Zavadiv, Stryi Raion

Zavadiv
Завадів
village
Zavadiv
Coordinates: 49°15′12″N 23°25′54″E / 49.25333°N 23.43167°E / 49.25333; 23.43167Coordinates: 49°15′12″N 23°25′54″E / 49.25333°N 23.43167°E / 49.25333; 23.43167
Country  Ukraine
Province  Lviv Oblast
District Stryi Raion
Established 1504
Area
  Total 15,89 km2 (614 sq mi)
Elevation/(average value of) 304 m (997 ft)
Population
  Total 1,197
  Density 75,33/km2 (19,510/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+2 (EET)
  Summer (DST) UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code 82433
Area code +380 3245
Website село Завадів (Ukrainian)

Zavadiv (Ukrainian: Зава́дів) village (selo) in the Stryi Raion, Lviv Oblast (province) of Western Ukraine. The first written mention dates back to year 1504.[1]
Local government is administered by Zavadivska village council.[2] The population of the village is just about 1197 people.

Geography

The village Zavadiv is located in the Stryiskyi district (Stryi Raion) at a distance 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) from the district center Stryi, 78 kilometres (48 mi) from the regional center of Lviv and 27 kilometres (17 mi) from the City of regional significance Drohobych. It is located near the village Holobutiv.

Personalities and sights

The village has of monumental art sights of local importance.[3]

Ostap Nyzhankivsky lived for a time in the village Zavadiv. He was initiator the construction and opening of the monument to Taras Shevchenko.[5] Taras Shevchenko monument built in the village in 1916.[6] It is the oldest monument to Taras Shevchenko, where the poet is depicted in the full size.[7]

References

Literature

  • Ukrainian: Історія міст і сіл УРСР : Львівська область. – К. : ГРУРЕ, 1968 р., сторінка 834


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