Zashkiv, Zhovkva Raion
Zashkiv (Ukrainian: Зашків) is a village not far from Lviv in Zhovkva Raion (district) of Lviv Oblast (region) in western Ukraine.
Zashkiv Зашків | |
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| Coordinates: 49°57′06″N 23°59′39″E | |
| Country |  |
| Oblast |  |
| Raion | Zhovkva Raion |
| Area | |
| • Total | 15.91 km2 (6.14 sq mi) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 1,411 |
| • Density | 88.68/km2 (229.7/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Postal code | 80375 |
| Area code(s) | +380 3252 |
History
First written mention comes from the 1377 (14th century). Then belonged to the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, from 1772 until 1918 to Austrian (Habsburg Monarchy, Austrian Empire, Austria-Hungary) empires, in 1918-1919 to West Ukrainian People's Republic. From 1991 belonged to Ukraine.
Reading room of Ukrainian society Prosvita operated in the village.
Attractions
- Church of St. Michael the Archangel (1908)[1]
People
- Yevhen Konovalets - a military commander of the UNR army and the leader of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists between 1929 and 1938.
- Myron Konovalets, brother of Yevhen Konovalets, buried at the Munich Waldfriedhof.
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References
Sources
External links
- Zashkiv, google maps
- Zashków (1), wś, pow. lwowski in the Geographical Dictionary of the Kingdom of Poland, volume XV, p. 2 (Januszpol — Wola Justowska)1902, S. 715. (in Polish)
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