Birky ( uk, Бі́рки, formerly known as ''Birky Yanivski'' ( uk, Бірки Янівські) and ''Birky Dominikanski'' ( uk, Бірки Домініканські) is a village ( selo) in Yavoriv Raion,

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(

province A province is almost always an administrative division within a country or sovereign state, state. The term derives from the ancient Roman ''Roman province, provincia'', which was the major territorial and administrative unit of the Roman Empire ...

) of

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. It belongs to

Ivano-Frankove settlement hromada Ivano-Frankove ( uk, Івано-Франкове), formerly Yaniv, is an urban-type settlement in Yavoriv Raion of Lviv Oblast in Ukraine. It is located on the right bank of the Vereshchytsia, a left tributary of the Dniester. The Vereshchytsia ...

, one of the

hromada A hromada ( uk, територіальна громада, lit=territorial community, translit=terytorialna hromada) is a basic unit of administrative division in Ukraine, similar to a municipality. It was established by the Government of Ukra ...

s of Ukraine. Population: 2203. Local government is administered by ''Birkivska'' Village Council.Бірківська сільська рада

Geography

Birky village is located at the distance of from the district center of Yavoriv, but is closer to the regional center of

Lviv Lviv ( uk, Львів) is the largest city in western Ukraine, and the seventh-largest in Ukraine, with a population of . It serves as the administrative centre of Lviv Oblast and Lviv Raion, and is one of the main cultural centres of Ukraine ...

(). A railway

- Rava-Ruska there passes through the village.

History and religion

The settlements arose at the end of the 18th century in the area, which was surrounded by hills. Originally have settled monastics of the

Dominican Order The Order of Preachers ( la, Ordo Praedicatorum) abbreviated OP, also known as the Dominicans, is a Catholic mendicant order of Pontifical Right for men founded in Toulouse, France, by the Spanish priest, saint and mystic Dominic of Cal ...

. From this came the name of the village – ''Birky Dominikanski'', name of the village, which was until 1947.
The first written mention of the village dates back to 1785.
In the village operates the Sts. Volodymyr and Olha Ukrainian Catholic Church, built in 2010.

References

External links

weather.in.ua, Birky (Lviv region)

Literature

* Історія міст і сіл УРСР : Львівська область, Яворівський район, Бірки. – К. : ГРУРЕ, 1968 р. Page 925 Villages in Yavoriv Raion {{Lviv-geo-stub