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Beleluia
Beleluia () is a village in the Sniatyn urban hromada of the Kolomyia Raion of Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast in Ukraine. The traditional Malanka ritual of the village of Beleluia is a cultural heritage site of Ukraine. History On 19 July 2020, as a result of the administrative-territorial reform and liquidation of the Sniatyn Raion Sniatyn Raion () was a raion (district) of Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast (province) of Ukraine. The city of Sniatyn was the administrative center of the raion. The raion was abolished on 18 July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, whic ..., the village became part of the Kolomyia Raion.Постанова Верховної Ради України від 17 липня 2020 року No. 807-IXПро утворення та ліквідацію районів Notable residents * Nataliya Kobrynska (1851–1920), Ukrainian writer, socialist feminist, and activist from Austria-Hungary References Sources * Villages in Kolomyia Raion {{U ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nataliya Kobrynska
Nataliya Kobrynska (8 June 1851 – 22 January 1920) was a Ukrainian writer, socialist feminist, and activist from Austria-Hungary. Biography The daughter of Reverend Ivan Ozarkevych, a priest who was later elected to the Austrian Parliament, and Teofilia Okunevska, she was born Nataliya Ozarkevych in the village of Beleluia in the Galicia province of Austria-Hungary. At that time, women were not allowed to pursue education beyond the elementary level and so she was mainly educated at home. She studied several languages: German, French, Polish and Russian and read literature from various counties. In 1871, she married Theofil Kobrynsky. He died a few years later and she was forced to return to Bolekhiv to live with her parents. Kobrynska went to Vienna with her father, where she met Ivan Franko; Franko encouraged her to take on the task of improving the status of Ukrainian women and to encourage them to seek equality with men. In 1884, she organized the Tovarystvo Ruskykh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Malanka
''Malanka'' (, or ) is a Ukrainian folk holiday celebrated on 31 December, which is New Year's Eve in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. Formerly it was celebrated on 13 January corresponding to 31 December in the Julian calendar (see Old New Year). The festivities were historically centred around house-to-house visiting by groups of young men, costumed as characters from a folk tale of pre-Christian origin, as well as special food and drink. The context of the rituals has changed, but some elements continue to the present. Origins and history The idea of house-to-house visits during the Christmas season is a pan-European one. Similar customs are observed in Ireland and England as "mummering", in Winterbräuche or Faslam in Germany, etc. In the West Slavic lands, even more closely related customs are found, with Poles even using many of the same stock characters in their house-visiting traditions. The ritual is derived from a Christianized folk tale of pagan orig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sniatyn Urban Hromada
Sniatyn urban hromada () is a hromada in Ukraine, in Kolomyia Raion of Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast. The administrative center is the city of Sniatyn. Settlements The hromada consists of 1 city (Sniatyn Sniatyn (, ; ; , older ; ) is a city located in Kolomyia Raion of Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, in western Ukraine along the Prut river, in the historic region of Pokutia. Sniatyn hosts the administration of Sniatyn urban hromada, one of the hromadas ...) and 26 villages: References {{Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast 2020 establishments in Ukraine Hromadas of Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oblasts Of Ukraine
An oblast (, ; ), sometimes translated as region or province, is the main type of first-level administrative divisions of Ukraine, administrative division of Ukraine. The country's territory is divided into 24 oblasts, as well as one Autonomous republic of Ukraine, autonomous republic and two City with special status, cities with special status. As Ukraine is a unitary state, oblasts do not have much legal scope of competence other than that which is established in the Constitution of Ukraine, Ukrainian Constitution and devolved by law. Articles 140–146 of s:Constitution of Ukraine#Chapter IX: Territorial Structure of Ukraine, Chapter XI of the constitution deal directly with local authorities and their competence. Oblasts are divided into Raions of Ukraine, raions, with each oblast having between three and eight raions following the Raions of Ukraine#July 2020 reform, July 2020 reform. General characteristics In Ukraine, the term ''oblast'' denotes a primary administrative ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast
Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast (), also referred to as Ivano-Frankivshchyna () or simply Frankivshchyna, is an administrative divisions of Ukraine, oblast (region) in western Ukraine. Its administrative center is the city of Ivano-Frankivsk. It has a population of The area, also known as Prykarpattia, was part of the historical region of Galicia (Eastern Europe), Galicia, where the Kingdom of Galicia–Volhynia flourished. After World War I, the area became part of the Second Polish Republic and was administered as part of Stanisławów Voivodeship until the invasion of Poland. The area was annexed by the Soviet Union and was known as Stanislav Oblast until 1962, when its administrative center was renamed after the Ukrainian writer Ivan Franko. Kolomyia was a historical center of the oblast and remains a major cultural center of Pokuttia, the traditional name for the southern part of the oblast. Name On November 9, 1962, a decree was issued by the Presidium of the Verkhovna Rada of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raions Of Ukraine
A raion (; ), often translated as district, is the second-level Administrative divisions of Ukraine, administrative division in Ukraine. Raions were created in a 1922 administrative reform of the Soviet Union, to which Ukraine, as the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, belonged. On 17 July 2020, the Verkhovna Rada (Ukraine's parliament) approved an administrative reform to merge most of the 490 raions, along with the "City of regional significance (Ukraine), cities of regional significance", which were previously outside the raions, into just 136 reformed raions. Most tasks of the raions (education, healthcare, sport facilities, culture, and social welfare) were taken over by new hromadas, the subdivisions of raions.Where did 354 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kolomyia Raion
Kolomyia Raion () is a raion (district) of Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast (region). The administrative center of the raion is the city of Kolomyia. Population: On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, the number of raions of Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast was reduced to six, and the area of Kolomyia Raion was significantly expanded. Two abolished raions, Horodenka and Sniatyn Raions, as well as the city of Kolomyia, which was previously incorporated as a city of oblast significance and did not belong to the raion, were merged into Kolomyia Raion. The January 2020 estimate of the raion population was Subdivisions Current After the reform in July 2020, the raion consisted of 13 hromadas: * Chernelytsia settlement hromada with the administration in the rural settlement of Chernelytsia, transferred from Horodenka Raion; * Horodenka urban hromada with the administration in the city of Horodenka, transferred from Horodenka Raion; * Hvizdets settlement hromada with the a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hromada
In Ukraine, a hromada () is the main type of municipality and the third level Administrative divisions of Ukraine, local self-government in Ukraine. The current hromadas were established by the Cabinet of ministers of Ukraine, Government of Ukraine on 12 June 2020. A municipality is designated ''urban hromada'' if its administration is located in a city; ''settlement hromada'' if it is located in a settlement (''selyshche''), and ''rural hromada'' if it is located in a village (Village#Ukraine, ''selo'') or a ''selyshche''. Hromadas are grouped to form Raions of Ukraine, raions (districts); groups of raions form Oblasts of Ukraine, oblasts (regions). Optionally, a municipality may be divided into Starosta okruh, starosta okruhs (similar to Civil parish, civil parishes in Great Britain or Frazione, frazioni in Italy), which are the lowest level of local government in Ukraine. Similar terms exist in Poland (''gromada'') and in Belarus (''hramada''). The literal translation of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sniatyn Raion
Sniatyn Raion () was a raion (district) of Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast (province) of Ukraine. The city of Sniatyn was the administrative center of the raion. The raion was abolished on 18 July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast Oblast to six. The area of Sniatyn Raion was merged into Kolomyia Raion. The last estimate of the raion population was . Subdivisions At the time of disestablishment, the raion consisted of two hromadas: * Sniatyn urban hromada with the administration in Sniatyn; * Zabolotiv settlement hromada with the administration in the urban-type settlement of Zabolotiv. Notable residents *Bohdana Frolyak Bohdana Oleksiivna Frolyak (born 5 May 1968) is a modern Ukrainian composer. Biography Frolyak was born in , Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, and made her first musical steps in her native village under the guidance of Vasyl Kufliuk, a vi ..., composer * Nicholas Hryhorczuk Refere ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
