Pidhaichyky ( uk, Підгайчики; pl, Podhajczyki) is a village in
Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast
Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast ( uk, Іва́но-Франкі́вська о́бласть, translit=Ivano-Frankivska oblast), also referred to as Ivano-Frankivshchyna ( uk, Іва́но-Франкі́вщина), is an administrative divisions of Ukrain ...
, Ukraine, in
Kolomyia Raion, and the administrative centre of
Pidhaichyky rural hromada Pidhaichyky ( uk, Підгайчики) may refer to the following places in Ukraine:
* Pidhaichyky, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast
* Pidhaichyky, Sambir Raion, Lviv Oblast
* Pidhaichyky, Zolochiv Raion, Lviv Oblast
* Pidhaichyky, T ...
. Its population is 2,657 ().
History
Pidhaichyky was first mentioned in 1457, but archaeological findings have revealed that the area was settled during the
Paleolithic
The Paleolithic or Palaeolithic (), also called the Old Stone Age (from Greek: παλαιός ''palaios'', "old" and λίθος ''lithos'', "stone"), is a period in human prehistory that is distinguished by the original development of stone too ...
period. Residents participated in the
Khmelnytsky uprising
The Khmelnytsky Uprising,; in Ukraine known as Khmelʹnychchyna or uk, повстання Богдана Хмельницького; lt, Chmelnickio sukilimas; Belarusian language, Belarusian: Паўстанне Багдана Хмяльніц ...
, and
Oleksa Dovbush also operated around the village. A
wooden church, the Church of the Annunciation, was constructed in 1854, apparently the fourth such church in Pidhaichyky's history. Used as a warehouse between 1962 and 1989, it is owned by the
Orthodox Church of Ukraine since 2016. In 1939, the village had a population of 2,530, including 2,350
Ukrainians, 130 ''
Latynnyky
''Latynnyky'' ( uk, Латинники; pl, Łacinnicy)). was a term used by the Ukrainian population of Western Ukraine to refer to culturally-Ukrainian Roman Catholics during the Second Polish Republic.
History
The phenomenon of ''Latynny ...
'', 30
Polish people, 10 Jews, and 10
Germans.
Notable residents
* , archimandrite of the
Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church
* {{ill, Olha Seniuk, uk, Сенюк Ольга Дмитрівна, Ukrainian translator of German-language works
References
Villages in Kolomyia Raion