Rozhniv

Rozhniv
Рожнів
Village
Saint Michael Church in Rozhniv
Saint Michael Church in Rozhniv
Rozhniv is located in Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast
Rozhniv
Rozhniv
Location of Rozhniv in Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast
Rozhniv is located in Ukraine
Rozhniv
Rozhniv
Location of Rozhniv in Ukraine
Coordinates: 48°22′00″N 25°13′34″E / 48.36667°N 25.22611°E / 48.36667; 25.22611
Country Ukraine
Oblast Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast
RaionKosiv Raion
Established1452
Population
 (2018)
 • Total
5,563

Rozhniv (Ukrainian: Рожнів; Polish: Rożnów) is a village in Ukraine's western Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, in Kosiv Raion. It is the administrative centre of the Rozhniv rural hromada.

History

The village of Rozhniv was founded in 1452. From 1867 to 2 July 1924, it was part of Śniatyn County [uk], and from 1924 until 1940, it was part of Kosów County [uk].

On 6 January 1949, two Soviet soldiers (major Sybirtsev and sergeant Bormotov) were captured and executed by the Ukrainian Insurgent Army.

Notable residents

References

  1. 1 2 "с Рожнів (Івано-Франківська область, Косівський район)" [Village of Rozhniv (Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, Kosiv Raion)]. Verkhovna Rada. Archived from the original on 17 October 2018. Retrieved 14 July 2023.
  2. ↑ "Рожнівська територіальна громада" [Rozhniv territorial hromada]. decentralization.gov.ua (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 14 July 2023.
  3. ↑ "Dz.U. 1924 nr 60 poz. 603". Sejm (in Polish). 2 July 1924. Archived from the original on 13 October 2016. Retrieved 14 July 2023.
  4. ↑ Boichuk, Zinovii (27 November 2014). "Кати героями не вмирають" [Executioners are not heroes after death]. Halychyna (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on 5 November 2018. Retrieved 14 July 2023.