Solotvyn ( uk, Солотвин, pl, Sołotwina) is an
urban-type settlement
Urban-type settlementrussian: посёлок городско́го ти́па, translit=posyolok gorodskogo tipa, abbreviated: russian: п.г.т., translit=p.g.t.; ua, селище міського типу, translit=selyshche mis'koho typu, ab ...
in
Ivano-Frankivsk Raion
Ivano-Frankivsk Raion ( uk, Івано-Франківський район, translit=Ivano-Frankiwśkyj rajon) is a raion (district) of Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, Ukraine. It was created in July 2020 as part of the reform of administrative divisions ...
of
Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, 40 km from
Ivano-Frankivsk. Solotvyn hosts the administration of
Solotvyn settlement hromada
Solotvyn ( uk, Солотвин, pl, Sołotwina) is an urban-type settlement in Ivano-Frankivsk Raion of Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, 40 km from Ivano-Frankivsk. Solotvyn hosts the administration of Solotvyn settlement hromada, one of the hrom ...
, one of the
hromadas of Ukraine.
Its estimated population was .
Solotvyn is on the
Bystrytsia of Solotvyn, the left of the two long headstreams of the
Bystrytsia River (a tributary of the
Dniester
The Dniester, ; rus, Дне́стр, links=1, Dnéstr, ˈdⁿʲestr; ro, Nistru; grc, Τύρᾱς, Tyrās, ; la, Tyrās, la, Danaster, label=none, ) ( ,) is a transboundary river in Eastern Europe. It runs first through Ukraine and th ...
), at the foot of the
Carpathian Mountains. In the seventeenth century it was named ''Krasnopil''.
Until 18 July 2020, Solotvyn belonged to
Bohorodchany Raion
Bohorodchany raion ( uk, Богородча́нський райо́н, translit=Bohorodčanśkyj rajon) was a district (raion) of the Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast in Ukraine. The urban-type settlement of Bohorodchany was the administrative center of th ...
. The raion was abolished in July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast to six. The area of Bohorodchany Raion was merged into Ivano-Frankivsk Raion.
References
External links
Solotvyn in Geographical Dictionary of the Kingdom of Poland and other Slavic Countries (Polish: Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich)Jewish historyan
photographs of Jewish sites in Solotvyni
Jewish History in Galicia and BukovinaSolotvin Jewish Cemetery fully documented at Jewish Galicia and Bukovina ORG
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Urban-type settlements in Ivano-Frankivsk Raion