| Official Name: | Sheshory |
| Native Name: | Шешори |
| Native Name Lang: | uk |
| Settlement Type: | village |
| Pushpin Map: | Ukraine Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast#Ukraine |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Sheshory in Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast##Location of Sheshory in Ukraine |
| Coordinates: | 48.3364°N 24.9911°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Oblast |
| Subdivision Type2: | Raion |
| Subdivision Name2: | Kosiv Raion |
| Subdivision Type3: | Hromada |
| Subdivision Name3: | Kosiv urban hromada |
| Established Title: | First mentioned |
| Established Date: | 1427 or 1445 |
| Population: | 2,116 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 |
Sheshory (uk|Шешори; pl|Szeszory) is a village in Kosiv urban hromada,[1] Kosiv Raion, in Ukraine's western Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast. Its population is 2,116 (as of 2020).[2]
Sheshory was first mentioned in 1427[3] or 1445,[4] although evidence of human settlement in the village dates to the Stone Age.[3] The village is located near the river, and several waterfalls are located near the village. A sanatorium and tourist resort both exist in the village.[4]
The village is inhabited by Hutsuls, and contains Horishnia Tserkva, one of the oldest Hutsul churches. A narodnyi dim was founded in 1924, and the wooden continues to stand.[5] Sheshory was the site of a battle on 20 October 1950, during the anti-Soviet resistance by the Ukrainian Insurgent Army. As a result of the battle, two commanders of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (and) were killed.[6]
A monument to the writer, poet, and artist Taras Shevchenko, created by,[7] was opened by Viacheslav Chornovil in his capacity as a Komsomol worker on 8 August 1965. As a result of the speech Chornovil gave during the opening of the monument, he was removed from the Komsomol.[8] A plaque commemorating the speech is placed at the bottom of the monument. Another monument, to the writer and poet Ivan Franko, was erected in the village on 13 August 1995.[7]