Murals of Transcarpathia: following street wall paintings

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The art of muralism is just emerging in this region, – the "Rubrika" tells about the murals of Transcarpathia. However, its uniqueness can already be seen in the existing wallpapers. The murals have a lot of patriotic content and spirit, which is characteristic of these lands. And another great feature is the combination of street art with an educational and volunteer component. And sometimes, they are just funny.

Uzhgorod

Library

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Where: Voloshin lane, 20, facade of the Uzhgorod City Library

Creation time: 2015

Author: NGO "Ukrainian Student Union" and "European Uzhgorod"

Subject: on the facade of the house, they painted shelves with colorful books, which filled the gray walls of the library with a new life. The graphic design turned out so amazing that residents and guests of Uzhgorod gladly take selfies with the new monument of contemporary street art in the background.

Mural on the PADIYUN

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Where: Studentska st., 8, wall of the Transcarpathian Regional Palace of Children and Youth Creativity "PADIYUN"

Time of creation: 2016, during the international festival "Alarm Graffiti Festival"
 Author: team of artists from Ukraine, Poland, Slovakia and the UK
 Subject: according to artists, this mural represents a natural element. It became a continuation of the PADIYUN’s interior style. The sketch was designed by four artists from Western Ukraine.

Graphic murals

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Where: the central streets of Uzhgorod, in the Passage, on Poshtova Square, and most of all – on the wall of the shop on Teatralna Square in front of the Puppet Theater

Creation time: 2018, during the cultural forum "Slobodalkult"

Author: artist from Kharkiv Hamlet Zinkovsky

Subject: free. The author invites residents of Uzhgorod to come up with their own. 

"This is an appeal to passers-by, – the artist himself said. – In particular, with the picture on Teatralna Square, I would like to urge Uzhgorodians to think and read. Or just to come and see. Or do not pay attention at all. Everything depends on a person."

Minions

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Where: the courtyard on Leo Tolstoy street

Creation time: 2015

Author: Vitaliy Tesh from Uzhgorod (organization CansUp!)

Subject: mural with famous cartoon characters – Minions – adorned the abandoned wall of the fence (near the regional hospital). The minions hold a banner with the inscription "We love Uzhgorod". 

Bright Uzhgorod

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Where: the wall of the Linguistic Gymnasium №1

Creation time: 2015

Author: unknown

Subject: Instead of a usual gray wall, you can now see various architectural structures of the city in patriotic tones.

Patriotic mural on the wall of the Passage

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Where: Voloshin st., №37, on the wall of the Passage

Creation time: 2014

Author: three young Uzhgorod artists (Yulia Tkachenko, Ksyusha and Vitaliy)

Subject: the artists created the patriotic mural on the wall of the Passage in blue-yellow colors with a bear on a bicycle.

Tyachiv

A Ukrainian woman

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Where: the building of the former hotel "Tyachiv" in the city center

Creation time: 2017

Author Kyiv artist from the "Wall Street" team

Subject: a portrait of a young girl and a log-driver on a raft, and also elements reflecting the beauty and uniqueness of the region – Carpathian Mountains, river gulls and butterflies. Flowers on the wreath have the colors of the Ukrainian and Romanian flags, which symbolizes good neighborly relations between the countries. It should be noted that this mural was created on the occasion of the Day of the Danube, which is celebrated in Tyachiv on July 1.

"Through the Eyes of the Children"

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Where: the facade of the building of the Tyachiv school № 1. 

Creation time: 2018, within the framework of the program "U-LEAD with Europe"

Author: street artists from Ivano-Frankivsk

Subject: the mural on the wall of the school looks like a collection of children’s drawings, and it’s not accidental. In September 2017, as part of the opening of the Center for the provision of administrative services in Tyachiv community, a children’s drawing competition was held. The elements of the works by young artists, who became the winners of the contest, were used to make a sketch for the mural, which was painted by street artists from Ivano-Frankivsk.

Rakhiv

"Ukraine above all"

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Where: the wall of the Rakhiv district police station

Creation time: 2015

Author: Rakhiv schoolchildren

Subject: children drew a police officer, painted on the wall of the Rakhiv district police department the patriotic inscription "Ukraine above all" and symbols of the state. In this way, youths showed their vision of the law-enforcement service and expressed their patriotic sentiment.

Beregovo

Optimistic mural

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Where: in the courtyard of the house on Ferenc Rakoczi II Square

Creation time: 2016

Author: artist Anatoliy Sakalosh with IDP children from Donbass and Crimea

Subject: young artists painted the sun, sea, mountains, flowers, birds, ships – all that they had imagined, and Anatoliy Sakalosh composed these images into a single picture.

Little Prince

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Where: Koshut Sq., 9, the wall at the entrance to the Central Children’s Library of the city of Beregovo

Creation time: 2017

Author: volunteers at the BUR camp (activists from different parts of Ukraine)
 Subject: the picture depicts a scene from the world famous book "Little Prince". The picture shows the main character of the book, his rose and fox friend, sitting on the asteroid and looking at the stars.

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