Zahvizdia
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.
History
Zahvizdia was first mentioned by Władysław II Jagiełło in a 1394 letter granting Danylo Zaderevetskyi control over several villages in Galicia. According to a 1949 report by the Ministry of State Security of the Soviet Union, the Organisation of Ukrainian Nationalists was active in Zahvizdia.
Demographics
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.
Notable residents
- Stepan Lenkavskyi, Organisation of Ukrainian Nationalists leader
- Vasyl Striltsiv, Ukrainian Soviet dissident
- Ivan Tsyperdiuk, Ukrainian poet
References
- ^ "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.