Verkhnia Explained
| Official Name: | Verkhnia |
| Native Name: | Верхня |
| Native Name Lang: | uk |
| Settlement Type: | village |
| Pushpin Map: | Ukraine Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast#Ukraine |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Verkhnia in Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast##Location of Verkhnia in Ukraine |
| Coordinates: | 49.1022°N 24.3147°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Oblast |
| Subdivision Type2: | Raion |
| Subdivision Name2: | Kalush Raion |
| Established Title: | First mentioned |
| Established Date: | 1448 |
| Population: | 2,605 |
Verkhnia (Ukrainian: Верхня; Polish: Wierzchnia) is a village in Kalush Raion, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, Ukraine. It is the administrative centre of the Verkhnia rural hromada. Its population is 2,605 .[1]
History
Verkhnia was first mentioned in 1448.[2] Production of natural gas began in the village in 1955.[3]
In 1939, Verkhnia had a population of 2,190 people, including 2,170 Ukrainians and 20 Polish people, according to Volodymyr Kubijovyč. The Polish population was ethnically cleansed in 1944 by the Ukrainian Insurgent Army, which operated actively in Verkhnia.[4] In 1988, a narodny dim was established in the village, including a memorial to Organisation of Ukrainian Nationalists leader .[5]
Notable residents
References
- Web site: Верхнянська громада . Verkhnia hromada . 26 July 2023 . gromada.info . uk.
- Web site: Akta grodzkie i ziemskie z czasów Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej : z archiwum tak zwanego bernardyńskiego we Lwowie w skutek fundacyi śp. Alexandra hr. Stadnickiego. T. 12, [Najdawniejsze zapiski sądów halickich 1435-1475] ]. City and land records from the time of the Polish Republic: from the so-called "Bernardine Archives" in Lviv, founded by the late Count Alexander Stadnicki, Vol. 12 (Oldest Records of the Galician court, 1435–1475) . 26 July 2023 . Polona . pl.
- News: 30 December 2016 . На Калущині видобуватиме газ донецька фірма, яка може бути пов’язана із Фірташем . uk . Donetsk gas company, which may be Firtash-related, will extract gas in Kalushchyna . Vikna . 26 July 2023.
- Web site: 12 April 1944 . 7 протоколів про ліквідацію українськими лоївками польських колоній, фабрики ТСП на Станіславівщині, осередків польського підпілля, банд, які нищили українців, донощиків та провокаторів . 7 protocols on liquidation of Polish colonies by Ukrainian soldiers, TSP factory in Stanislavivshchyna, Polish underground cells, bands killing Ukrainians, informers and provocateurs . 26 July 2023 . Electronic Archive of the Ukrainian Liberation Movement . uk.
- News: 7 November 2013 . Ярослав Климишин: «Стрий ніколи не стріляв. Це був науковий патріот» . uk . Yaroslav Klymyshyn: "Stryi never fired a shot, he was a scientific patriot" . Vikna . 26 July 2023.
