Medukha, Ukraine
Medukha
Медуха Meducha | |
|---|---|
.JPG) Ruins of the Church of Our Lady of the Rosary | |
.svg)  Medukha  Medukha | |
| Coordinates: 49°08′56″N 24°48′36″E / 49.14889°N 24.81000°E | |
| Country |  Ukraine |
| Oblast |  Ivano-Frankivsk |
| Raion | Ivano-Frankivsk Raion |
| Area | |
• Total | 17.23 km2 (6.65 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 442 |
| • Density | 25.65/km2 (66.4/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Postal code | 77145 |
| Area code | +380 3431 |
Medukha (Ukrainian: Медуха) is a village in Ivano-Frankivsk Raion of Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast in western Ukraine. Hnyla Lypa River flows near of the village. Medukha belongs to Dubivtsi rural hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.[1]
History
[edit]First written mention comes from the 15th century. Then belonged to the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, from 1772 until 1918 to Austrian (Habsburg monarchy, Austrian Empire, Austria-Hungary) empires, in 1918-1919 to West Ukrainian People's Republic. From 1991 belonged to Ukraine.
Reading room of Ukrainian society Prosvita operated in the village.
Until 18 July 2020, Medukha belonged to Halych Raion. 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 Halych Raion was merged into Ivano-Frankivsk Raion.[2][3]
Attractions
[edit]- Church
- Roman Catholic church
People
[edit]- Dmytro Vitovsky - a Ukrainian politician and military leader, chairman of Ukrainian Military Committee, the first commander of the Ukrainian Galician Army, State Secretary of WUPR
References
[edit]- ^ "Дубовецкая громада" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.
- ^ "Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ". Голос України (in Ukrainian). 2020-07-18. Retrieved 2020-10-03.
- ^ "Нові райони: карти + склад" (in Ukrainian). Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України.
Sources
[edit]- (in Polish) Koscioly i klasztory rzymskokatolockie dawnego wojewodztwa ruskiego.— Кrаków, 2002
External links
[edit]- Medukha, google maps
- (in Ukrainian) Медуха. Замки та храми України
- "Meducha". Geographical Dictionary of the Kingdom of Poland (in Polish). 6. Warszawa: Kasa im. Józefa Mianowskiego. 1885. p. 230.