at certain hours. Numerous photographs and post cards from the time before World War I that reveal the spirit of the market of Kolomyia were preserved.

COMMEMORATIVE PLAQUE TO IVAN BOHDAN R In 2008 on the corner of Vidrozhennia and Taras Shevchenko Squares the  1 Shevchenko Square male club ‘Klub Kolomyitsiv’ set a commemorative plaque to the legendary native of Kolomyia Ivan Bohdan, who in 1608 was the first person from Ukraine who reached the shores of America on the English ship ‘Mary and Margaret’. The authors of the plaque are B.Hladkyi and V.Horodetskyi. Ivan Bohdan from Kolomyia was a good carpenter and glassblower. By the anniversary his native city issued 4 postcards, a souvenir cup and a book ‘Kolumb z Kolomyii’ (‘Columbus from Kolomyia’ by Mykola Savchuk).

BUILDING OF THE FORMER KOLOMYIA GRAMMAR SCHOOL R R The building for the Kolomyia Grammar School (presently – the Kolomyia  3 Mickiewicz Street Secondary School named after V. Stefanyk №1) has been constructed in 1875.  +38 (03433) 26 608 Initially the teaching was held in German, later – in Polish languages. In 1901 www.koloschool1.ucoz.ua the north wing was added to the basic building, where the state grammar school with Ukrainian language teaching established in 1900 was located. Prominent figures of Ukrainian, Polish and Jewish nations went to Kolomyia Grammar School. In the turbulent 1940s here studied the Heroes of Ukraine, writers Dmytro Pavlychko and Roman Ivanychuk. There are several commemorative plaques on the façade of the former grammar school, among which the one in honour of the first headmaster of the grammar school Sofron Nedilskyi. 34 In the city

VIDRODZHENNIA (RENAISSANCE) SQUARE Vidrodzhennia Square is small in size, but rich in architectural R R buildings, moreover, one of the oldest ones. The vaults of cellars of  Vidrodzhennia (Renaissance) this place show that the premises were built in the first half of the Square 19th century or even at the end of the 18th century. The square has a wedge-shaped territory, which in 1880s was turned into a zone of monuments. A monument to the Polish sentimental poet, the author of historical essays on Stanislaviv (Ivano-Frankivsk) Franciszek Karpiński, the native of Kolomyia, was once opened here in September 1880. The idea was implemented by the regional ethnographer, the professor of history of a male grammar school Leopold Weigel. The sculpture was ordered from Valerii Hadomskyi, the professor of the Krakow Art School. But the monument was destroyed during World War I. The history of the next monument is rather interesting. The Polish community of the city gathered 100 thousand złoty (PLN) and on November 27th, 1929 the intra-vitam monument to the marshal of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth Jozef Pilsudski was opened. The bronze sculpture was made by Kostiantyn Lezhak, who was not only a carver, but also the rector of the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow. One of the first decisions of the Soviet authorities in 1939 was the demolition of this monument. Then a low-cost plaster figure of Joseph Dzhugashvili (Stalin) in socialist realism style was erected, but it was immediately demolished by the Nazi occupation regime. The communist leader Vladimir Ulyanov-Lenin had been standing at the Square for the longest. It was also a typical monument shaped in 1951 at the party membership fees. Its monumental figure was probably brought from the Lviv Factory of Artistic Casting, the plaster was painted in gold. On September 17th, 1990 the deputies of the City Council voted to demolish the monument of Lenin. On August 22nd, 1993 a monument to Taras Shevchenko created by the sculptors Mykola Posikira, Volodymyr Rymar, Liubomyr Yaremchuk and an architect Vasyl Kamenschyk was consecrated at Vidrodzhennia Square. The monument cast from bronze, with the two-staged pedestal of red stone was made in Lviv at public donations and public funds. The monument opening ceremony coincided with the First Worldwide Congress of Hutsuls visited by hundreds of thousands of guests from the Carpathian region and abroad. Here appeared Viacheslav Chornovil and the poet Taras Melnychuk. 35 What to see...

MUSEUM OF HUMOUR ‘VESELA OSELIA’ (‘THE MERRY HOME’) R R The writer and humourist Mykola Savchuk opened a museum of humour  79b Ivan Mazepa Street ‘Vesela oselia’ (‘The Merry Home’) on August 11th, 2011. It provides a Office 8 (shopping centre unique exhibit experience about humour, satire, caricature and comedy ‘Panorama’ (‘Eldorado’) of different peoples. Here are the funny souvenirs, sculptures and photos, +38 (03433) 34 671 albums of humorous playing cards, calendars, certificates, bank notes, +38 (067) 26 07 403 caricature postcards, a humorous map of Ukraine, a funny clock, a plastic figure of the well-known ECO (artist, illustrator and satirist Edward Kozak), a short register of funny Ukrainian surnames and many other entertaining things. This place also has a huge collection of humorous editions and CDs. The centre of humour also works as a chamber cinema showing the worldwide known comedies. This unique museum attracts tourists in Kolomyia more than ever.

PHARMACY AT T.SHEVCHENKO SQUARE R R This is one of the oldest pharmacies of Kolomyia at 26 Taras Shevchenko Square crowned with a medical symbol. The premises have never changed  26 Shevchenko Square  +38 (03433) 25 891 their purpose since the Jewish pharmacist from Prague established a pharmacy here in the middle of the 19th century. Since then powders, mixtures and pills have been prepared here. The present owners of the pharmacy №101, the married couple of Tymkiv, restored the building and maintain its historical appearance.

What to see... JOURNEY THROUGH AN IMPERIAL CITY Start your journey through Kolomyia from Vichevyi Maidan (Square) and walk down to Shevchenko Street, known as starting point for the city tour for many tourists or city visitors. In front of you - the façades of Kolomyia buildings from several centuries in a row. To your left - the Kolomyia Regional Drama Theatre named after I.Ozarkevych. If you stay in Kolomyia for a day or two, then by all means visit the theatre! In 1848 on the stage of the theatre an amateur group gave the performance ‘Divka na viddanniu abo Na mylovanie nema sylovanie’ (‘A Girl at the Marriage Age or You can’t win love by force’), which was remade from ‘Natalka Poltavka’ of Ivan Kotliarevskyi by the local Greek Catholic priest Ivan Ozarkevych.

