Vashkivtsi

A small town on the river. Cheremosh is 30 km west of Chernivtsi. Known since the 30s of the 15th century. as Vaskovtsy (probably the name comes from the name of Vasco), in 1651 it was first mentioned as Vaskovtsy. Belonged to the Moldavian landowners Kazimirs. The Assumption Church (1826) and the Nicholas Church (1854) have been preserved. The development is associated with the construction of the Chernivtsi-Vyzhnitsa railway. At the end. XIX century. under the landowner K. Casimir, a school, a hospital, and a brick factory were built. On the outskirts, the manor house of the merchant Krishtofovich (early XX century) has been preserved. On Annina Gora to the south of the city is the St. Anne Monastery. Now the town is famous thanks to the ethnographic festival "Malanka in Vashkovt ...