Parashka | |
Other Name: | Парашка |
Elevation M: | 1,268.5 |
Map: | Ukraine |
Label Position: | right |
Listing: | Country high point |
Location: | Lviv Oblast, Ukraine |
Range: | Skole Beskids |
Coordinates: | 49.0694°N 23.4142°W |
Country: | Ukraine |
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 993m (3,258feet) above sea level. It is located at a distance 8km (05miles) north-west from the district center Skole and 118km (73miles) from the regional center of Lviv.
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.