Vorokhta

The town is located near the administrative border with Zakarpattia Oblast in the Verkhovyna-Putyla Mountains close to the Yablunytsia Pass and source of the Prut River. Vorokhta is surrounded by the Carpathian National Nature Park and the ethnographic area of Hutsuls. The town is surrounded by such mount peaks as Mahora, Makivka, and others. ==History==

According to oral legends, Vorokhta was established in the 17th century. So claimed to be the Polish ethnographer Jan Falkowski. Supposedly near village Mykulychyn settled a run away from the army of Crown of Poland by name Vorokhta. Until 26 January 2024, Vorokhta was designated urban-type settlement. On this day, a new law entered into force which abolished this status, and Vorokhta became a rural settlement. ==Infrastructure==

The area became of great interest soon after installation of a railroad through the region in the 1880s. Since obtaining its independence after World War I, Poland has developed the eastern Carpathian region into a great vacation spot. Today, Vorokhta is the center of winter sports, with several ski-lifts. Beside its own ski resort Avanhard that carried the All-Union status in the Soviet Union, in close proximity and higher into mountains is located another sports resort Zarosliak. Number of hotels (cottage complexes) in area is relative low around 6-8 (small to medium size), however, there are several dozens of private houses that are available for rent. The town is served by rail (see Vorokhta railway station). In the town there is a forest mill, health recovering sanatoriums for those who are ill on active form of tuberculosis and bone tuberculosis. File:4ervonui mist0.jpg|Pedestrian bridge over railways File:Mist20.jpg|A railroad and a bridge (summer) File:Vorohta.JPG|A railroad and a bridge (winter) File:ЦЕРКВА РІЗДВА БОГОРОДИЦІ У ВОРОХТІ, XVIII століття.jpg|Church of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary File:Church of the Assumption in Vorokhta (9).jpg|Church of the Assumption File:Vorokhta 7 Prut.jpg|Prut River in Vorokhta File:Vorohta 2005 3.jpg|Vorokhta from Mahora mountain (winter, 2005) File:Vorokhta Railway Station 3.jpg|Vorokhta railway station File:Ворохтинський залізничний міст (історичний).jpg|Railway viaduct ==References==