Rusiv Explained

Official Name:	Rusiv
Native Name:	Русів
Pushpin Map:	Ukraine Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast
Pushpin Map Caption:	Location in Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast
Subdivision Type:	Country
Subdivision Name:	Ukraine
Subdivision Type1:	Oblast
Subdivision Name1:	Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast
Subdivision Type2:	Raion
Subdivision Name2:	Kolomyia Raion
Subdivision Type3:	Hromada
Subdivision Name3:	Sniatyn urban hromada
Timezone:	EET
Utc Offset:	+2
Timezone Dst:	EEST
Utc Offset Dst:	+3
Coordinates:	48.5153°N 25.525°W
Postal Code Type:	Postal code
Postal Code:	78335

Rusiv (Ukrainian: Русів) is a village in the Sniatyn urban hromada of the Kolomyia Raion of Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast in Ukraine.^[1]

History

The first written mention of the village was in 1443.^[2]

After the liquidation of the Sniatyn Raion on 19 July 2020, the village became part of the Kolomyia Raion.^[3]

Religion

• Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary (1885, wooden).^[4]

Notable residents

• Vasyl Stefanyk (1871–1936), Ukrainian modernist writer and political activist
• Mykola Plaviuk (1925–2012), Ukrainian social and political activist in emigration, who served as the last President of the Ukrainian People's Republic in exile

Notes and References

1. Web site: Снятинська територіальна громада . Децентралізація.
2. http://polona.pl/item/665606/72/ Akta grodzkie i ziemskie, T. 12, s. 125, No. 1342
3. Постанова Верховної Ради України від 17 липня 2020 року № 807-IX "Про утворення та ліквідацію районів"
4. News: Русів. Церква Різдва Пр. Богородиці (1885) . Дерев'яні церкви Західної України .