L’intermission – You Grow, Girl!

At the beginning of summer, typically in June, the slopes of the Carpathian Mountains are covered with a breathtaking pink layer of these tender flowers. The most famous Ukrainian folk name for this blossom is chervona ruta. After popular Ukrainian songwriter, composer, and poet Volodymyr Ivasyuk penned “Chervona Ruta,” the song became one of the nation’s most notable symbols.

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