Zahvizdia
Zahvizdia
Загвіздя | |
|---|---|
 Monument to Ukrainian independence fighters in Zahvizdia | |
 Coat of arms | |
  Zahvizdia Location of Zahvizdia in Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast  Zahvizdia Location of Zahvizdia in Ukraine | |
| Coordinates: 48°55′21″N 24°39′17″E / 48.92250°N 24.65472°E | |
| Country |  Ukraine |
| Oblast |  Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast |
| Raion | Ivano-Frankivsk Raion |
| First mentioned | 1394 |
Zahvizdia (Ukrainian: Загвіздя; Polish: Zagwoźdź) is a village in Ukraine, in the Ivano-Frankivsk Raion of Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast. It is the centre of the Zahvizdia rural hromada.[1]
History[edit]
Zahvizdia was first mentioned by Władysław II Jagiełło in a 1394 letter granting Danylo Zaderevetskyi control over several villages in Galicia.[2] According to a 1949 report by the Ministry of State Security of the Soviet Union, the Organisation of Ukrainian Nationalists was active in Zahvizdia.[3]
Demographics[edit]
According to the 2001 Ukrainian census, 99.3% of Zahvizdia speaks Ukrainian, while another 0.5% of the population speaks Russian. 0.1% of the village additionally speaks Armenian.[4]
Notable residents[edit]
- Stepan Lenkavskyi, Organisation of Ukrainian Nationalists leader
- Vasyl Striltsiv, Ukrainian Soviet dissident
- Ivan Tsyperdiuk, Ukrainian poet
References[edit]
- ^ "Загвіздянська територіальна громада" [Zahvizdia territorial hromada]. decentralization.gov.ua (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 15 July 2023.
- ^ "64. Владислав, польський король, дарує Данилові Задеревецькому села під Галичем i Зудечовом" [64. Władysław, Polish king, deeds villages between Halych and Zhydachiv]. Izbornyk (in Ukrainian). 29 June 1394. Archived from the original on 17 November 2015. Retrieved 15 July 2023.
- ^ "Реабілітовані історією" [Rehabilitating History] (PDF). reabit.org.ua (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 15 July 2023.
- ^ "Native language in the amalgamated territorial hromadas of Ukraine". socialdata.org.ua (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 15 July 2023.