Марічейка
Maricheyka
The place
Марічейка ("Marichejka") in Ivano-Frankivsk oblast, Verkhovyna/Yasinia area (Hutsul region, Ukrainian Carpathians, Ukraine), at 1543 m elevation, on the Chornohora side, near Hoverla (2061 m, Ukraine's highest peak). Continuous Ukraine Carpathians Hutsul cluster (batches 220-354). **MIS-ATTRIBUTION CORRECTED (8th time)**: country_id Romania (CWI27o) → Ukraine (olfQuGdL) — 8 systemic corrections in the Hutsul region, Ivano-Frankivsk/Zakarpattia border area (batches 316+326+337+343+345+353+354). Marichejka ("little Marie", a diminutive) is an alpine refuge on a high-altitude summer pasture (polonyna) on the Chornohora, in an area of UNESCO-listed (2019) beech-fir forests and rare subalpine peat bogs unique in Europe, home to the Hutsuls (some 100,000 people, kolomyika dance, krysania headwear, distinctive Ruthenian culture since 1990).
The setting
Ivano-Frankivsk Verkhovyna/Yasinia Hutsul region Ukraine 1543 m Chornohora Hoverla 2061 m Ukraine's highest, continuous cluster batches 220-354, MIS-ATTRIBUTION 8th corrected RO->UA systemic 316+326+337+343+345+353+354, refuge Marichejka little Marie high summer pasture Chornohora, beech-fir forests UNESCO 2019 + subalpine peat bogs unique in Europe + Hutsuls 100,000 kolomyika krysania distinctive Ruthenian culture 1990.
