Zashkiv ( uk, Зашків, pl, Zaszków) is a village not far from

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Lviv Raion Lviv Raion ( uk, Львівський район) is a raion (district) of Lviv Oblast, Ukraine. It was created in July 2020 as part of the reform of administrative divisions of Ukraine. The center of the raion is the city of Lviv. Four abolished ...

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) of

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) in western

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. It belongs to

Lviv urban hromada Lviv urban territorial hromada ( uk, Львівська міська територіальна громада, translit=Lvivska miska terytorialna hromada) is a hromada (municipality) in Ukraine's Lviv Oblast, in Lviv Raion. The hromada's ad ...

, one of the

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s of Ukraine.

History

First written mention comes from the 1377 (14th century). Then belonged to the

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, from 1772 until 1918 to Austrian (

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) empires, in 1918–1919 to

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. From 1991 belonged to Ukraine. Reading room of Ukrainian society

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operated in the village. Until 18 July 2020, Zashkiv belonged to

Zhovkva Raion Zhovkva Raion ( uk, Жо́вківський райо́н) was a raion in Lviv Oblast in western Ukraine. Its capital (political), administrative center was the city of Zhovkva. The raion was abolished on 18 July 2020 as part of the administrative ...

. 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 Zhovkva Raion was merged into Lviv Raion.

Attractions

* Church of St. Michael the Archangel (1908)Church of St. Michael the Archangel
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People

Yevhen Konovalets Yevhen Mykhailovych Konovalets ( uk, Євген Михайлович Коновалець; June 14, 1891 – May 23, 1938), also anglicized as Eugene Konovalets, was a military commander of the Ukrainian National Republic army, veteran of the Uk ...

- a military commander of the UNR army and the leader of the

Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists The Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists ( uk, Організація українських націоналістів, Orhanizatsiya ukrayins'kykh natsionalistiv, abbreviated OUN) was a Ukrainian ultranationalist political organization estab ...

between 1929 and 1938. * Myron Konovalets, brother of Yevhen Konovalets, buried at the

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References

External links

Zashkiv, google maps
* {{SgKP, XV_cz.2, 715, Zashków (1), wś, pow. lwowski Villages in Lviv Raion