Korczowa-Krakovets is a land border crossing between Ukraine and Poland. On the Ukrainian side, it is located near the town of

Krakovets Krakovets ( uk, Краковець, pl, Krakowiec (original spelling) also found on American immigration documents as Krakowicz and Krakowice) is an urban-type settlement in Yavoriv Raion, Lviv Oblast, in western Ukraine. It lies on the Polish-U ...

Yavoriv Raion Yavoriv Raion ( uk, Яворівський район) is a raion in Lviv Oblast in western Ukraine. Its administrative center is Yavoriv. It was established in 1939. Its estimated population is . On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative ...

Lviv Oblast Lviv Oblast ( uk, Льві́вська о́бласть, translit=Lvivska oblast, ), also referred to as Lvivshchyna ( uk, Льві́вщина, ), ). The name of each oblast is a relational adjective—in English translating to a noun adjunct w ...

. On the Polish side it is the village of

Korczowa Korczowa ( uk, Корчова, ''Korchova'') is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Radymno, within Jarosław County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland, close to the border with Ukraine. The village lies approxim ...

, Jaroslaw County,

Podkarpackie Voivodeship Subcarpathian Voivodeship or Subcarpathia Province (in pl, Województwo podkarpackie ) is a voivodeship, or province, in the southeastern corner of Poland. Its administrative capital and largest city is Rzeszów. Along with the Marshall, it is ...

. The crossing on Ukrainian side known as Korchova-Krakivets, is situated on autoroute (). The type of crossing is automobile, status - international. The types of transportation for automobile crossings are passenger and freight. The port of entry is part of the Krakovets customs post of Lviv customs.

History

Krakovets was incorporated as a private city in 1520. It remained in the Kingdom of Poland (Wojewodztwo Ruskie) until taken by the Austro-Hungarian Empire in 1772 during the First Partition of Poland. It remained under Austrian rule until 1918. From 1918 until September 1939, Krakowiec was in the Republic of Poland (Wojewodztwo Lwowskie). Following the Soviet invasion of Poland beginning on September 17, 1939, Krakowiec was incorporated into the USSR. After Nazi Germany's attack on the Soviet Union in June 1941, German occupation authorities put Krakovets in the District of Galicia in the General Government until Soviet forces took the town in 1944. As a result of the Soviet authorities crossing the border through Krakovets the city's population was evicted. From 1944 until 1991, Krakovets was in the USSR (Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic). Since 1991, Krakovets has been in Ukraine. The opening of a new border crossing point was for the first time envisaged by the Agreement between the Government of Ukraine and the Government of the Republic of Poland on border crossing points of 18 May 1992. From 1992 to 1996, the construction and practical opening of a new entry point on the western border of Ukraine was constantly hampered for various reasons. Stepan Lukashik managed to convince the

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Leonid Kuchma Leonid Danylovych Kuchma ( uk, Леоні́д Дани́лович Ку́чма; born 9 August 1938) is a Ukrainian politician who was the second president of Ukraine from 19 July 1994 to 23 January 2005. Kuchma's presidency saw numerous corru ...

of the vital need for the construction of the facility, for the first time since 1996, "the wire curtain was cut" and the construction was completed, which was completed in record terms until the winter of 1997. The opening of the new checkpoint was held on January 3, 1998, with the participation of Leonid Kuchma,

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, Stepan Lukashik and Mieczysław Kasprzak. Events of Euromaidan touched the checkpoint as the Ukrainian activists blocked it on February 19, 2014.Krakivets in blockade
ZAXID. 19 February 2014

References

External links

State Border Guard of Ukraine website

from The State Border Service website {{Ukraine-geo-stub Buildings and structures in Lviv Oblast Buildings and structures in Podkarpackie Voivodeship European route E40 Poland–Ukraine border crossings Transport in Lviv Oblast Yavoriv Raion

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