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Vicinities of Truskavets: From a dinner till a supper

Igor Omelchenko
July, 2003

Boring truskavetskaja a resort life (the bjuvet-breakfast-bjuvet etc.) can become brighter, only if to travel on neighbouring territories. To look is that – Drogobych, Stryj, Urych, Shidnytsja. … we also have decided to go To two last settlements on Sunday, having in the order two hours from after-dinner reception "Naftusi" to a campaign in bjuvet for an hour till a supper.

14 kilometres from Truskavets to Shidnytsi absolutely carefree - through Borislav and simple pass. In Shidnytse roads we are direct near have seen rynochek which has shaken us by cheapness of the prices vs. Truskavets on qualitative souvenirs from a tree. There and then there is a source of water of type "Borzhomi" with rather big turn wishing to drink the Caucasian panacea with smack karpatskoj oil. The local resident who typed this vodichku for poliva, has shown small show. It has brought a match to streaming water, … and it has lighted up.

Further the road should go directly on Urych and podgorodtsy to the rests of the Old Russian fortress Tustan more known in the people as «Rocks Dovbusha». But upon termination of Shidnytsi the asphalted road has left to the right, and ahead – the "killed" soil road plentifully covered (where rolled and where is not present) a stone and potholes. The instinct of self-preservation of the car has prompted to turn on the right. Through metres 500 we have realised, why asphalt is laid not to following settlement, and is simple to a wood glade. Here there are so-called «Andropovsky sources». More precisely - the present sources "Naftusi" (it goes to Truskavets on the pipeline) where very often there came already late secretary general, suffering illnesses of kidneys and a liver. Since then remained closed pavilonchik for a water set to which the path which has been accurately laid out by a tile and porosshaja for nevostrebovannostju by a grass conducts. The people crowded near a dilapidated iron construction in which with a speed samogonnogo the device it is possible to type present "Naftusi". The glade near a source more than is overpopulated. People «balzakovskogo age» practically from all CIS countries live directly here in tents and joyfully share with visiting gapers drink secrets "Naftusi" and histories about wonderful healings. One of such old women also has told to us, that the road in Urych and is that "killed" first coat.

Let's tell at once – if at you not an off-road car, and legkovushka with a low road clearance this travel you will not name the pleasant. Potholes, stones, 1 or 2 transfer to a stretch, constantly working fan of cooling of the engine and the main thing - if through pair kilometres you want to turn back it will not be possible to you – road narrow (a wood glade) along the edges of which mountain streams flow. And so almost all of 12 km and hour of time. Having driven Urych, have approached to podgorodtsam where there are «Rocks Dovbusha». About a miracle, we have seen a strip of black asphalt and already on a firm covering have decided to look at possible damages of the car from plentiful jolting. But …. It has appeared, that to the rests of Old Russian fortress Tustan it is necessary to drive still kilometre and again on a first coat.

On a glade near «Rocks Dovbusha» we have fairly worked in search of a parking. It is a lot of cars, and the local residents who have arrived on picnic, it is even more. The rests of an Old Russian fortress are natural rocks, on which else in 8 century wooden fortress Tustan, as the western fort-post of the Kiev Russia has been constructed. Here rocks also remained, and the fortress rests at bolshej can be seen imaginations in stone breaks and traces of hands human. The imagination is necessary and at comparison of the form of a rock with the person of legendary national hero Dovbusha. The detailed historical and physiognomical information to receive it was not possible – Sunday, the museum is closed.

After full immersing in 8 centuries (quality of roads), we have decided to go to Truskavets through Krushelnitsu and Stryj. Superfluous 30 kilometres, but on a firm covering. Bumpy asphalt seemed German avtobanom. Having left on line CHop – Kiev, have decided to refuel at gas station NPZ "Galichchina". Here kind people have advised against to litter a tank and to go on multinational corporation refuelling, WOG, and is better OKKO. It was told by employees of the gas station - corporate ethics limp, but humanly I am grateful to them.

The trip result – 92 km, 4 hours of time, passed is fished in hotel, and after liver treatment "Naftusej" I have drunk vodka.

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