Żmijowiska, Podkarpackie Voivodeship

Coordinates: 50°1′N 23°11′E / 50.017°N 23.183°E / 50.017; 23.183
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Żmijowiska
Village
Former Greek Catholic church
Former Greek Catholic church
Żmijowiska is located in Poland
Żmijowiska
Żmijowiska
Coordinates: 50°1′N 23°11′E / 50.017°N 23.183°E / 50.017; 23.183
Country Poland
VoivodeshipSubcarpathian
CountyLubaczów
GminaWielkie Oczy

Żmijowiska [ʐmʲijɔˈvʲiska] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wielkie Oczy, within Lubaczów County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland, close to the border with Ukraine.[1] It lies approximately 2 kilometres (1 mi) south-east of Wielkie Oczy, 18 km (11 mi) south of Lubaczów, and 85 km (53 mi) east of the regional capital Rzeszów.

History[edit]

In 1890, the village belonged to the Jaworów County of the Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. The village had 117 houses and 606 inhabitants, of which 487 were Greek Catholics, 103 Roman Catholics and 16 Jews. The local Greek Catholic parish belonged to the Jaworów Deanery of the Przemyśl Eparchy.[2]

In 1939, the village had 860 residents, including 630 Ukrainian Greek Catholics, 180 Ukrainian Roman Catholics, 20 Poles and 30 Jews.[3] The village was part of the gmina of Wielkie Oczy in the Jaworów County of the Lwów Voivodeship.

At the end of September 1939, the village was occupied by the Red Army. On November 27, 1939, by a resolution of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Ukrainian SSR, the village, along with the county, was included in the newly formed Lviv Oblast[4], and on January 17, 1940, it became part of the Krakovets Raion (District). In June 1941, with the beginning of the Operation Barbarossa, the village was occupied by the Germans. In July 1944, Soviet troops took over the village, and in October 1944, the village was transferred from the Lviv Oblast to Poland. Ukrainians were resettled to the USSR but resisted within the ranks of the Ukrainian underground. The remainder of the Ukrainians were deported to former eastern territories of Germany in 1947 as part of the Operation Vistula.[5]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) – TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
  2. ^ Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego (in Polish). Warszawa: Druk «Wieku». 1895. p. 794.
  3. ^ Кубійович, В. (1983). Етнічні групи південнозахідної України (Галичини) на 1.1.1939 [Ethnic groups of southwestern Ukraine (Halychyna) on January 1, 1939] (PDF) (in Ukrainian). Wiesbaden. p. 32. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 Feb 2021.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  4. ^ "Указ Президиума Верховного Совета УССР 27.11.1939 «Об образовании Львовськой, Дрогобычской, Волынской, Станиславской, Тарнопольской и Ровенской областей в составе УРСР»" (in Russian). Archived from the original on 26 Nov 2016.
  5. ^ "Акція «ВІСЛА»: Список виселених у ході операції сіл і містечок, повіт Любачів". Operation Vistula: List of villages and towns evicted during the operation, Lyubachiv County (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on 30 Jul 2017.