Vytvytsia Explained

Official Name:	Vytvytsia
Native Name:	Витвиця
Native Name Lang:	uk
Settlement Type:	village
Pushpin Map:	Ukraine Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast#Ukraine
Pushpin Map Caption:	Location of Vytvytsia in Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast##Location of Vytvytsia in Ukraine
Coordinates:	48.9906°N 23.8439°W
Subdivision Type:	Country
Subdivision Type1:	Oblast
Subdivision Type2:	Raion
Subdivision Name2:	Kalush Raion
Established Title:	First mentioned
Established Date:	1397
Population:	1,255

Vytvytsia (Ukrainian: Витвиця; Polish: Witwica) is a village in Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, Ukraine, in Kalush Raion. It is the administrative centre of Vytvytsia rural hromada. Its population is 1,255 .^[1]

History

Vytvytsia was first mentioned in 1397, in a document by Władysław II Jagiełło.^[2] In 1939 the village had 1,690 residents (1,640 Ukrainians, 20 Polish people, 20 Jews, and 10 Latynnyky), according to Volodymyr Kubijovyč.^[3]

There are two churches in the town; the wooden Church of Saint Ivan the Theologian (Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church)^[4] and the brick Church of Apostle Andrew the First-Called (Orthodox Church of Ukraine).^[5]

Notable residents

• , Ukrainian Greek Catholic priest and Organisation of Ukrainian Nationalists politician
• , Ukrainian diplomat and politician, People's Deputy of Ukraine
• Zenovii Krasivskyi, Ukrainian poet and Soviet dissident, co-founder of the Ukrainian Helsinki Group
• , Organisation of Ukrainian Nationalists politician
• , Ukrainian Insurgent Army soldier and Soviet dissident, member of the Ukrainian Helsinki Group
• , Ukrainian Insurgent Army commander

References

1. Web site: Витвицька громада . Vytvytsia hromada . 27 July 2023 . gromada.info . uk.
2. Web site: 70. Владислав, король польський, дарує своєму слузі Михайлові Волошину село Гошів . 70. Władysław, King of Poland, grants to his servant Mykhailo Voloshyn the village of Hoshiv . https://web.archive.org/web/20151117090047/http://litopys.org.ua/gramxiv/grb05.htm . 17 November 2015 . 27 July 2023 . Izbornyk . uk.
3. Book: Kubijovyč, Volodymyr . Етнічні групи південнозахідньої України (Галичини) на 1.1.1939 . Harrasowitz . 1983 . 3-447-02376-7 . Wiesbaden . 23 . uk . Ethnic groups of the South-Western Ukraine (Halyčyna - Galicia) 1.1.1939 . Volodymyr Kubijovyč.
4. Web site: Витвиця . Vytvytsia . 27 July 2023 . Wooden Churches of Western Ukraine . uk.
5. Web site: Церква святого апостола Андрія первозванного . Church of Apostle Andrew the First-Called . 27 July 2023 . Orthodox in Prykarpattia . uk.