Stari Bohorodchany Explained

Official Name:	Stari Bohorodchany
Native Name:	Ukrainian: Старі Богородчани
Settlement Type:	village
Pushpin Map:	Ukraine Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast#Ukraine
Pushpin Map Caption:	Location of Stari Bohorodchany in Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast##Location of Stari Bohorodchany in Ukraine
Coordinates:	48.8306°N 24.52°W
Subdivision Type:	Country
Subdivision Type1:	Oblast
Subdivision Type2:	Raion
Subdivision Name2:	Ivano-Frankivsk Raion
Established Title:	First mentioned
Established Date:	16 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 .^[3]

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

Notable residents

, Ukrainian Basilian monk
, Ukrainian Insurgent Army commander
, Ukrainian mathematician
, Ukrainian folklorist and philologist

References

Web site: Старобогородчанська територіальна громада . Stari Bohorodchany territorial hromada . 16 July 2023 . decentralization.gov.ua . uk . 16 August 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210816160509/https://decentralization.gov.ua/newgromada/4020 . live .
Web site: Історична довідка с. Старі Богородчани . Historical references to the village of Stari Bohorodchany . 16 July 2023 . . uk . 17 July 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230717022321/https://st-bogorodchany-gromada.gov.ua/stari-bogorodchani-01-38-54-04-07-2016/ . live .
Web site: 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 . 16 July 2023 . Podkarpacka Digital Library . pl . 6 October 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131006172446/http://www.pbc.rzeszow.pl/dlibra/doccontent?id=2293&dirids=1 . live .
News: Kmetiuk . Ivan . 26 July 2017 . Відважний змаг норовистого «Прута» . uk . The constant struggle of the rogue "Prut" . Halychyna . dead . 16 July 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180806195731/http://www.galychyna.if.ua/publication/ukrainism/vidvazhnii-zmag-norovistogo-pruta . 6 August 2018.