Humnyska ( uk, Гумни́ська) is a

village A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town (although the word is often used to describe both hamlets and smaller towns), with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to ...

(''selo'') in Zolochiv Raion,

Lviv Oblast Lviv Oblast ( uk, Льві́вська о́бласть, translit=Lvivska oblast, ), also referred to as Lvivshchyna ( uk, Льві́вщина, ), ). The name of each oblast is a wikt:Appendix:Glossary#relational, relational adjective—in Englis ...

Western Ukraine Western Ukraine or West Ukraine ( uk, Західна Україна, Zakhidna Ukraina or , ) is the territory of Ukraine linked to the former Kingdom of Galicia–Volhynia, which was part of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, the Austria ...

. It belongs to

Busk urban hromada Busk may refer to: *Busk (corsetry), the rigid element of a corset placed at the center front *Busking, or street performance Places * Busk, Cumbria, a hamlet in Cumbria, England * Busk, Greater Manchester, a locality in Greater Manchester, Engl ...

, 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. The village covers an area of 2,389 km² at an altitude of above sea level. Local government is administered by Humnyska village council. A village Chuchmany is also in the structure of local government.

Geography

The village is located near the highway in

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connecting

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 ...

with

Kyiv Kyiv, also spelled Kiev, is the capital and most populous city of Ukraine. It is in north-central Ukraine along the Dnieper, Dnieper River. As of 1 January 2021, its population was 2,962,180, making Kyiv the List of European cities by populat ...

. Distance to the highway is . And a distance from the regional center

is , from the district center Busk, and from

History and Culture

Village Humnyska, probably founded in the fifteenth century, has a record of where it was first mentioned in 1476.
Traces of

Stone Age The Stone Age was a broad prehistoric period during which stone was widely used to make tools with an edge, a point, or a percussion surface. The period lasted for roughly 3.4 million years, and ended between 4,000 BC and 2,000 BC, with t ...

settlements (3rd millennium BC) and early

Bronze Age The Bronze Age is a historic period, lasting approximately from 3300 BC to 1200 BC, characterized by the use of bronze, the presence of writing in some areas, and other early features of urban civilization. The Bronze Age is the second pri ...

archaeological excavations have been revealed near the village Chuchmany and Humnyska.
From 1772 the village was a part of

Austrian Empire The Austrian Empire (german: link=no, Kaiserthum Oesterreich, modern spelling , ) was a Central-Eastern European multinational great power from 1804 to 1867, created by proclamation out of the realms of the Habsburgs. During its existence, ...

, since 1867 as part of

Austro-Hungarian Empire Austria-Hungary, often referred to as the Austro-Hungarian Empire,, the Dual Monarchy, or Austria, was a constitutional monarchy and great power in Central Europe between 1867 and 1918. It was formed with the Austro-Hungarian Compromise of ...

. From 1920 to 1939 Humnyska was part of

Second Polish Republic The Second Polish Republic, at the time officially known as the Republic of Poland, was a country in Central Europe, Central and Eastern Europe that existed between 1918 and 1939. The state was established on 6 November 1918, before the end of ...

.
In 1931 in the village was built school. The first director was Stepan Kalynevych. He led the school until 1945 and made a significant contribution to the development of education in rural areas. Until 18 July 2020, Humnyska belonged to

Busk Raion Busk Raion ( uk, Буський район) was a raion (district) in Lviv Oblast (region) in western Ukraine. It was established in 1966. Its administrative center was the town of Busk. The raion was abolished on 18 July 2020 as part of the admi ...

. The raion was abolished in July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Lviv Oblast to seven. The area of Busk Raion was merged into Zolochiv Raion.

Cult constructions and religion

The first church building was built of wood in 1724. The new building was built and consecrated November 21, 1926, and it survived to the present day. This is the Church of St. Michael the Archangel. The Church is in the list of wooden churches Lviv region.
In 1838

Markiyan Shashkevych Markiyan Shashkevych (November 6, 1811 in Pidlyssia, Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria – June 7, 1843 in Novosilky, Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria) was a priest of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, a poet, a translator, and the leader of th ...

was a priest in the Church of St. Michael the Archangel.

Famous people

– was a priest of the

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, a poet, a translator, and the leader of the literary revival in Right Bank Ukraine. In 1838 Markiyan Shashkevych was a priest in the Church of St. Michael the Archangel in the village Humnyska. *

Yulian Voronovskyi Bishop Yulian Voronovskyi (also exist Romanization as Julian Voronovsky, uk, Юліан Вороновський; 5 May 1936 in Humnyska, Second Polish Republic, now is Zolochiv Raion, Lviv Oblast, Ukraine – 28 February 2013 in Lviv) was th ...

– was the Eparchial bishop of Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Sambir – Drohobych since March 30, 1994 to October 27, 2011. (born May 5, 1936 in Humnyska). * Stepan Kalynevych – the school director from 1931 until 1945 in Humnyska.

References

External links

village Humnyska

* ttp://weather.in.ua/en/l'vovskaja/6187 weather.in.ua

Literature

* ''Історія міст і сіл УРСР : Львівська область, Тершів.'' – К. : ГРУРЕ, 1968 р. Page 203 * М. Арендач. ''Село Плав'є: погляд крізь віки''. Львів: Ініціатива, 2012–176с. Редактор Ігор Дах. (''V.6. Культурний розвиток, стор. 120'') Villages in Zolochiv Raion, Lviv Oblast {{Lviv-geo-stub