CARPATHO-RUSSIAN PHOTOS

Uzhgorod Photo Gallery

Uzhgorod (in Rusyn Uzhorod) is the regional capital of the Transcarpathia province of Ukraine. This city of 130,000 residents is over 1,000 years old. Please click here to go to the gallery:

Uzhgorod: Castle-Museum Photo Gallery

The Uzhgorod Castle-Museum houses both an indoor and outdoor museum on the grounds of the famous castle, originally built in the 10th century. Please click here to go to the gallery:

Mokra Photo Gallery

Mokra, in the Perechynskyi district of the Transcarpathia province of Ukraine, is the ancestral village of the Simkovich family. It is located northeast and upstream from Uzhgorod. Please click here to go to the gallery:

Turja Pasika Photo Gallery

Turja Pasika, in the Transcarpathia province of Ukraine, is five kilometers from Mokra, and is the home village of the Turis family into which Alek Simkovich married. Please click here to go to the gallery:

Various Transcarpathia Photo Gallery

Transcarpathia (Zakarpatia), population 1.2 million, is the most southwestern oblast (province or territory) of Ukraine. Please click here to go to the gallery:

Pennsylvania Photo Gallery

The coal mining town of Jacobs Creek, located south of Pittsburgh in southwestern Pennsylvania, was the USA hometown for Aleksander Simkovich and his family. Please click here to go to the gallery:

Simkovich Family Photo Gallery

Simkovich family photos from Europe. Please click here to go to the gallery: