Zahvizdia Explained

Official Name:Zahvizdia
Native Name:Ukrainian: Загвіздя
Settlement Type:village
Pushpin Map:Ukraine Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast#Ukraine
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of Zahvizdia in Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast##Location of Zahvizdia in Ukraine
Coordinates:48.9225°N 24.6547°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Oblast
Subdivision Type2:Raion
Subdivision Name2:Ivano-Frankivsk Raion
Established Title:First mentioned
Established Date:1394

Zahvizdia (Ukrainian: Загвіздя; Polish: Zagwoźdź) is a village in Ukraine, in the Ivano-Frankivsk Raion of Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast. It is the centre of the Zahvizdia rural hromada.[1]

History

Zahvizdia was first mentioned by Władysław II Jagiełło in a 1394 letter granting control over several villages in Galicia.[2] According to a 1949 report by the Ministry of State Security of the Soviet Union, the Organisation of Ukrainian Nationalists was active in Zahvizdia.[3]

Demographics

According to the 2001 Ukrainian census, 99.3% of Zahvizdia speaks Ukrainian, while another 0.5% of the population speaks Russian. 0.1% of the village additionally speaks Armenian.[4]

Notable residents

References

  1. Web site: Загвіздянська територіальна громада . Zahvizdia territorial hromada . 15 July 2023 . decentralization.gov.ua . uk.
  2. Web site: 29 June 1394 . 64. Владислав, польський король, дарує Данилові Задеревецькому села під Галичем i Зудечовом . 64. Władysław, Polish king, deeds villages between Halych and Zhydachiv . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20151117090047/http://litopys.org.ua/gramxiv/grb05.htm . 17 November 2015 . 15 July 2023 . Izbornyk . uk.
  3. Web site: Реабілітовані історією . Rehabilitating History . 15 July 2023 . reabit.org.ua . uk.
  4. Web site: Native language in the amalgamated territorial hromadas of Ukraine . 15 July 2023 . socialdata.org.ua . uk.