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🕒 Date of last update of the article: 16.02.2024 at 4:08 p.m | 🖋 Author: Viktor Shatrov
The sculpture of the last Transcarpathian opryshk (participant of the peasant insurgent movement) Mykola Shugai was installed by Mykhailo Kolodko on January 31, 2015 on the railing of one of the oldest coffee shops Uzhgorod “Under the castle”, address: 3 Ivan Olbrakhta Street (GPS: 48.620629, 22.303882).
The real name of this Transcarpathian Robin Hood is Mykola Petrovych Syugai (Sugai in Czech). His romantic biography became the basis for the creation in 1933 of the novel “Mykola Shugai, the Robber” by the famous Czech writer Ivan Olbracht.
In 1947, a popular Czech film was made based on the plot of this novel.
Mykola Shugai was wanted by the Hungarian, Romanian, and after the entry of Transcarpathia into Czechoslovakia, the Czech police. He was arrested several times, but the cunning Shugai always managed to escape. But it all ends with betrayal. Be it friends or a loved one. As a result, Mykola Shugai and his brother Yuriy were killed.
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| 🗺 Location | N48°37′15″ E22°18′14″ |
| 🗽 Opening date | 01/31/2015 |
| 🧑 Sculptor | Mykhailo Kolodko |
| 🧭 Distance from the center of Uzhgorod | Near |
| 🚙 Road for | Car, on foot |
| 🏕 Stop with a tent | No |
| 🏡 Housing nearby | Uzhgorod |
| ☕ Cafes and shops | Uzhgorod |
An interesting legend about this mini-sculpture is told by Nadiya Popadiuk in her book “Uzhgorod – the world capital of mini-sculptures”. According to legend, Shugai’s main hiding place, where he kept all the loot, was in Uzhgorod in secret passages under the castle.
In 1988, Yury Rusnak, a native of Tyachiv Oblast, founded the “Under the Castle” snack bar in Uzhgorod, in the very place where the legendary Mykola Shugai once hid his treasures. According to Mr. Yuriy, in the cafe premises, after dismantling the wall above the stove, he found a secret storage, but unfortunately, there were no treasures there. However, in a pile of dust he found a bronze mini-sculpture of a man with a rifle. As it turned out, it was a mini-replica of Mykola Shugai with an M95 military rifle, which was found next to his dead body on August 16, 1921. The owner of the cafe-museum “Under the Castle” installed this mini-sculpture on a small fence in front of the entrance to the cafe.
| 🔰 Start | From the mini-sculpture of Prince Laborets |
| 🚶 Walking distance | 260 m |
| 🕐 Approximate time | 3 minutes |
| ⬆ Rise | Mostly without ups and downs |
Author of the article: Viktor Shatrov
Number of articles: 1100+
Knowledge of languages:: Ukrainian, English
Favourite quote: “Travelling – the only thing that makes you richer“
He was born and lived all his life in Uzhhorod. He graduated with a gold medal from Uzhhorod School No. 1 named after Taras Shevchenko (now Uzhhorod Lyceum named after Taras Shevchenko). He studied at the History Department of UzhNU, graduating with honours in 2009. He worked as a senior researcher at the Transcarpathian Museum of Folk Architecture and Life, a lecturer at the East European Slavic University.
