In her article, the author presents information regarding the tradition of salt evaporation in the Boiko region; in the introduction, she informs that the beginning of the process of salt mining in the history of Ukraine was a phenomenon known as chumatstvo. Chumatstvo was a trade and transport association of people, which has been shaped in the areas of Southern Ukraine for the purpose of organizing supplies of salt from Northern Crimea to Ukraine, Poland and to other neighbouring countries. Subsequently, the author discusses various saline sources in Ukraine, together with their genesis, history and location; she presents a place called Stara Sól (Old Salt) with respect to its significance in the history of salt production.
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