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6 Kostashchuk St 5 Dovbush St Ivan Franko St Sichovy Striltsi St Symon Petlyura St

Maidanskyi St

Kobrynskyi St 4

Teatralna St Lesya Ukrainka St 3

Kobrynskyi Dragomanov St St 2 7 Dovbush St

вулиця Чорновола Roksolana St 8 1 Vuchevyi Maidan

Valova St

10 Karpatska St Fedkovych St Konashevych-Sagaydachnyi St

Taras Shevchenko St

Chornovola St

Grushevskyi Vidrodjennya Square Grushevskyi avenue avenue Krynychna Valova St

Rynok St

9 Shevchenko Square Stus St St

Shukhevych St

Mazepy St St

Getmanska

38 A walk across the city JOURNEY THROUGH AN IMPERIAL CITY In a few steps from the theatre one of the best streets of Kolomyia - Teatralna Street, where you can find the most majestic architectural monuments of the city. Having stepped on its cobblestone you immediately catch the sight of a dome on the Yosaphat Kobrynskyi National Museum of Hutsul and Pokuttian Folk Art. Be sure to visit the museum. It collection includes almost 50 000 artefacts from the period of Trypillian culture to the present days. It is the only Ukrainian Museum included into the Encyclopaedia Britannica as one of the world masterpiece museums.

Chekhov St

вулиця Івана Франка 1 Vichevyi Maidan 6 (Square) Kostashchuk St 5 Dovbush St Ivan Franko St 2 Sichovy Striltsi St National Museum of Symon Petlyura St Hutsul and Pokuttian Maidanskyi St Folk Art named after Kobrynskyi St 4 Yosaphat Kobrynskyi

Teatralna St Lesya Ukrainka St 3 The City Palace of 3 Culture ‘Narodnyi dim’

Kobrynskyi Dragomanov St St 4 Cathedral of 2 7 Transfiguration of Dovbush St Christ of the Ukrainian вулиця Чорновола Roksolana St 8 1 Vuchevyi Maidan Greek Catholic Church 5 The Kolomyia Valova St Grammar School named after Mykhailo 10 Hrushevskyi Karpatska St Fedkovych St Konashevych-Sagaydachnyi St 6 The Kolomyia Taras Shevchenko St Medical College

7 Chornovola St History Museum

Grushevskyi Vidrodjennya Square Grushevskyi avenue avenue of Kolomyia Krynychna Valova St Rynok St 8 Pysanka Museum

9 Shevchenko Square Stus St St 9 City Hall Shukhevych St Mazepy St 10 The Church St of Annunciation

Getmanska

39 What to see... JOURNEY THROUGH AN IMPERIAL CITY Continue to 27 Teatralna Street, where the Palace of Culture ‘Narodnyi dim’ (‘Community Hall’) is located. A perfect architectural building with decor, columns, porticos, cornices and balconies. Visit an antique shop ‘Skrynia’ (‘The Chest’) and see the commemorative plaque to Kyrylo Tryliovskyi in the south part of the street. Kyrylo Tryliovskyi, a famous Galician, Ambassador to the Galician Sejm, journalist, publisher, founder of the Society ‘Sich’ and Sich movement in Galicia, once lived in this building. Please continue a tour. All of a sudden a new building - the Cathedral of Transfiguration of Christ of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church in all its glory appears before your very eyes. This is the highest building in Kolomyia. Visit the Cathedral, pray and admire beautiful paintings and go to the Museum of Sacred Art located in the basement of the Cathedral. From Teatralna Street pass to Ivan Franko Street, one of the longest street in Kolomyia. Keeping left you will approach the Kolomyia Grammar School named after Mykhailo Hrushevskyi, which has been erected as a school of nuns of the Order of Saint Ursula, in a common language – sisters-Ursulines. On a way back on the right side of a street - the Roman Catholic Church of Loyola St.Ignatius. The church keeps a famous in the Catholic world copy of the icon of the Kolomyia Mother of God (the original icon is located in Poland). Continue towards the Kolomyia Medical College. Behind is the Pedagogical college. The yard of this building is decorated with sculptures, a delicate monument to Saint Mary with a Child, photo illustrations of the past of Kolomyia, green islands of lawns and neat mini-playgrounds. If you have time, you may sit on the bench and enjoy the handmade beauty...

40 A walk across the city JOURNEY THROUGH AN IMPERIAL CITY We recommend to stroll from Lesia Ukrainka Boulevard and observe its old housing buildings, amongst which - an impressive villa of Samuel Marmarosh (now the City Library) and a house of the imperial royal photographer Alexander Kibler. Immediately in front of you on the corner of Lesia Ukrainka Boulevard and Roman Shukhevych Street - the building of Kolomyia History Museum that impresses with its lightness, practicality and artistic perfection. Unique stained glass windows were made by artists of Krakow Higher Art School, and elements of decor (a bee and beehives) symbolise prosperity, endeavour, and success in business. In the basement of museum – the sophisticated exhibition of national liberation struggle. From Lesia Ukrainka Boulevard continue to Viacheslav Chornovil Street – one of the main street in the city centre. In front of you – two buildings from the early 20th century, built in the typical Western European architectural style ‘Fachwerk’. One of the buildings once housed the photo studio ‘Maryla’. Heading towards the town hall, look at Ivan Franko monument. Just few steps and you will see a very interesting building - the Pysanka Museum (‘Museum of Painted Easter Egg’). It is housed in a specially designed building, the part of which was constructed in a shape of pysanka, being 13,5 metre high with a diameter of 10 metres. Pysankas and decorative eggs not only from Ukraine but also from other countries of the world, namely Poland, the Czech Republic, Romania, Russia, France, Canada, the USA, India, Sri Lanka, China and Algeria are presented in the museum collection. The museum is visited by tourists from all over the world, in front of it photos are taken by the residents and guests of the city. During Pysanka Festival in Kolomyia in April this place is sparkled with beauty of miniature artworks of Hutsul and Pokuttian pysanka masters. Be sure to visit the museum and to admire the collection of 12 thousands of pysankas. Perhaps you will try yourself as a master of miniature art and take your private masterclass in painting and decoration of eggs. Here you can also buy literature about egg painting and pysankas (Easter painted eggs). A pysanka from Kolomyia can become an exceptional gift-souvenir for your family and friends. From the Museum of Pysanka walk to the City Hall. The Kolomyia City Hall (1875-1877) is a place where friends and strangers meet, where walking city tours, festive parades, and demonstrations start, it attracts more and more people, it is an excellent background for a memorable photo. 41 What to see...

