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Cheese dairy and ice-cream workshop.

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Organizing hands-on meeting
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Economic development scholl
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What is cowboyka ?
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About project

Project team

Dmitro Yakimets

Project Manager

d_yakymets@zurc.org

Roman Koshovyy

PR Manager

romankoshovyy@gmail.com

Zoriana Stots'ko

Program Coordinator

zoriana3@gmail.com

Iryna Blida

Project Assistant in Nove Misto village

irablida@ukr.net

Oleg Sabadash

Technical engineer

olegsabadash@ukr.net

Illia Ivanovskyi

Educational Programs Coordinator

illia.ivanovskyi@gmail.com

Levko Dovgan

Meat and Dairy Program Coordinator

levko33@hotmail.com

Interesting facts about Boykos

Boykos Republic has the shortest history of statehood in Ukraine during the liberation movement of the first part of the 20th century. It existed a mere 5 days!
Fedor Bekesh was the only Boykos combat general who proclaimed the Boykos Republic on August 21, 1920 in the village of Oporets, Skole district.
Taras Shevchenko, who was an outstanding Ukrainian artist, poet, and writer, had Boykos roots on his mother’s side. His mother Kateryna Boyko was a daughter of Boykos family from Subcarpathia region.
Some researchers say that based on DNA and blood tests Boykos are more related to Celts (especially Irish people) than to their geographical neighbors (Hutsuls, Lemkos, and Podolians).
Some historians believe that Boykos originate from the Celtic tribe named Boii that lived during III-I B.C. in the territory of contemporary Austria, South Germany, North-Eastern Italy, the Chech Republic, Hungary (Pannonia), and others.
In 1951 during the territorial changes between USSR and Poland, there was a forced deportation of Boykos into steppe regions of Ukraine, which were unnatural areas for them and made it hard to live in. That's why apart from their historical area Boykos live in Kryve Ozero community, Mykolaiv region.
Such family names as Boyko, Hirnyk, Hirnyak, Boychuk, Boychenko and many others often indicate Boykos roots.
Ivan Franko, Taras Shevchenko, Andriy Melnyk, Stepan Bandera all have Boykos roots.
Late 20th century Galicia could pride itself on electric trains that were running from Lviv to the Carpathians through historical Boykos areas. Those trains were called "Kovboyky"
Bitlya is a unique Boykos dance (a variation of kolomyyka) danced on a barrel.
The architecture of the wooden Boykos churches is unique and rather resembles Chinese pagoda or Asian temples than traditional Ukrainian churches.
Latkannya (or Ladkannya) is a unique female singing tradition in Boykos culture.
The author of the anthem of Ukraine named "Ukraine has not perished yet" is Mykhailo Verbytskyy.
Such Boykos as Stepan Bandera and Andriy Melnyk are the symbols of Ukrainian 20th-century nationalism.

Partners

Project “COWBOYky: Ukrainian Wild West” is being implemented by Nove Misto village council in partnership with West Ukrainian Resource Center, community council ”Horizon” and law firm ”Moris Group”, with the financial support of European Union within the framework of Mayors for Economic Growth (M4EG) Initiative.

Project development plan

Want to become a pioneer and conquer the Ukrainian Wild West, reveal its secrets and mysteries at the bottom of the well and discover the tourist potential of Boykos’ Land? Want to find your own Ukrainian Klondike and stake a claim to a piece of land, which will become your ‘goldmine’ and a source of well-being?

Interested in the opportunity to take part in implementation of the new and innovative territory development model and become part of the tourist business cluster “COWBOYky: Ukrainian Wild West”?

Ready to make an in-kind contribution to creating a new, unique and promising tourist product "COWBOYky: Ukrainian Wild West"?

For the investor

Children’s entertainment

Horseback riding tours

Cheese dairy and ice-cream workshop.

Tourist routes

Bakery

Railway route (train and station)

Economic Development School

Hotel / SPA

News

Organizing hands-on meeting

Economic development scholl

What is cowboyka ?

About project

Project team

Interesting facts about Boykos

Partners

Project development plan

Contacts