Where to go: Gurby

You should take with you:

• - a collection of insurgent songs;
• - friends who can sing them;
• - patriotic mood;
• - warm clothes (can be khaki);
• - ten hryvnias.

They took their oath, took pseudonyms instead of names, fought bravely for what they believed in, and went to their deaths to avoid capture. They had their own system, trophy weapons, strict discipline and well-thought-out military tactics. They created entire insurgent republics. They had their own agency, intelligence and counterintelligence. And fought a guerrilla war for 12 years. Their armed units were called the Ukrainian Insurgent Army. It originated in the local forests. Local veterans can tell about the battles that took place here, and also show the places where the rebels were sheltered.

So if you are interested to know how Ukrainian insurgents lived, how they arranged their lives, what they celebrated, what songs they sang, how they got married, what they prayed for, what they died for; to hear the story of the biggest battle between the UPA and the NKVD troops that took place near Gurba, to visit a hideout that was recreated on the model of authentic, then insurgent route just for you.