JOURNEY THROUGH AN IMPERIAL CITY Despite two World Wars, it is still preserved in Kolomyia. Moreover, it is a seat of the municipal authorities. And though there are older buildings in the city, but this one is the heart of Kolomyia. Continuing from the City Hall along Hrushevskyi Street it is worth walking 100 metres to the west towards the bus station in order to see the ancient cemetery and the Church of Annunciation, the oldest church in Ivano- Frankivsk region (16th century). Visit the Museum of Humour ‘Vesela Oselia’ (‘Merry Home’) at 79v Ivan Mazepa Street. It provides a unique exhibit experience about humour, satire, caricature and comedy of different peoples.

After an insight into the centuries past of Kolomyia, having breathed its air, tasted its dishes and delicious coffee, having made many memorable photos, you will certainly wish to return here once again with your family or friends, you still have a lot to see! If you have more time, you can extend your sightseeing tour around Kolomyia and visit the city park named after Taras Shevchenko on the Prut, make photos near the railway station from the imperial epoch, wander through the farmers’ market, explore the building of the oldest Kolomyia District Hospital - earlier it was the single one in the whole district. Kolomyia will surprise you again!

42 Around Kolomyia

AROUND KOLOMYIA

Kolomyia district, which is closely connected with the city itself, has 83 settlements. This is one of the largest districts of Ivano-Frankivsk region per its area (1026.1 thousand sq.km) and population (more than 100 thousand people). The present territory of Kolomyia district was finally formed in 1995. Ethnographically the district includes Hutsul and Pokuttian villages. Here also reside settlers who came from Poland from the ethnic Ukrainian territories. The district has rich natural resources (mountains, forests, rivers, streams and lakes, fertile soil, pastures, diverse flora and fauna, salt and mineral sources, coal and gas deposits). On the right bank of the Prut the first chain of the Carpathian mountains starts. Wooden church architecture, works of folk artists (embroidery, carving, weaving), monuments and symbolic tombs to the fighters for freedom of Ukraine, wedding, Christmas and Easter traditions, Hutsul music and dances impress the visitors. There are small ethnographic museums, corners and expositions. Green farmsteads, authentic cuisine and folklore festivals attracts visitors from all over the world. Here were born the famous leader of Carpathian opryshky (rebels) O.Dovbush, heroes of national liberation movements and folk musicians, the famous economist, the hero of Ukraine V.Tkachuk, the People’s Artists of Ukraine V.Petryk, V.Popadiuk and P.Terpeliuk, the artists Y.Pstrak, V.Petruk, Y.Lesiuk and M.Yasinskyi, well-known managers and scientists, artists and sportsmen. Kolomyia land gave Polish culture the talented writers F.Karpinski and S.Vincenz and the great film director J.Kawalerowicz.

43 the Dniester river Гринівці Березівка Слобідка Hrynivtsi річка Дністер Berezivka Slobidka Королівка Живачів Korolivka Озеряни Zhyvachiv Івано-Франківськ Ozeryany Ivano-Frankivsk AROUND THE NEIGHBORHOODН10 Гостів Прибилів Hostiv Prybyliv Жабокруки Гарасимів Камінне Zhabokruky Harasymiv Р20 Kaminne

Виноград Т0904 Цуцилів Vynograd Tsutsyliv Отинія Otyniya Торговиця Баб’янка Torgovytsia Нижня Велесниця Babyanka Олещин Nyznya Velesnytsia Угорники Oleshchyn Ugornyky Струпків Strupkiv Голосків річка ЧорняваОбертин Чортовець Goloskiv Жуків Obertyn Chortovets Гаврилівка Скопівка Zhukiv Gavrylivka Skopivka Черемхів Котиківка Молодилів Cheremhiv Жукотин Kotykivka Коршів Zhukotyn Molodyliv Korshiv ГОРОДЕНКА Парище HORODENKA

Paryshche Казаків Яківка Н10 Yakivka Kazakiv Піски Велика Кам’янка Сідлище Pisky Velyka Kamyanka Рогиня Глушків Rogynia Hlushkiv Лісна Велесниця Sidlyshche Джурків Росохач Lisna Velesnytsia Фатовець Dzurkiv Rosohach Р24 Fatovets

Верхній Майдан Лісна Слобідка Хвалибога Verhniy Maidan Hvalyboga Lisna Slobidka Чехова Chehova Раківчик Мала Кам’янка Турка Остапківці Надвірна Rakivchyk Mala Kamyanka Turka Ostapkivtsi Nadvirna Товмачик Гвіздець Tovmachyk Gvizdets Іванівці Підгайчики Красна Саджавка Ivanivtsi Шепарівці Топорівці Krasna Pidgaychyky Малий Гвіздець Toporivtsi Sadzhavka Sheparivtsi Пядики Malyi Gvizdets Кулачківці the Prut River Княждвір Pyadyky Р24 Підвисоке Knyazhdvir Kulachkivtsi Ценява Ганьківці Pidvysoke Tsenyava Gankivtsi Ланчин the Chornyava River Делятин Lanchyn Кийданці Задубрівці Delyatyn річка Прут Молодятин Kyidantsi Zadubrivtsi Molodyatyn КОЛОМИЯ Назірна Нижній Вербіж KOLOMYIA Королівка Nazirna Nyzniy Verbiz Korolivka Печеніжин Борщівська Турка Марківка Pechenizyn Воскресинці Borchivska Turka Markivka Voskresyntsi Корнич Матеївці Белелуя Верхній Вербіж Kornych Mateyivtsi Келихів Beleluya Verhniy Verbiz Замулинці Kelyhiv Грушів Залуччя Zamulyntsi Рунгури Grushiv Zaluchia Яремче Чорні Ослави Rungury Малий Ключів Заболотів Н10 Вовчківці Chorni Oslavy Malyi Klyuchiv Пилипи Zabolotiv Vovchkivtsi Тулова Yaremche Tulova Слобода Великий Ключів Pylypy Sloboda Velykyi Klyuchiv Мишин Будилів Myshyn Спас Budyliv Spas Троїця річка Прут Прутівка Кропивище Troyitsya Іллінці Prutivka

