Tatariv

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Tatariv (Ukrainian: с. Татарів*) is located amidst the Hutsul country by the Prut River. It is famous for the Kremintsi “sanatorium”, a health spa, and a center that was set up initially for therapy programs for patients with tuberculosis. Mountainous massive overhangs and circumscribes the village — among the major peaks there is the Mahura Mountain (ґ. Магура), 1,288 m / 4,226 ft high.

Tatariv is located in the middle of the Hutsul County (Hutsulshchyna). Most of Hutsuls consider themselves Ukrainians although there are some that account themselves as Rusyns. It is about the same as some Moldavians don't consider Moldavia part of Romania although Romania without Moldavia is simply Wallachia. Thankfully the Soviet propaganda did not touch Hutsul's culture as much as the rest of the country and they managed to preserve their self-identity in this remote region. Their language is greatly influenced by the German and Hungarian cultures as the whole surrounding region belonged to Austria.

Surrounded by the Carpathian National Nature Park (Карпатський національний природний парк), the Ukraine's largest nature reserve at 750 m (2,460 ft) above the sea level, Tatariv is situated right at the crossroads between numerous spas and health centers as well as nearby ski-resorts like in Vorokhta (Ворохта) and Bukovel (Буковель). The geographical center of Europe, Rakhiv (Рахів) is just 44 km (27 mi), while the administrative center of the oblast, Ivano-Frankivsk (Івано-Франківськ), is 86 km (53 mi) from Tatariv.

Tatariv is part of the Yaremche municipality (Яремчанська міська рада).

Hardly known outside the region by non-skiers, the village deserves better than being just a skier-rest place for Eastern European snow-lovers.

Population: 1,508 (as of 2006)

Postcode: 78596, Ivano-Frankivs’ka oblast’

◊ Basically all of the websites available about Tatariv and its resources, culture and landscapes are mainly in Ukrainian. But to know more about this village, please see —

• Spirit of the Carpathians (pictures of Tatariv and Yaremche by the Czech photographer Robert Vystrčil, whose work is largely devoted to the Carpathians): karpaty.prygl.net/jaremca.php?lg=en

• Carpathian National Nature Park: cbr.nature.org.ua/conf2008/main_e.htm

• More about the Hutsul people and culture*: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hutsul

• Rusyn people*: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rusyns

• Litterature and samples of the Rusyn language and its dialects («Руська Премія» Fundation): www.premija-ru.eu/rs/index.htm

• Unusually, a film may be introduced here, as it gives a beautiful and balanced view of the Hutsuls: “Tini zabutykh predkiv” or “Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors” (translation of the Ukr.: «Тіні забутих предків»), directed by Serhiy Paradzhanov (actually: Սարգիս Փարաջանյան, Sargis P'aradzhanyan) in 1964, an exceptional film for which a DVD is still on retail shelves: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shadows_of_Forgotten_Ancestors

• Nascent Rusyn Wikipedia („Инкубатор“ Вікіпедіи по русинськы): incubator.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wp/rue/Main_Page

• Prut River: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prut

• Mount Hoverla (2.061 m / 6,761 ft), the highest mountain in Ukraine, about 25 km / 16 mi from Tatariv: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoverla

• Carpathian mountains (in general): en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carpathians

• And the Ukrainian Carpathians (Українські Карпати) in particular — no English pages seem to be available online: www.karpaty.com.ua/

• Rakhiv (the geographical center of Europe, 42 km / 26 mi from Tatariv): en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rakhiv

• “The best resting-places are in Ukraine”: www.ezdimsami.com.ua/uk/ivanofrankivska/tatarov.html

• Precise topographic map of the region (with Tatariv intersecting the grid at 20/60) — in Russian: download.maps.vlasenko.net/smtm200/m-35-31.jpg

• Tatariv Village Council (Татарівська сільська рада): gska2.rada.gov.ua/pls/z7502/A007?rdat1=13.06.2008&rf769...