Stari Bohorodchany

Village in Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, Ukraine

Village in Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, Ukraine
Stari Bohorodchany
Старі Богородчани
village
Church of the Nativity of the Theotokos in Stari Bohorodchany
Church of the Nativity of the Theotokos in Stari Bohorodchany
48°49′50″N 24°31′12″E / 48.83056°N 24.52000°E / 48.83056; 24.52000
Country Ukraine
Oblast Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast
RaionIvano-Frankivsk Raion
First mentioned16 January 1441

Stari Bohorodchany (Ukrainian: Старі Богородчани; Polish: Bohorodczany Stare) is a village in Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, Ukraine, located in Ivano-Frankivsk Raion. It is the administrative centre of Stari Bohorodchany rural hromada.[1]

History

The first mention of Stari Bohorodchany is in a Polish government act dating to 16 January 1441, in which it was referred to as being owned by "Ivan of Buchach".[2] Under the Second Polish Republic, the village was seat of Gmina Bohorodczany Stare [pl].[3]

On 24 December 1945, Ukrainian Insurgent Army troops commanded by Pavlo Vatsyk [uk] destroyed an Internal Troops garrison in the village.[4]

Notable residents

  • Viktor Starozhynskyi [uk], Ukrainian Basilian monk
  • Bohdan Mostytskyi [uk], Ukrainian Insurgent Army commander
  • Mykhailo Zarichnyi [uk], Ukrainian mathematician
  • Yaroslav Harasym [uk], Ukrainian folklorist and philologist

References

  1. ^ "Старобогородчанська територіальна громада" [Stari Bohorodchany territorial hromada]. decentralization.gov.ua (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on 16 August 2021. Retrieved 16 July 2023.
  2. ^ "Історична довідка с. Старі Богородчани" [Historical references to the village of Stari Bohorodchany]. Stari Bohorodchany rural hromada (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on 17 July 2023. Retrieved 16 July 2023.
  3. ^ Czernicki, Karol; Szulc, Stefan; Szturm de Sztrem, Edward. "Skorowidz gmin Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej : ludność i budynki : na podstawie tymczasowych wyników drugiego Powszechnego Spisu Ludności z dn. 9.XII 1931 r. oraz Powierzchnia ogólna. Cz. 3a. Województwa południowe" [List of gminas in the Polish Republic: population and buildings, based on the provisional results of the second general population census of 1931 as well as the general area. Part 3a: The Southern Departments]. Podkarpacka Digital Library (in Polish). Archived from the original on 6 October 2013. Retrieved 16 July 2023.
  4. ^ Kmetiuk, Ivan (26 July 2017). "Відважний змаг норовистого «Прута»" [The constant struggle of the rogue "Prut"]. Halychyna (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on 6 August 2018. Retrieved 16 July 2023.