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Mukacheve / Мукачево Traditional Cache

Hidden : 1/14/2017
Difficulty:
2.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1 out of 5

Size: Size:   other (other)

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Geocache Description:

An old fashioned mailbox in the city centre just next to the Mukacheve town hall.



About the city

Mukacheve (Ukrainian: Мукачеве (official) or Мукачево, Rusyn: Мукачово, Czech: Mukačevo, Hungarian: Munkács, German: Munkatsch, Yiddish: מונקאטש‎‎, Romanian Muncaci) is a city located in the valley of the Latorica river in Zakarpattia Oblast (province), in Western Ukraine. Serving as the administrative center of Mukacheve Raion (district), the city itself does not belong to the raion and is designated as a city of oblast significance, with the status equal to that of a separate raion. The population is 86,339 (2016 est.).

The city is now a rail terminus and highway junction, and has beer, wine, tobacco, food, textile, timber and furniture industries. During the Cold War it was home to Mukacheve air base combined with a radar station.

Officially, the population of Mukacheve is 77.1% ethnic Ukrainian. However, while the city is a traditional stronghold of the Rusyn language, the government of Ukraine does not recognize the existence of a Rusyn ethnicity distinct from Ukrainian, and many residents of Mukacheve categorized as "Ukrainian" in official figures are likely Rusyns. There are also significant minorities of: Russians (9.0%); Hungarians (8.5%); Germans(1.9%), and; Roma (1.4%).

Source: Wikipedia

About the cache

Cache is camouflaged magnetic foil placed under an old fashioned mailbox just next to the Mukacheve town hall.
Please, act discreetly when searching the cache. Put the logbook back exactly to the same position where you have found it and be sure the cache is properly attached to the mailbox.
Bring your own pen!

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Byq snfuvbarq znvyobk, haqre, ybbx sbe n 2Q zntargvp sbvy ybtobbx. Cyrnfr, chg gur ybtobbx onpx rknpgyl gb gur fnzr cbfvgvba jurer lbh unir sbhaq vg naq or fher gur pnpur vf cebcreyl nggnpurq gb gur znvyobk.

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)