Р24 Ковалівка Kropyvyshche Цуцулин Illintsi Лючки Kovalivka Tsutsylyn Рудники Lyuchky Rudnyky Хутір Будилів Корости Hutir Budyliv Kociв Стопчатів Korosty Т0904 Баня-Березів Kosiv Stopchativ Княже Knyaze Banya Bereziv Тростянець Яблунів Trostyanets Yabluniv Химчин Джурів Hymchyn Dzuriv the Dniester river Гринівці Березівка Слобідка Hrynivtsi річка Дністер Berezivka Slobidka Королівка Живачів Korolivka Озеряни Zhyvachiv temples Івано-Франківськ Ozeryany Ivano-Frankivsk

B&B Н10 Прибилів natural Гостів attractions Hostiv Prybyliv Жабокруки Гарасимів Камінне Zhabokruky Harasymiv Р20 Kaminne traditions Виноград Т0904 Цуцилів Vynograd museums Tsutsyliv Отинія Otyniya Торговиця Баб’янка Torgovytsia Нижня Велесниця Babyanka Олещин Nyznya Velesnytsia Угорники Oleshchyn Ugornyky Струпків Strupkiv Голосків річка ЧорняваОбертин Чортовець Goloskiv Жуків Obertyn Chortovets Гаврилівка Скопівка Zhukiv Gavrylivka Skopivka Черемхів Котиківка Молодилів Cheremhiv Жукотин Kotykivka Коршів Zhukotyn Molodyliv Korshiv ГОРОДЕНКА Парище HORODENKA

AROUND THE NEIGHBORHOOD

While travelling to Kolomyia it is worth visiting the surrounding villages. Having crossed the Verbizkyi bridge you will find yourself on a right-bank Kolomyia land, or otherwise called Kolomyia Hutsul land. The greatest folklore and ethnographic wealth of the district is concentrated here. In particular, it is worth visiting the Kniazhdvir Yew Reserve – the largest one in Europe, and at the same time to overnight and dine at the farmstead ‘Kniazhyi Hrad’ (‘The Princely City’) in the village of Kniazhdvir. Then the road leads to the motherland of Oleksa Dovbush, the village of Pechenizhyn, where the settlement of the Trypillian culture (5-7 thousand years BC) was found and where in the 10th-11th centuries AD the representatives of a nomadic tribe of Pechenegs appeared. Here one can visit the museum of regional studies, see the 17th century church of St.Demetrius, rest and dine at Starzhybski family guesthouse. The further trip opens before your eyes the first chain of the Carpathian mountains covered with coniferous and beech forests. There, in the land of flowers and trees, mineral sources and birds’ songs one can breathe the healthy air, listen to the whisper of forests and the murmur of mountains streams, gather herbs and in the evening find a shelter at Marchuk family guesthouse in the village of Sloboda or at Lukachyshyn family guesthouse in the village of Rungury. The nearby tract Bili Krynytsi (the White Wells) in the village of Markivtsi can also be visited, where at your service you will find a guesthouse of Havryshchuk family with traditional cuisine and cosy rooms. And in the boundary village of Molodiatyn a flowering valley of the spring snowflakes delights the eye in the spring time. Following another route you can leave Kolomyia and go to the villages of Myshyn and Velykyi Kliuchiv. Myshyn is famous for its Hutsul musicians, and Velykyi Kliuchiv - for wedding traditions, specifically, the tradition of twining a unique bride’s wreath and also for nourishing milk, tasty apples and strawberries.

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AROUND THE NEIGHBORHOOD

On the border between the villages of Verkhnii Verbizh and Nyzhnii Verbizh the hotel and restaurant ‘Verbizh’ welcomes the guests. In the village of Nyzhnii Verbizh there is a unique church from 1808 included in the list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites that, according to the legends, was built with opryshky’s (the Carpathian rebels) money. In 1 kilometre distance from it you will find yourself in the big village of Spas where the archaeologists excavated a Trypillian settlement of 7-5 thousand years BC! Here the first festival of authentic Carpathian cuisine ‘Smachnyi Spas’ (‘Tasty Spas’) took place and a 200-year old church is located. You are invited to stay at Goianiuk family guesthouse.

When talking about left-bank Kolomyia land, travellers may get interested in the churches of the 18th – the beginning of the 19th centuries, and the Roman Catholic church of the 17th century in the settlement of Otyniia and the Roman Catholic church of the 18th century in the Bernardine monastery in the urban-type settlement of Hvizdets, a healing spring ‘Dzviniokha’ in the village of Uhornyky. Almost in every direction near the road there are motels, cafés and restaurants, and also vivid hotels and restaurants like ‘Krai neba’ (‘the Edge of the Sky’) in the village of Cherekhiv, ‘Petrovskyi’ in the village of Rakivchyk, ‘Shepit lisu’ (‘the Whisper of the Forest’), ‘U vuika Vasylia’ (‘At Uncle Vasyl’) in the village of Sheparivtsi, ‘Monarch’ in the village of Kornych, and ‘Verbizh’ in the village of Verkhnii Verbizh. 48 WHERE TO… ‘Kolomyiu hudmo, a v Kolomyii budmo!’ (‘Let us blame Kolomyia, but stay in Kolomyia!’) Proverb

Eat in the City 50 Stay in the City 53 Eat and Stay outside the city 56 Buy Souvenirs of Kolomyia 58 Buy Medicine 24/7 58 Use the Internet 58 Be Entertained 59 Where to…

EAT IN THE CITY

RESTAURANT ‘KARPATY’ (‘THE CARPATHIANS’)  17 Teatralna Street The restaurant is situated in the building of 1896. This is the oldest restaurant in Kolomyia that changed the name several times in its history (a coffee-house ‘Tsentralna’ (‘the Central’), a restaurant ‘Roma’, and a coffee- house ‘American Bar’). The menu offers a variety of meals from traditional and world cuisine and the bar is available.

