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Zashkiv, Zhovkva Raion

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Country
  
Ukraine

Raion
  
Zhovkva Raion

Postal code
  
80375

Area
  
15.91 km²

Oblast
  
Lviv Oblast

Time zone
  
EET (UTC+2)

Area code(s)
  
+380 3252

Zashkiv (Ukrainian: Зашків) is a village not far from Lviv in Zhovkva Raion (district) of Lviv Oblast (region) in western Ukraine.

Contents

Map of Zashkiv, Lvivska, Ukraine

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)

    • 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.

    • References

    Zashkiv, Zhovkva Raion Wikipedia
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