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Galicia is a historical and geographical region in western Ukraine, eastern Poland, and Slovakia. In Ukraine, it is commonly associated with the Lviv, Ivano-Frankivsk, and Ternopil regions. In these regions, it's almost impossible to find dying or abandoned villages, and the economic level of settlements here is significantly higher than in other parts of Ukraine. The architecture, language, traditions, and landscapes are somewhat different as well. Why is it that in regions like Chernihiv and Khmelnytskyi, villages are disappearing by the dozens, while in Galicia, they thrive and develop? Is there divine intervention, empires, or nature itself involved in this process? The Hushchy project sought answers to all these questions during a hiking expedition through Galicia. We discovered the cradle of insurgents, a nationalist's house, a house where Roman Shukhevych may have lived, a mare named Raquel and her drunken owner, and graves dug up for gold. Well, let's go! It will be interesting.

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00:00 Setting Off on a Journey through Galicia
01:55 Rotten Lime Tree. The Valley of Spiders and Nettles
06:23 Illegal Deforestation
07:35 The Role of the Church in Galicia
10:18 Galician Cemeteries
15:54 Dusaniv, the First Abandoned Houses
20:23 UPA and Its Significance
21:50 Galician Architecture
23:48 Abandoned Church
27:48 Ksyondziv Forest, Where Roman Shukhevych Lived
29:58 An Incredible Find - a Solitary Treasure House in the Forest
39:10 Rubche - A Dead Village in Lviv Region
47:30 Was a Village - Now a Large Cemetery
49:02 Frankivshchyna, Dying Village of Porebivka
54:43 Galician Cottage and Its Traditions
01:00:48 The Path to Podusilna Village
01:03:06 Vasil Ivakhiv, Hutsul Culture, and Faith in God
01:08:35 Drunken Firman and Mare Raquel
01:11:10 Treasure in the Dug-up Grave
01:13:50 German Colonists in Galicia
01:15:08 Morwan - Taking Flight