RESTAURANT ‘HALPRUT’  43 Chornovil Street The restaurant specialities are a salad ‘HalPrut’, a dough roll ‘HalPrut’ and *Banosh is a Carpathian dish ‘tsybulnyky’ (onion pancakes). Hutsul cuisine is represented here by banosh* made of cornflour and sour with brynza (sheep’s milk cheese) or pork rind, Hutsul pot roast, uzvar* and cream. a tea from mountain herbs. You may choose meals from Ukrainian or global *Uzvar is a sweet non-alcoholic cuisine. You will be impressed by the restaurant interior – the wide-format drink made of dried fruit on the paintings of the artist from Kolomyia Nataliia Zakharchuk with allegories of eve of Christmas as a holiday seasons, with still life paintings of Christmas and Easter tables. In a warm meal in Ukraine. season it is possible to quench one’s thirst under the restaurant tent.

PIZZERIA ‘SYNIOR POMIDOR’ (‘SIGNOR TOMATO’)  25 Sichovykh Striltsiv Street It offers various pizzas and pastas, a mosaic of hot and cold beverages.

CAFÉ ‘FRESH’  8a Hrushevskoho Street Modern light interior creates necessary spirits for daily business lunches of world cuisine (German, Italian, Ukrainian, etc.). In the menu there are salads of sea products, sandwiches, barbecue dishes, a cheese plate, the specialties – ‘ukha’ (a fish soup), a wide selection of fresh juices, cocktails, alcoholic drinks including draught wine. In a warm season a summer café ‘Patio’ works in the yard.

CAFÉ ‘ELINA’  27 Teatralna Street The peculiarity of this place is that it is located in the open air, though you can choose a table in one of the gazebos. Wooden tables, benches, and birds’ singing create a unique atmosphere. Here you can order dishes from traditional and non-traditional cuisine, and a number of house specialities on a ‘frying pan’. Different beverages supplements the main dishes and on hot days a beer, juice or a mineral water taste delicious. 50 Eat in the city

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CAFÉ ‘KAZKA’ (‘FAIRY TALE’) Popular dishes here are ‘varenyky’ (stuffed dumplings) with cheese or  24 Chornovil Street potato, ‘deruny’ (potato pancakes) with meat and mushrooms, pancakes *Borshch is a traditional and ‘borshch’*, and especially for gourmets – the true ‘holubtsi’ (cabbage Ukrainian beetroot soup. rolls). Visitors also come here for sweet dishes, as the café has its own confectioners. The cakes ‘Sviatkovyi’ (‘Festive’) and ‘Sviatkovyi with Prunes’, choux pastry with cheese and cream will leave a sweet memory of Kolomyia. At the second floor there is an Internet club. In a warm season one can try tasty coffee with a cake on the summer terrace.

CAFÉ ‘SHOKOLADNYTSIA’ (‘CHOCOLATE GIRL’) In several cosy rooms one can comfortably seat and order a pizza, a pasta,  7 Vidrodzhennia Square ‘varenyky’ (stuffed dumplings), or a steak. Menu offers a wide selection of cocktails and ice-creams. In a warm season an outdoor pavilion is for your convenience. CAFÉ ‘SHTOLNIA’ (‘ADIT’) You will have to go downstairs to the underground city, where brick arches  on the corner of 35 Teatralna Street combined with metal and wood will remind you of the Kolomyia past. Order and I.Franko Street one of pizzas cooked on the open fire, and first of all the one titled ‘Shtolnia’. The quails in honey sauce from grill can be found on the menu alongside with other grill dishes. The pork ears for a beer plate, ‘brynza’ (sheep’s milk cheese) for ‘banosh’, and sour cream for ‘varenyky’ (stuffed dumplings). And of course one cannot but try draught Italian wine! Set meals are also served here. CAFÉ-BAR ‘MALVA’ Several types of dumplings (‘varenyky’) including the ones stuffed with  14 Chornovil Street liver, several types of pancakes, several types of cocktails and many salads, including the famous ‘Olivier salad’. Besides, it is rather cheap here... COFFEE-HOUSE ‘KAVA-CHAI’ (‘COFFEE-TEA’) It offers more than 70 sorts of arabica and robusta coffee and more than  3 Y.Holovatskyi Street 200 sorts of tea, including herbal Carpathian ones. Here the cakes and sweets taste perfectly delicious. 51 Where to…

EAT IN THE CITY

BAR ‘JAM’  24 Chornovil Street This is a popular place for young people serving favourite snacks and beverages of teenagers. They are worth trying by the elderly too. In a warm season guests prefer tables on the summer terrace.

PUB ‘UNDERGROUND’ Young owners of this place try to recreate the spirit of London pubs  6-a Vichevyi Maidan Square in Kolomyia. That is why the interior displays a big map of London underground, pennants of famous British football clubs, adds with the Irish beer brand ‘Guinness’ and even Mr. Bean’s smile. In the menu there are famous beverages, like Scottish whisky and English gin, and also Spanish wine and Belgian waffles. You can choose from a selection of the grill dishes, hot snacks beer platter and other options. One can play table football or wall darts, and join the pub discount programme.

FAST FOOD ‘KHVALENA KHATA’ (‘THE PRAISED HOUSE’)  on the corner of 4 Teatralna The main emphasis here is made on local traditional cuisine. For the first Street and 5 I.Vahylevych course you may try ‘pryimlenyi borshch’ (with sour cream) or sorrel soup, Street for the main course choose from wide selection of side dishes, meat, fish, chicken, and also pancakes. In addition to coffee and tea, there are always ‘uzvar’ or ‘kissel’. The folk style interior is well supplemented with folk songs and music.

CONFECTIONERY SHOP ‘IMPREZA’  40 Teatralna Street It was opened at the beginning of 2009 and immediately gained great popularity among residents and guests of Kolomyia. It fascinates by its specific interior and relaxing music in European traditions. It offersa variety of sweets: éclairs, tartlets, rolls, strudels, waffles, and the biggest selection of cakes in the city. The most popular are ‘Viennese Cake’ and ‘Black Forest Cake’, cheese cakes and pancakes, the ‘Bilberry Soup’, mountains of ice-cream and a sea of cocktails and fresh juices. Different sorts of coffee and tea are offered with the cakes. In a cold season you will be warmed up by the grog and punch, mulled wine and balsam. A glass of Italian, French, Chilean or Argentinian wine can taste the same as a glass 52 of whisky, rum or cognac. Stay in the city

STAY IN THE CITY

HOTEL ‘ARKAN’ It is located on the outskirts of Kolomyia on the main road from Ivano-  176 Karpatska Street Frankivsk and Yaremche directions. The hotel has 8 comfortable and cosy  +38 (099) 992 42 99 rooms with all conveniences and satellite TV. If you travel by car, you can leave it at the hotel guarded parking place.

