Seeking the Central Point in One Region

Oleh Kravtsov, regional studies expert from Yarmolyntsi district, Khmelnytsky oblast, has announced his search for the district’s central point. He said he had found at the first stage of search that the highest point of this territorial unit of local government is between the villages of Antoniny and Perehinske and the lowest near the village of Maidan-Morozivsky. The local patriot further explained, “If you go down the road, the highest and lowest points will be about fifty kilometers apart.” So the indefatigable search is drawing to a close. The enthusiasm of the antiquarian and, incidentally, amateur artist is wholeheartedly supported by Vasyl Voloshchuk, chairman of the Yarmolyntsi district state administration, who on September 18 told us, “As soon as we identify the central point, we will put up a commemorative stone on that place if, of course, there is no house or some other structure there.”

Mr. Voloshchuk thinks the information to be obtained “will perhaps be of practical importance someday,” perhaps when district residents will move around not only by automobiles and horse- drawn wagons. Inspired by this high support, Mr. Kravtsov said, “As soon as I find this point in the district, I will at once begin searching for a similar point of Khmelnytsky oblast as a whole.” And why not? For Europe’s centerpiece has long been found in Transcarpathia.