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Zahvizdia Загвіздя
village
Monument to Ukrainian independence fighters in Zahvizdia
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ZahvizdiaLocation of Zahvizdia in Ivano-Frankivsk OblastShow map of Ivano-Frankivsk OblastZahvizdiaLocation of Zahvizdia in UkraineShow map of Ukraine
Coordinates: 48°55′21″N 24°39′17″E / 48.92250°N 24.65472°E / 48.92250; 24.65472
Country	Ukraine
Oblast	Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast
Raion	Ivano-Frankivsk Raion
First mentioned	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.

History

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

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.

Notable residents

• Stepan Lenkavskyi, Organisation of Ukrainian Nationalists leader
• Vasyl Striltsiv [uk], Ukrainian Soviet dissident
• Ivan Tsyperdiuk [uk], Ukrainian poet

References

1. "Загвіздянська територіальна громада" [Zahvizdia territorial hromada]. decentralization.gov.ua (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 15 July 2023.
2. "64. Владислав, польський король, дарує Данилові Задеревецькому села під Галичем i Зудечовом" [64. Władysław, Polish king, deeds villages between Halych and Zhydachiv]. Izbornyk (in Ukrainian). 29 June 1394. Archived from the original on 17 November 2015. Retrieved 15 July 2023.
3. "Реабілітовані історією" [Rehabilitating History] (PDF). reabit.org.ua (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 15 July 2023.
4. "Native language in the amalgamated territorial hromadas of Ukraine". socialdata.org.ua (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 15 July 2023.

• Villages in Ivano-Frankivsk Raion