HOTEL ‘VELES’ It has 5 comfortable rooms (two standard ones, two junior suites and one  15/1 B.Antonenko- romantic suit for loving couples). On the ground floor there is a café-bistro Davydovych Street ‘Zolotyi kolos’ (‘the Golden Spica’). Wi-Fi is available.  +38 (03433) 24525; +38 (097) 535 37 86

HOTEL ‘KOLOMYIA’ It is located near the Pysanka Museum and the National Museum of  26 Chornovil Street Hutsul and Pokuttian Folk Art. The hotel offers 7 rooms (suite, junior suite,  +38 (03433) 25733 and standard). Children under 12 years old have a 50% discount. Wi-Fi +38 (067) 344 27 29 is available. At extra cost there are food, laundering, parking, excursions, +38 (093) 604 73 33 and transport services. You will be offered by five options for a breakfast at the café ‘Kolomyia’ (located downstairs from the first floor of the hotel).

HOTEL ‘DIMON’ It can accommodate 45 guests. Hotel also offers for your convenience a  36 Valova Street café/restaurant, a conference hall, Internet access, billiard room, dancing  +38 (097) 115 94 48 hall, barbecue place, a laundry, and a parking space. The hotel organises +38 (098) 361 53 48 horse-riding, excursions, gathering berries and mushrooms in the Carpathian forests.

HOTEL ‘PYSANKA’ There are 24 rooms in the hotel. Immediate proximity of a parking place,  41 Chornovil Street cultural objects, retail shops and recreation facilities, a high level and the  +38 (03433) 20356 quality of service proved the hotel to be a prestigious place for travellers. +38 (03433) 21457 The tastiest dishes of Ukrainian cuisine are served in the hotel banquet hall. Clients of the hotel will be offered by information, excursion and other services that will make their trips enjoyable and pleasant.

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GUESTHOUSE ‘VOYAGE’  2 Korotka Street It offers 5 rooms for 12 guests. On each floor there are a bathroom and a  +38 (03433) 22621 hall, a sauna and a lounge with a fridge and a gas stove. In the yard there +38 (095) 836 33 64 is a place for barbecue and a parking place. Two fountains decorate the mansion. Food and passenger needs are easily satisfied. GUESTHOUSE ‘DOBRYI RANOK’ (‘GOOD MORNING’)  4 Rankova Street The guesthouse located in an elegant two-storeyed building in one of the  +38 (03433) 54797 neatest streets of Kolomyia, near the bus station and the river Prut. Breakfast +38 (066) 162 98 70 is included, and as an option - full board. This place is especially popular with cyclists and positions itself as cycle friendly accommodation. Excursions around the city, the outskirts and the mountains can be organized by request. A gazebo with a barbecue and free Wi-Fi are at your disposal. All staff speaks English. GUESTHOUSE ‘MAGNOLIA’  54-a Teatralna Street The guesthouse offers 11 rooms (two suites, one junior suite, and eight standard  +38 (03433) 47039 rooms). Visitors can order a tasty home cuisine here and try sauna. There is a +38 (067) 343 72 08 summer terrace. The guesthouse offers individual Kayaking and Canoeing classes, and organises rafting tours on the mountain rivers. Visitors are also invited to experience various hiking tours and horse-riding in the Carpathians, and for the most desperate tourists the mountain extreme tours are available. GUESTHOUSE ‘U DMYTRA’ (‘AT DMYTRO’)  149-a Dovbush Street There are 16 rooms for one, two and three persons. The guesthouse is  +38 (067) 583 06 94 designated for tourists who only seek a place for overnight stay. FAMILY BOARDING HOUSE ‘NA KUTI’ (‘ON THE CORNER B&B’)  47-a Hetmanska Street It creates the feeling of family chamber cosiness. There are 6 rooms, where 15  +38 (03433) 27437 persons can accommodate. The staff speaks not only Ukrainian, but also English, +38 (067) 980 33 26 German, Italian, Polish and Russian. Wi-Fi, or as the residents of Kolomyia joke ‘Vuiko Fedir’ (‘Uncle Fedir’) is at your disposal. Owners also organize interesting trips to Hutsul villages and mountains. The boarding house for the first time in the history of Eastern Europe was included in the list of the best hotels of the world in 2014 in the category ‘Price- Quality’ according to the famous publishing house ‘Lonely Planet’ (Australia), which specialises on travel guides for modern tourists. 54 Stay in the city

STAY IN THE CITY

GUESTHOUSE ‘DOSTATOK’ (‘PROSPERITY’) The guesthouse offers 13 rooms (suite, junior suite, standard, and  19 Valova Street economy class). There is a kitchen where one can cook dishes of their own  +38 (03433) 47128 products. Wi-Fi is available. +38 (097) 791 16 17 +38 (067) 279 80 10 HOSTEL ‘HETMAN’ The hostel offers standard rooms for two, three, four and five persons and the  3/2 Vahylevycha Street separate kitchen facilities. There are a lot of food shops, bars and cafés around  +38 (03433) 38222 the hostel. Free Wi-Fi is available. The reception works 24/7. There is a parking +38 (093) 657 01 66 place nearby.

