Verkhovinians

The Verkhovinians (Verkhovinetses) are a Russian mountain people in the Carpathian Mountains . As an East Slav ethnic group, they are mostly considered part of the Ukrainian people today.

The Verkhovina , an area in the northeast of the Hungarian county of Máramaros on the border with Galicia , is a highland of the Carpathian Forest Mountains with forests and mineral springs. The 20,000 inhabitants are Ruthenians of the Greek Catholic denomination and live from the produce of their flocks.

literature

• Teveljow, Matwej: Verkhovina, land of mountains. 1st edition, Publishing House for Foreign Language Literature Moscow, undated (around 1950?). Illustrations and book decorations by A. Taran, 614 pages, blue leather, standard book format, language: German, order no .: 38351

Individual evidence

1. ^ Pierer's Universal-Lexikon, Volume 19. Altenburg 1865, p. 892