Radekhiv ( uk, Раде́хів; pl, Radziechów) is a city in
Chervonohrad Raion,
Lviv Oblast (
region) of
Ukraine. It hosts the administration of
Radekhiv urban hromada, 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: .
Ed Stelmach, the premier of the Canadian province of
Alberta from 2006 to 2011, is descended from immigrants who arrived in Canada from Radekhi
The town is the birthplace of Polish lawyer and government minister Kazimierz Wladyslaw Kumaniecki, Polish diplomat Marian Szumlakowski, and Polish art historian Juliusz Ross.
Until 18 July 2020, Radekhiv was the administrative center of
Radekhiv Raion. 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 Radekhiv Raion was merged into Chervonohrad Raion.
Gallery
File:Radekhiv2.JPG, City hall
File:Radekhiv5.JPG, Old brewery
File:Stara Cerkiew.jpg, Wooden church in Radekhiv
References
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Cities in Lviv Oblast
Tarnopol Voivodeship
Cities of district significance in Ukraine