PRIVATE BOARDING HOUSE ‘OASIS’ The house offers 5 double standard rooms. You can eat independently or can  1b H.Koltsuniaka Street order meals from the owners. On the territory there is a ‘kolyba’ (wooden hut)  +38 (03433) 47724 with a fire place, where festive dinners are traditionally organised. Off-road +38 (099) 151 90 98 parking place and video surveillance security system. Free Wi-Fi is available. The owners of the estate organize eco-tours to the Carpathians, providing transportation to the tour starting point by minibus. Visitors also can rent bicycles here for trips to the mountains. 55 Were to... HOTELS AND RESTAURANTS KOLYBA-HOTEL ‘U VUIKA VASYLIA’ (‘AT UNCLE VASYL’)

 Sheparivtsi village It is an open secret that each traveller or tourist is interested in three of Kolomyia district things: not to be hungry, where to stay, and how to see as much as  +38 (03433) 25507 possible. Thus going to Kolomyia remember that already at the entrance www.koluba.com to the city you can stop to try tasty dishes. If you approach the city from, for example, Ivano-Frankivsk or Yaremche, then stop near the restaurant- kolyba ‘U vuika Vasylia’ (‘At Uncle Vasyl’) at 4a T.Shevchenko Street in the suburban village of Sheparivtsi. Here you will not just admire the yard and the interior, but also enjoy the healthy forest air, and, what is the most important – will taste the traditional local food like ‘kachamak’ or ‘banosh’ with brynza (Hutzul corn porridge with sheep’s milk cheese) or mushrooms, aspic, ‘ćwikła’, baked potato with ‘salo*’, ‘deruny’ (potato pancakes), peasant soup, ‘pidpalka’ (thick mushroom sauce), ‘varenyky’ (stuffed dumplings) with cheese, potato, cherries, bilberries and so much more. Enjoy the local drink - a tasty ‘uzvar’, or as they put it here – ‘var’. *Salo is a traditional Eastern Still and all you will be offered various appetizing beverages – from world European food consisting of brands of cognac and wine to severe moonshine from Myshyn. cured slabs of fatback (rarely pork belly), with or without skin.

HOTEL HOTEL AND RESTAURANT ‘MONARCH’ ‘PETROVSKYI’  Kornych village  Rakivchyk village of Kolomyia district of Kolomyia district  +38 (03433) 52299  +38 (097) 766 72 27 +38 (067) 342 05 06 +38 (067) 763 2221 HOTEL AND RESTAURANT ‘KRAI HOTEL AND RESTAURANT NEBA’ (‘THE EDGE OF THE SKY’) ‘VERBIZH’  Cheremkhiv village  Verkhnii Verbizh village of Kolomyia district of Kolomyia district  +38 (03425) 70000  +38 (03433) 90379 56 +38 (097) 671 29 96 Eat and stay outside the city

B&B KOLYBA-HOTEL ‘U VUIKA VASYLIA’ (‘AT UNCLE VASYL’) GUESTHOUSE ‘KNIAZHYI GUESTHOUSE OF THE HRAD’ (‘PRINCE’S CITY’) LUKACHYSHYN FAMILY  50 M.Cheremshyna Street,  25 Prykarpatska Street, Kniazhdvir village Rungury village of Kolomyia district of Kolomyia district  +38 (03433) 63248  +38 (098) 945 89 21 +38 (067) 710 47 72 GUESTHOUSE ‘STARA GUESTHOUSE ‘STRILETS’ KHATA’ (‘OLD HOUSE’) (‘THE RIFLEMAN’)  127 Sichovykh Striltsiv Street,  68 T.Shevchnko Street, Myshyn village Zamulyntsi village of Kolomyia district of Kolomyia district  +38 (03433) 60500  +38 (067) 342 38 49 +38 (097) 798 11 26

GUESTHOUSE OF THE GUESTHOUSE OF THE HORODCHUK FAMILY GOIANIUK FAMILY

 124 Sichovykh Striltsiv Street,  18 Pihulivska Street, Spas village Sopiv village of Kolomyia district of Kolomyia district  +38 (097) 267 45 32  +38 (097) 209 68 31 GUESTHOUSE OF THE STARZHYNSKI FAMILY  12 R.Shukhevych Street, Pechenizhyn urban-type settlement of Kolomyia district  +38 (03433) 64574

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BUY SOUVENIRS OF KOLOMYIA ANTIQUE SHOP ‘SKRYNIA’ (‘THE CHEST’)  23 Teatralna Street ART SALON SHOP ‘ART-SOUVENIR’  23 Teatralna Street  8/3, J.Kobrynskyi Street

SOUVENIR SHOPS AT THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF HUTSUL AND POKUTTIAN FOLK ART NAMED AFTER Y.KOBRYNSKYI  25 Teatralna Street AT THE PYSANKA MUSEUM  43b Chornovil Street

BUY MEDICINE 24/7 PHARMACY ‘ZDOROVIA’ (‘HEALTH’)  1 Vidrodzhennia Square PHARMACY ‘FARMAMED’ PHARMACY ‘MED-SERVICE’  44 Teatralna Street  2 I.Vilde Street

USE THE INTERNET CAFÉ ‘KAZKA’ INTERNET CENTRE (‘FAIRY-TALE’) OF THE CENTRAL  24Chornovil Street DISTRICT LIBRARY  22 Teatralna Street COMPUTER CLUB INTERNET CLUB  35/2 Teatralna Street  21 Teatralna Street 58 Were to... Be entertained

THEATRES AND MUSEUMS KOLOMYIA ACADEMIC NATIONAL MUSEUM OF REGIONAL DRAMA HUTSUL AND POKUTTIAN THEATRE NAMED AFTER FOLK ART NAMED AFTER IVAN OZARKEVYCH YOSAPHAT KOBRYNSKYI  7b Vichevyi Maidan Street  25 Teatralna Street  +38 (03433) 47844  +38 (03433) 27978 @ [email protected] www.hutsul.museum www.teatr.kolomyya.org

CINEMA ‘STRICHKA‘. MOVIES AND COFFEE

 6b Vichevyi Maidan Street  +38 (097) 125 19 45 +38 (099) 253 95 00 +38 (093) 832 88 66 @ [email protected] www.kino-strichka.com

