Mykulychyn

The first records of Mykyluchyn are found in historical documents of the 15th century. There exist materials about the village from an ancient time when Prince Danylo Halytsky presented the surrounding lands to the governor of province Mykula and that is why the village has such a name. The settlement is very old here. During archaeological dig copper instructions were found in Mykulychyn and stone shot from Stone Age. According to the data of 1912 Tatariv and Vorokhta (which were hamlets then) belonged to Mykulychyn. Mykulychyn was an important administrative and territorial center until 1939.

At the beginning of 20th century first villas and resorts appeared here. In 1901, the first Ukrainian hotel “Public Hotel” was opened here. Lesia Ukrainka and Ivan Franko were also known to take vacation here in their time. Lesia Ukrainka is painted with Hutsul necklace made of beads in many portraits. Lesia’s uncle once brought one of these paintings at a local craftsman and presented it to her. Nowadays there are still many craftsmen in the village – carvers, painters etc.

According to the latest data, Mykulychyn has a population of about 5000 in a total area of 15841 hectares. It is the longest village in Ukraine; it starches out for 16 thousand hectares. It is also called the valley of winds because warm and cold air masses meet in this place. Mykulychyn is located at the height of 600-800 meters above the sea level. There are several mountain tops on its territory – Mount Chertizh on the right side of the Prut River, Mount Lyshniv (660 m above the sea level) and the Vorokhtansky Mountain Range (above the sea level) to the northeast.

Mykulychyn on map