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On the right bank of the river Tysa at the foothills of the Carpathian Mountains there stretched a picturesque village Solotvyno. The name of this settlement speaks for itself (in Ukrainian “Solotvyno” comes from “????” — “salt”). Salt is mined there. According to the geological investigations, this deposit of the most important for the human life mineral is the biggest in Europe. That was the source for the ancient name of the village – Slatvina, in Romanian “brine”, that is salty water.
During the last quarter of the XVIIIth century the first underground mines appeared: in 1778 — “Christine”, in four years — “Adalbert”, later “Miklosh”, “Joseph”, “Louis”, “Franc”. In any case, in the time when Napoleon attacked Austria, a few mines already functioned in Solotvyno. At the end of the XIXth century there were about 500 miners in the village, many dwellers, especially Romanians, were engaged in timber rafting, farming, crafts and trade. Many inhabitants of Solotvyno carried by horses salt and brine in barrels to Hungary, and transported food products and vine back.
After the WW II nationalization was held. Salt mines were also nationalized. Collectivization came about with more complications. Many people could not reconcile to the loss of all the possessions, they put up a resistance, and that is why they were sent to the Soviet camps, even to Magadan.
In 1974 the mine museum was opened. There one can see everything that was connected with the salt mining during many centuries: instruments for underground works, lamps, miner’s clothes, old photographs, maps and many other documents of different times.
Solotvyno has one more peculiarity — salt lakes, where every year thousands of people from Ukraine and other countries come. The first lake appeared more than twenty years ago on the place of the mine Kunikuda, which was worked out in the previous century. In time the area of the lake enlarged in the places where ground creviced, and now it reaches 10 hectare. Water of these lakes is very salty (30,3% solution) and it is very useful for the treatment of diseases of the peripherical nervous system: radiculitis, pleuritis, arthritis, skin diseases.
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Solotvino je zajímavým místem díky moznosti koupání v solných jezerech, která vznikla zaplavením propadlist solných dolu, a moznosti prohlídky solného dolu nacházejícího se v hloubce 370m pod povrchem.