Wooden Churches of Zakarpattia

Less than a century ago the whole Ukraine was a unique country of wooden architecture with many hundreds of wooden churches situated from the Carpathians to the plains of eastern provinces. Though horribly ruined during the Soviet period, Ukrainian wooden church architecture is a part of European cultural space. It is the easternmost territory with Christian wooden structures while about 30 wooden churches of the province of Champagne in France mark the westernmost area.

Transcarpathia, or Zakarpattia, is the westernmost oblast (province) of Ukraine, separated from the rest of the country by the Carpathian mountains, comprising a great part of the province, mostly in its northern and eastern parts. Besides numerous natural beauties, Transcarpathia is famous for its wooden churches - the masterpieces of Ukrainian folk architecture. This web-site is intended to give a brief account of the wooden churches - their present state, history, architectural styles.

Transcarpathian Province (Zakarpatska oblast) consists of 13 rayons (districts). To see the locations and view the wooden churches of any rayon (district), just click on its name on the click-map below.