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Country
  
District
  
Elevation/(average value of)
  
271 m (889 ft)

Area
  
25.56 km²

Province
  
Established
  
1443

Time zone
  
EET (UTC+2)

Local time
  
Wednesday 8:09 PM

Lysiatychi

Weather
  
6°C, Wind W at 13 km/h, 79% Humidity

Lysiatychi (Ukrainian: Лися́тичі) is a village (selo) in Stryi Raion, Lviv Oblast in western Ukraine. Local government is administered by Lysiatytska village council.

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Map of Lysyatychi, Lvivska, Ukraine

Geography

The village is located along the road from Stryi to Zhydachiv at a distance of 14 kilometres (8.7 mi) from the district center Stryi. It is 63 kilometres (39 mi) from the regional center of Lviv and 16 kilometres (9.9 mi) from the city Zhydachiv, that is district center of Zhydachiv Raion).
The village is large and has an area of 25,56 km2 and is currently living in the village of about 1791 persons.

History

The first record of the village dates back to 1443 year. Lysiatychi has been town, as testified and town hall, and a large Jewish colony. The town had possessed 1,550 acres (630 ha; 2.42 sq mi) arable land in 1785.

Attractions

The village has two churches:

  • Church of the Nativity of Christ 1874 (Wooden).
  • St. Nicholas Church, located in the former indoors Roman Catholic Church (1903, stone).
  • Famous people

    Ivan Franko visited the village Lysiatychi and has written about it in his poem "Rusyn traveling with Trouble" (Vandrivka Rusyna z Bidoyu).

    Literature

  • Ukrainian: (Історія міст і сіл УРСР : Львівська область. – К. : ГРУРЕ, 1968 р.) Page 835
  • References

    Lysiatychi Wikipedia


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