Official Name: | Dubivtsi |
Native Name: | Дубівці |
Native Name Lang: | uk |
Settlement Type: | village |
Pushpin Map: | Ukraine Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast#Ukraine |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Dubivtsi in Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast##Location of Dubivtsi in Ukraine |
Coordinates: | 49.0814°N 24.7736°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Oblast |
Subdivision Type2: | Raion |
Subdivision Name2: | Ivano-Frankivsk Raion |
Established Title: | First mentioned |
Established Date: | 1419 |
Dubivtsi (Ukrainian: Дубівці; Polish: Dubowce) is a village in Ukraine's western Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, in Ivano-Frankivsk Raion. It is the administrative centre of the Dubivtsi rural hromada.[1]
Dubivtsi was first mentioned in 1419.[2] Local legends have variously claimed that the name is from oak boats constructed in the area or from the village's founder hiding in an oak grove during a battle. Settlement in the village's surrounding areas dates back to the Paleolithic, with objects from the Cucuteni–Trypillia culture being found near Dubivtsi.[3]
Residents of Dubivtsi have been actively involved in Ukrainian nationalism, participating in the Khmelnytsky Uprising, Ukrainian Sich Riflemen, and Ukrainian Insurgent Army.[2]
Dubivtsi's church, the Church of Nativity of the Theotokos, was rebuilt by village inhabitants after it was destroyed in an 1815 fire. Its design is unusual for a wooden church due to its generally chaotic design, with uneven surfaces.[3]