Vovchynets ( uk, Вовчинець, pl, Wołczyniec) is a village in
Ivano-Frankivsk Raion,
Ukraine. It belongs to
Ivano-Frankivsk urban hromada
Ivano-Frankivsk urban territorial hromada ( uk, Івано-Франківська міська територіальна громада, translit=Ivano-Frankivska miska terytorialna hromada) is a hromada located in Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, in w ...
, 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.
Vovchynets was founded in 1469.
The village is located right next to the city of Ivano-Frankivsk bordering it at the northern side. The village is located at the confluence of three local rivers Bystrytsia of Nadvirna, Bystrytsia of Solotvyn, and Vorona. Another important geographical feature in the vicinity is the Vovchynets Mount. The mount covers an area of . The rivers serve as a natural border for the village at all directions except of southern. Westward of the village across the Bystrytsia of Solotvyn are located villages of
Uhryniv and
Kluziv, eastward across Bystrytsia of Nadvirna and Vorona -
Pidluzhia. A little further to the north is located a village of
Kolodiivka. Until 1952 Vovchynets used to border other villages of Knyahynyn and Pasichna that eventually were incorporated into Ivano-Frankivsk.
Until 18 July 2020, Vovchynets belonged to
Ivano-Frankivsk Municipality. The municipality 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 Ivano-Frankivsk Municipality was merged into
Ivano-Frankivsk Raion.
Notable personalities
* Mykhailo Ivanovych Debenko, a political figure of the early 20th century. In 1865 he built a local church that became a cultural benchmark of the village. He also built one of the first monuments of
Taras Shevchenko in
Prykarpattya
Prykarpattia ( ua, Прикарпаття) is a Ukrainian term for Ciscarpathia, a physical geographical region for the northeastern Carpathian foothills.Vortman, D. Prykarpattia (ПРИКАРПАТТЯ)'. Encyclopedia of History of Ukraine.
L ...
. Debenko as a member of the local
Ukrainian Radical Party, closely worked with such other Ukrainian personalities as
Mykhailo Vytvytsky,
Dmytro Vitovsky
Dmytro Vitovsky ( uk, Дмитро Вітовський) (8 November 1887 – 2 or 4 August 1919) was a Ukrainian politician and military leader.
Vitovsky was born into a family of gentry. in the village of Medukha in Galicia (today in Ivano-Fra ...
, and others.
* Myroslav Borysyuk (1912 - 1987), a deputy of
Verkhovna Rada of the
Ukrainian SSR, head of the Oblast Department of Education, veteran of the
Nazi Germany Armed Forces Halychyna Division
The 14th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (1st Galician) (german: 14. Waffen-Grenadier-Division der SS alizische Nr. 1}; uk, 14а Гренадерська Дивізія СС (1а галицька)), known as the 14th SS-Volunteer Division ...
, doctor of
Classical Philology from the
Columbia University (his doctor's dissertation was published in "
Newsweek"), awarded a golden medal and a diploma signed by the
Pope John Paul II, professor of
Harvard University.
References
External links
Official website of Verkhovna Rada, for the explanation on administrative division no English version is available on the website.
Village website
History of the village at Historical Prykarpattya website
{{Ivano-Frankivsk municipality
Ivano-Frankivsk
Villages in Ivano-Frankivsk Raion