I first saw this small Subcarpathian village when I was at the
Goshiv monastery. At the foot of the Yasna Mountain, on the eastern side, houses and a church could be seen.
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| Tyapche, Dolyna district, Ivano-Frankivsk region |
The first written mention of Tyapche, in the Dolyna district of the Ivano-Frankivsk region, dates from 1515, and even then there was a church in the village. Tyapche lies right beside the
Lviv — Ivano-Frankivsk highway. There is a rail connection with the two regional centres. A very advantageous location for the "Vezha" cafe and the "Mlyn" restaurant.
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| The "Vezha" cafe on the Lviv — Ivano-Frankivsk highway |
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| The "Mlyn" restaurant on the Lviv — Ivano-Frankivsk highway |
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| The "Mlyn" restaurant on the Lviv — Ivano-Frankivsk highway |
The roadside chapel was built in 1992 on the site of one destroyed in the Khrushchev era.
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| The chapel on the Lviv — Ivano-Frankivsk highway |
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| The chapel on the Lviv — Ivano-Frankivsk highway |
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| The cross by the chapel |
The bend of the street repeats the turn of the Svicha, a full-flowing mountain river, in the lower reaches of which Tyapche stretches out.
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| Tyapche, Dolyna district |
The road is asphalted and the houses are solid.
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| Tyapche, Dolyna district |
The village numbers 1,500 people and 470 houses. For building, local gravel, sand and clay are used.
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| Tyapche, Dolyna district |
The residents keep house, work in
Dolyna, which is 7 km away. In the east of the village oil deposits have been found, and pump jacks — equipment for the extraction of black gold — are no rarity here.
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| Tyapche. A shop |
At the Greek Catholic Church of St. Nicholas a service was under way that day.
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| The Church of St. Nicholas of the UGCC |
People were coming up to the church, cars were driving up.
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| The Church of St. Nicholas of the UGCC |
The Orthodox church, also consecrated in honour of St. Nicholas, was closed.
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| The Church of St. Nicholas of the UOC-KP |
The residents could not tell me when it is open and in whose honour it is consecrated. A church, and that is all.
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| The Church of St. Nicholas of the UOC-KP |
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| The Church of St. Nicholas of the UOC-KP. The bell tower |
In the churchyard, in 1990, the grave of the Fighters for the Freedom of Ukraine was restored.
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| The symbolic grave of the Fighters for the Freedom of Ukraine |
I went down to a small stream. Here in the hollow there is a spring, over which a canopy has been built and a cross set up. True, in autumn the spring had shrunk a little and was not very clean. Probably in spring it clears, and people take water here for blessing.
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| Tyapche. The spring |
A native of the village, Mykola Korpan, after studying at the Buchach gymnasium, joined the ranks of the defenders of the Ukrainian state and fell in the battle near Kruty in 1918. The monument to the heroic fellow-villager was unveiled in 2010.
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| Monument to Mykola Korpan |
On this same square a memorial stone has been set up with a plaque on which are given the surnames of the fallen soldier fellow-villagers and of those exiled to the Siberian Gulags.
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| Monument to Mykola Korpan and the fallen fellow-villagers |
The village council shares its premises with the House of Culture, in which a choral, a drama and a vocal circle, and a library with a stock of two thousand, are at work.
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| The village council and the House of Culture |
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| The village council and the House of Culture |
On the way back I went along a parallel street and saw the outpatient clinic, drowning in flowers. The little fence of used tyres did not match the natural autumn beauty at all. A border of fragrant perennials looks far better.
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| The village outpatient clinic |
By the school and on the sports ground, on Sunday, it is quiet and deserted.
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| The village school and the sports ground |
The primary school in the village was founded in 1842 and was housed in the deacon's house, built in 1773. Children were taught to write, read and count, and on completion of the 2-year course were issued a certificate of education. In the case of poor marks, the reason was indicated: the negligence of the parents, weakness, poverty. Now a memorial cross has been set up on this spot.
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| The village school and the sports ground |
I needed to get back to the bus stop, and I asked a boy how best to go. He answered me very politely and pointed out the road with his hand, while he himself set off, taking a shortcut, across the meadow. I too like to cut corners, and I went, as it seemed to me, in his footsteps. But ahead flowed a stream — perhaps this was a tributary of the Svicha, the Sadzhavka. I did not know how to cross it, and the boy had vanished from sight, simply dissolved, as in the film "The Diamond Arm". I had to go back to the starting position and set off in the direction I had been shown.
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| A village street |
Probably, in every village of Prykarpattia I saw football fields. In Tyapche, for the tournaments and training of the local team "Svicha", one of the best in the district, there is quite a large stadium. Around the perimeter, used tyres have been dug in for fencing. Of course, it is a cheap and durable material, but the look of these fences around sports and children's playgrounds, which has spread everywhere, is not very aesthetic.
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| The stadium |
People were returning from church; everyone greeted me with the words: "Glory to Jesus Christ", "Glory for ever!" And these villagers smiled at me and waved.
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| Tyapche in the Dolyna area |
It seems I have seen everything in Tyapche, and I can share my impressions with you.
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