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In Ukraine, along the Ukrainian-Romanian border there are mountains called Czarnohora (Black Mountain in rough translation). There are several facts which make these mountains interesting. First and foremost, Hoverla, Czarnohora's highest summit (2061m) is also the highest summit in all of Beskidy (a mountain range in Karpaty that spans from the Czech Republic, through Slovakia, Poland, Romania and ends in Ukraine). Another thing is that this is the old border of the Second Republic of Poland (1918-1939). On the third highest summit, Pop Ivan, the Polish University of Warsaw built a meteorological observatorium... but during and after the WWII it quickly became good for nothing, but still impressive looking ruins.

Description
In Ukraine, along the Ukrainian-Romanian border there are mountains called Czarnohora (Black Mountain in rough translation). There are several facts which make these mountains interesting. First and foremost, Hoverla, Czarnohora's highest summit (2061m) is also the highest summit in all of Beskidy (a mountain range in Karpaty that spans from the Czech Republic, through Slovakia, Poland, Romania and ends in Ukraine). Another thing is that this is the old border of the Second Republic of Poland (1918-1939). On the third highest summit, Pop Ivan, the Polish University of Warsaw built a meteorological observatorium... but during and after the WWII it quickly became good for nothing, but still impressive looking ruins.