Vovchukhy ( uk, Вовчу́хи, pl, Wołczuchy) is a village (
selo) in
Lviv Raion,
Lviv Oblast (
province) of
Ukraine. It belongs to
Horodok 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.
The population of the village is just about 747 people.
Geography
The village is surrounded by Dobrjany, Dolyniany,
Rodatychi
Rodatychi (Ukrainian: Родатичі, formerly Городятичі, ''Horodiatyczi'') is a village located in Lviv Raion, Lviv Oblast of Ukraine, and lies on the Tarnogród Plateau. It belongs to Horodok urban hromada, one of the hromadas of ...
and
Bratkovychi
Bratkovychi ( uk, Братковичі, pol. Bratkowice) is a selo (village) in Lviv Raion, Lviv Oblast (province) of western Ukraine. It belongs to Horodok urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Bratkovychi is near the Polish
Polish ...
. It is located at a distance of from the highway in
Ukraine connecting
Lviv with
Przemyśl
Przemyśl (; yi, פשעמישל, Pshemishl; uk, Перемишль, Peremyshl; german: Premissel) is a city in southeastern Poland with 58,721 inhabitants, as of December 2021. In 1999, it became part of the Subcarpathian Voivodeship; it was pr ...
. Near the village passes railway from
Lviv to
Przemyśl
Przemyśl (; yi, פשעמישל, Pshemishl; uk, Перемишль, Peremyshl; german: Premissel) is a city in southeastern Poland with 58,721 inhabitants, as of December 2021. In 1999, it became part of the Subcarpathian Voivodeship; it was pr ...
in
Poland. A distance from Kernytsia to the district center
Horodok is , to the regional center of
Lviv is and to
Przemyśl
Przemyśl (; yi, פשעמישל, Pshemishl; uk, Перемишль, Peremyshl; german: Premissel) is a city in southeastern Poland with 58,721 inhabitants, as of December 2021. In 1999, it became part of the Subcarpathian Voivodeship; it was pr ...
.
History and Attractions
The village was founded in 1428.
Until 18 July 2020, Vovchukhy belonged to
Horodok 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 Horodok Raion was merged into Lviv Raion.
The village has attractions of monumental art of Horodok Raion – a monument to
Ivan Franko, and the priest Zahayevych. In the village there is a monument to
Taras Shevchenko, a monument to
Ukrainian Sich Riflemen
Legion of Ukrainian Sich Riflemen (german: Ukrainische Sitschower Schützen; uk, Українські cічові стрільці (УСС), translit=Ukraïnski sichovi stril’tsi (USS)) was a Ukrainian unit within the Austro-Hungarian Army d ...
.
File:The Monument of Ivan Franko and the priest Vasyl Zahayevych. (Vovchukhy).JPG, The Monument of Ivan Franko and the priest Vasyl Zahayevych
File:A newly built Church of the Epiphany. (Vovchukhy).JPG, A newly built Church of the Epiphany
File:St. George's Church (Vovchukhy).JPG, The Parish Church of St George in the village Vovchukhy
Personalities
* Zahayevych Vasyl Dmytrovych
[ Загаєвич Василь Дмитрович ] – Ukrainian writer, educator. The priest of the
Greek Catholic Church, the pastor of the village Vovchukhy. A close associate of
Ivan Franko.
References
External links
weather.in.ua
Villages in Lviv Raion
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