HISTORY MUSEUM OF PYSANKA MUSEUM KOLOMYIA  43b Chornovil Street  +38 (03433) 27891  80 R.Shukhevych Street  +38 (03433) 38238 www.museum.ko.if.ua MUSEUM OF HUMOUR MUSEUM ‘FRANKO’S ‘VESELA OSELIA’ KOLOMYIA’ (‘MERRY HOME’)  14 Ivan Franko Street (Kolomyia Medical College  79v Ivan Mazepa Street named after Ivan Franko) Office 8 (shopping centre  +38 (03433) 34671 ‘Panorama’ (‘Eldorado’) +38 (067) 260 74 03  +38 (03433) 34671 +38 (067) 260 74 03 PRIVATE ETHNOGRAPHIC MUSEUM ‘PROSVITA’  2 Blavatskogo Street  +38 (03433) 25468 59 Were to... Be entertained MAIN FESTIVALS AND EVENTS JANUARY Christmas Fun, Nativity Plays and Carols (January 8-9) and Malanka Feast (January 14) near the City Christmas tree FEBRUARY Festival of Christmas Carols ‘God with us’

APRIL National Festival ‘Pysanka’ (April - May)

JUNE Feast of Ukrainian song (first Sunday in June)

AUGUST City Day of Kolomyia, Festival ‘Medovyi Spas (‘Saviour of the Apple Feast Day’) (August 19)

SEPTEMBER Festival of Spiritual Songs ‘I have hoped in you, Mother’’ (September 21); Sich Festival in Kolomyia; National Theatre Festival ‘Kolomyia Performances’ OCTOBER National tournament in freestyle wrestling dedicated to the memory of Oleksa Dovbush (September-October)

NOVEMBER Youth Festival ‘Colorful Student Autumn’; Music Festival in Honour of Anatoliy Kos-Anatolskyi (November-December)

DECEMBER Feast of the Festive Christmas Tree Lighting (December19)

60 PRACTICAL MATTERS AND USEFUL INFORMATION Practical matters and useful information

HOW TO GET HERE? BY TRAIN  Railway station: Kolomyia is located at a distance of 55 km on the railway road from the 13 Krypiakevych Street regional centre of Ivano-Frankivsk. The city can be reached by train that  +38 (03433) 22668 moves to Kolomyia from Kyiv, Ternopil, Ivano-Frankivsk, Lviv, Rakhiv and +38 (03433) 77223 Chernivtsi. www.uz.gov.ua BY CAR/BUS  Bus station: Kolomyia is a city of regional significance located in South-Western Ukraine 15 Antonenko-Davydovych Street and has established motorway connection with other cities of Ukraine and  +38 (03433) 20251 Europe. www.rozklad.if.ua On the suburban routes 142 trips are performed daily. There are 36 intercity routes. By bus one can reach Lviv, Mukacheve, Truskavets, Chernivtsi, Ivano-Frankivsk, Vinnytsia, Ternopil, Warsaw, Prague, Przemyśl, Lublin, Tomaszów, Suceava and others. The total length of intercity bus routes equals 1969 km. It is better to reach Kolomyia by car through Ivano-Frankivsk or Chernivtsi along the road H-10.

NATIONAL HOLIDAYS January 1 – New Year’s Eve January 7 – Christmas March 8 – International Women’s Day April-May – Easter May 1-2 – International Workers’ Day May 9 – Victory Day June-July (Sunday – the 50th day of Easter and the following Monday) – Trinity June 28 – Constitution Day October 14 – Day of the Defender of Ukraine August 24 – Independence Day

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TAXI

‘Hetman-Taxi’  15-65 +38 (098) 433 63 73 +38 (050) 579 39 00 ‘Ekonom-Taxi’  +38 (03433) 49999 ‘Kozachok’ (‘Small Cossack’)  15-67 +38 (03433) 27571 +38 (050) 579 38 48 ‘Lider’ (‘Leader’) 15-68 +38 (03433) 22222 +38 (067) 344 1644 ‘Miniven’ (‘Minivan’)  +38 (03433) 54451 +38 (099) 737 47 43 +38 (067) 344 16 44 ‘Pysanka’ +38 (03433) 51555 +38 (098) 133 33 71 +38 (093) 133 33 71 ‘Prestyzh’ (‘Prestige’) 15-62 +38 (03433) 62062 +38 (067) 342 07 26; +38 (050) 373 06 06 ‘Universal’ +38 (03433) 55999; +38 (067) 491 98 40 +38 (097) 995 5511 ‘Forsazh’ (‘the Reheat’)  +380 (3433) 55554 +38 (096) 779 4499 +38 (050) 433 2282

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INFORMATION CARD BUS STATION INFORMATION DESK  +38 (03433) 20251 RAILWAY STATION INFORMATION DESK  +38 (03433) 22668 +38 (03433) 72223 KOLOMYIA CITY COUNCIL INFORMATION OFFICE  105

EMERGENCY NUMBERS Fire protection 101 Police 102 State Ambulance 103 Emergency gas network service 104 Single emergency number 112 Information service 109

Calls to emergency services are free of charge

USEFUL INFORMATION KOLOMYIA CITY COUNCIL  1 Prospekt Mykhaila Hrushevskoho, Kolomyia, 78203  +38 (03433) 50760 @ [email protected] ww2.gov.if.ua/kolomiyskiy KOLOMYIA IN INTERNET: Internet publication ‘Kolomyia WEB Portal’: www.kolomyya.org. Social network of Kolomyia: www.kolomyia.com.ua. Web site of the weekly ‘VISTI of Kolomyia’: www.visty.in.ua. Web site of the broadcasting company ‘NTK’: www.ntktv.ua. 64 This publication was prepared within the project ’Eastern European Pearls: development and promotion of transboundary city tourism products‘ implemented by the Tourist Association of Ivano-Frankivsk region. The main project implementing partners are the Executive Committee of Ivano-Frankivsk the Development of Lviv City Council (Ukraine), Lublin Regional Tourist Organization, and Fundacja Akademia Obywatelska (Poland). The overall project goal is to increase the visitation to the six selected cities - Lviv, Ivano- Frankivsk, Kolomiya (Ukraine), Lublin, Zamosс and Przeworsk (Poland) – as the key city cultural tourist centres of Western Ukraine and Eastern Poland.

The project ‘Eastern European Pearls: development and promotion of transboundary city tourism products’ is implemented within the framework of the Cross-Border Cooperation Programme Poland-Belarus-Ukraine 2007-2013 (www.

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This guide contains author texts of Mykola Savchuk and Vasyl Nagirnyi

Photos: Yevgen Gapych, Yarema Protsiv, Mykola Dzhychka, Andriy Anikin, Antonina Lomachuk

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