Parashka
Парашка
Highest point
Elevation1,268.5 m (4,162 ft)
ListingCountry high point
Coordinates49°04′10″N 23°24′51″E / 49.06944°N 23.41417°E / 49.06944; 23.41417
Geography
Parashka is located in Ukraine
Parashka
Parashka
Ukraine
LocationLviv Oblast, Ukraine
Country Ukraine
Parent rangeSkole Beskids

Parasha (Ukrainian: Пара́ша, Параша) is a mountain in the Ukrainian Carpathians. It is the highest peak of the Parasha Range in the Skole Beskids (Eastern Beskids). Highest peak reaches 993 metres (3,260 ft) above sea level. It is located at a distance 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) north-west from the district center Skole and 118 kilometres (73 mi) from the regional center of Lviv.

Etymology

According to legend, the mountain is named after Parashka - the daughter (according to other versions - a woman) of Prince Svyatoslav Vladimirovich, son of Vladimir the Great, who was killed on this mountain by the troops of Sviatopolk I of Kyiv in 1015. This event was preceded by the battle between Sviatoslav and Sviatopolk near the town of Skole.

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