Soroky-Lvivski Explained

Official Name:Soroky-Lvivski
Native Name:Сороки-Львівські
Native Name Lang:uk
Other Name:Polish: Srokie Lwowskie
Settlement Type:village
Pushpin Map:Ukraine Lviv Oblast#Ukraine
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of Soroky-Lvivski in Lviv Oblast##Location of Soroky-Lvivski in Ukraine
Coordinates:49.8739°N 24.1272°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Oblast
Subdivision Type2:Raion
Subdivision Name2:Lviv Raion
Established Title:First mentioned
Established Date:1421
Population:1,623

Soroky-Lvivski (Ukrainian: Сороки-Львівські; Polish: Srokie Lwowskie) is a village in Lviv Raion, Lviv Oblast, Ukraine. It is the centre of Murovane rural hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. As of 2023, its population is 1,623.[1]

History

The first mention of Soroky-Lvivski was in 1421.[2] Its wooden church, the Church of the Epiphany of the Lord, was built between 1900 and 1904, and based on the original church, which stood in the village from 1677 or 1689.[3]

According to Volodymyr Kubijovyč, in 1939, Soroky-Lvivski had a population of 1,340, of whom 1,290 were Ukrainians, 40 were Latynnyky, 5 were Polish people, and 5 were Jewish.[4]

Notable residents

References

  1. Web site: Мурованська громада . Murovane hromada . 8 September 2023 . gromada.info . uk.
  2. Web site: Сороки Львівські . Soroky Lvivski . 8 September 2023 . Castles and Temples of Ukraine . uk.
  3. Web site: Сороки-Львівські . Soroky-Lvivski . 8 September 2023 . Wooden Churches of Western Ukraine . uk.
  4. Book: Kubijovyč, Volodymyr . Етнічні групи південнозахідньої України (Галичини) на 1.1.1939 . Harrasowitz . 1983 . 3-447-02376-7 . Wiesbaden . 49 . uk . Ethnic groups of the South-Western Ukraine (Halyčyna - Galicia) 1.1.1939 . Volodymyr Kubijovyč.