The village of Velyka Dobron in Uzhgorod district of Transcarpathia is a Ukrainian paprika capital. A special variety of red peppers is cultivated here on hectares of land, and ground pepper amounts to hundreds of kilograms. Fragrant and colorful spices – ground pepper is not just the main income of the village, but already a real brand: Dobron paprika spices dishes not only in Transcarpathia.
– say prisoners’ relatives, who bring deliveries over barbed wire
Today many Transcarpathians live with that they grow on the land. Because hardworking residents of Vynogradiv, Beregovo or Irshava have at least some fortunes thanks to vegetables.
In ancient times, two-meter giants could have been walking around Transcarpathia, but there are no written evidences on them.
Noble drink manufacturers claim that they are being squeezed out of the market by vodka magnates
, – says the businessman from Vynohradiv district complaining of the constrains set by local authorities.
Already for six months the residents of the house number 28 on the Volodymyrska street in Uzhgorod have been fighting with the city government for their own surrounding area. On 6 of the 9 hectares the city hall without the consent of the residents permitted to build high-rises with underground garages, arbitrarily cut down trees and destroyed a children’s playground.
The new acting rector of Uzhgorod University Fedir Vashchuk above all put money
Residents of the village of Zahattya in Irshava district call the situation at the local school absurd.
I met her last year – low lean dark-complexioned woman from Marseilles, a dedicated traveller of retirement age, whose main passion is getting to know the world.