Mykulychyn
The first records of Mykulychyn were found in the historical sources dated the 15th century. The data on the village have been existing since the ancient times, when the Prince Danylo Halytsky granted the neighbouring lands to the voivode Mykula. The village was named after him. Moreover, the settlement is rather old. The archeologists found in Mykulychyn the tackle, made of copper, and the stone ball from the Stone Age. In accordance with the data of 1912, Tatariv and Vorokhta, which used to be the adjacent villages then, belonged to Mykulychyn. Till 1939, Mykulychyn had a status of a town. Nowadays, the population of Mykulychyn is about five thousand people; its total area amounts to 15841 ha.
The famous Ukrainian writers Lesya Ukrainka and Ivan Franko would spend their vacations here. As far back as the beginning of the 20th century, quite a number of villas and holiday homes appeared in Mykulychyn; and in 1901, “Narodna Hostynnytsa”, the first Ukrainian hotel, was opened here.
The hand-made glassbeads are called in local dialect "herdany". On many portraits Lesya Ukrainka is painted with her uncle's present around her neck -the Hutsul herdany, bought for her from the local craftswomen. Today, there are still a lot of folk craftsmen in the village, such as woodcarvers, artists, weavers, etc.
Mykulychyn is the longest village in Ukraine, and it stretches out within 16 000 ha. The people also call the village "The Valley of Winds", since it is a place of meeting of warm and cold air masses. Therefore, this countryside is characterized by very specific climate.
Mykulychyn is located at a height of 600 - 800 m above sea level. There are several hills in its territory: Chertizh, located to the right of the Prut, Lyshniv (660 m), and Vorokhtyanky Horb (693 m), located to the north-east. More than ten years ago, the oil deposit was discovered in Mykulychyn.
