hunterV Says: The village church is over 200 years old.It is one of the oldest in Luhansk region. It realy looks very old and is in disrepair.I had no time to visit it and, besides, it was closed.More luck next time!
Village Bar: Traditional Local Lunch
hunterV Says: We had lunch at the terrace of the village bar located next to the village shop. You can sit comfortably there after you have done some shopping in the store.I would recommend you to buy some local bread that is very tasty like homemade one. We had Ukrainian varenyky with...
hunterV Says: You can get to Provalye from the central market of the town of Chervonopartizansk (Red Partisan Town), a satellite town of Sverdlovsk, located to the east of it and near the Russian border.Another alternative is to hire a cab by hour from Chervonopartizansk.You can also hire...
hunterV Says: There are a lot of wells in the streets of the village. This one turned out to be very deep - about 10 m deep. They say the water is clear and pure there.
hunterV Says: The state reserve stretches to the state border of Ukraine. There is a small lake whose opposite shore belongs to Russia.You can see a pole on the Ukrainian shore with a shield and an inscription in Ukrainian,Attention! The state border of Ukraine. No trespassing! The...
hunterV Says: On the way back we observed a huge cow herd at the pond located on the outskirts of the village opposite the office of the state reserve.It was funny to observe how the cows relaxed.
hunterV Says: This is the only office in the village - the Provalye branch of Luhansk state reserve.Vadim and Oleg were very helpful to us.We managed to see a lot during our one day visit!
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There are a lot of wells in the streets of the village. This one turned out to be very deep - about 10 m deep. They say the water is clear and pure there.
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My friend Jim from the state of Washington, US, who had read my Sverdlovsk page here wished to visit Provalye State Reserve, which we did during his stay in Luhansk. I had planned to take the...
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