Church of the Archangel Michael, Uzhok

[3][4] The churches of the upper reaches of the Uzh belong to the Boyko style and have numerous relatives in Lviv oblast-about fifty Boyko churches in the Skole and Turkiv districts and several more in Ivano-Frankivsk oblast and Poland, which is within easy reach from the Uzhok pass.

At the beginning of the twentieth century, such churches stood in almost every village along the upper reaches of the Uzh.

[5] According to legend, in ancient times Uzhok was a large settlement and had as many as seven mills, but after the plague spread throughout Europe, only one man remained in the village, who lived above the church.

Other inscriptions on the log house add touches to the history of the church: "1895 Hyrych Petro curator weighed" (the church was being raised and the lower logs of the log cabins were replaced) and "Havrylko Vasyl curator" - apparently, this curator organized such a responsible repair work, and it was performed by the master Tsyhanyn from Tykhy (possibly a descendant of the church builder).

In 2018, the church was recognized as a cultural heritage site of national significance, which was included in the State Register of Immovable Monuments of Ukraine (No.

Lesser Coat of Arms of Ukraine
Lesser Coat of Arms of Ukraine