Vytvytsia
Vytvytsia
Витвиця | |
|---|---|
 The headquarters of Vytvytsia village council | |
 Coat of arms | |
  Vytvytsia Location of Vytvytsia in Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast  Vytvytsia Location of Vytvytsia in Ukraine | |
| Coordinates: 48°59′26″N 23°50′38″E / 48.99056°N 23.84389°E | |
| Country |  Ukraine |
| Oblast |  Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast |
| Raion | Kalush Raion |
| First mentioned | 1397 |
| Population | 1,255 |
Vytvytsia (Ukrainian: Витвиця; Polish: Witwica) is a village in Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, Ukraine, in Kalush Raion. It is the administrative centre of Vytvytsia rural hromada. Its population is 1,255 (as of 2023[update]).[1]
History[edit]
Vytvytsia was first mentioned in 1397, in a document by Władysław II Jagiełło.[2] In 1939 the village had 1,690 residents (1,640 Ukrainians, 20 Polish people, 20 Jews, and 10 Latynnyky), according to Volodymyr Kubijovyč.[3]
There are two churches in the town; the wooden Church of Saint Ivan the Theologian (Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church)[4] and the brick Church of Apostle Andrew the First-Called (Orthodox Church of Ukraine).[5]
Notable residents[edit]
- Pavlo Vytvytskyi, Ukrainian Greek Catholic priest and Organisation of Ukrainian Nationalists politician
- Stepan Volkovetskyi, Ukrainian diplomat and politician, People's Deputy of Ukraine
- Zenovii Krasivskyi, Ukrainian poet and Soviet dissident, co-founder of the Ukrainian Helsinki Group
- Mykhailo Seleshko, Organisation of Ukrainian Nationalists politician
- Petro Sichko, Ukrainian Insurgent Army soldier and Soviet dissident, member of the Ukrainian Helsinki Group
- Stepan Yanishevskyi, Ukrainian Insurgent Army commander
References[edit]
- ^ "Витвицька громада" [Vytvytsia hromada]. gromada.info (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 27 July 2023.
- ^ "70. Владислав, король польський, дарує своєму слузі Михайлові Волошину село Гошів" [70. Władysław, King of Poland, grants to his servant Mykhailo Voloshyn the village of Hoshiv]. Izbornyk (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on 17 November 2015. Retrieved 27 July 2023.
- ^ Kubijovyč, Volodymyr (1983). Етнічні групи південнозахідньої України (Галичини) на 1.1.1939 [Ethnic groups of the South-Western Ukraine (Halyčyna - Galicia) 1.1.1939] (in Ukrainian). Wiesbaden: Harrasowitz. p. 23. ISBN 3-447-02376-7.
- ^ "Витвиця" [Vytvytsia]. Wooden Churches of Western Ukraine (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 27 July 2023.
- ^ "Церква святого апостола Андрія первозванного" [Church of Apostle Andrew the First-Called]. Orthodox in Prykarpattia (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 27 July 2023.