Pishchany

Pishchany Піщани
Pishchany Location in Lviv Oblast
Coordinates: 49°17′8″N 23°56′11″E / 49.28556°N 23.93639°E / 49.28556; 23.93639
Country	Ukraine
Oblast	Lviv Oblast
Raion	Stryi Raion
Hromada	Stryi urban hromada
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code	82476

Pishchany (Ukrainian: Піщани; until Tatarske) is a village in the Stryi urban hromada of the Stryi Raion of Lviv Oblast in Ukraine.

History

The first written mention of the village was in 1515.

Religion

• St. Michael church (wooden, purchased in 1862 in Tukhlia, Stryi Raion).

Notable residents

• Filaret Kolessa (1871–1947), Ukrainian composer ethnographer, folklorist, musicologist and literary critic
• Stepan Matviiv (born 1968), Ukrainian football manager and former player

References

Sources

• "Tatarsko". Geographical Dictionary of the Kingdom of Poland (in Polish). 12. Warszawa: Kasa im. Józefa Mianowskiego. 1892. p. 225.

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