Sheshory (Ukrainian: Шешори; Polish: Szeszory) is a village in Kosiv urban hromada,[1] Kosiv Raion, in Ukraine's western Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast. Its population is 2,116 (as of 2020).[2]
Sheshory
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  Sheshory Location of Sheshory in Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast .svg) Sheshory Location of Sheshory in Ukraine | |
| Coordinates: 48°20′11″N 24°59′28″E / 48.33639°N 24.99111°E | |
| Country |  Ukraine |
| Oblast |  Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast |
| Raion |  Kosiv Raion |
| Hromada | Kosiv urban hromada |
| First mentioned | 1427 or 1445 |
| Population (2020) | 2,116 |
Overview
editSheshory was first mentioned in 1427[3] or 1445,[4] although evidence of human settlement in the village dates to the Stone Age.[3] The village is located near the Pistynka river, and several waterfalls are located near the village. A sanatorium and tourist resort both exist in the village.[4]
The village is inhabited by Hutsuls, and contains Horishnia Tserkva, one of the oldest Hutsul churches. A narodnyi dim was founded in 1924, and the wooden Church of the Holy Great Martyr Paraskeva of Sunday continues to stand.[5] Sheshory was the site of a battle on 20 October 1950, during the anti-Soviet resistance by the Ukrainian Insurgent Army. As a result of the battle, two commanders of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (Vasyl Savchak and Hryhorii Lehkyi) were killed.[6]
A monument to the writer, poet, and artist Taras Shevchenko, created by Ivan Honchar,[7] was opened by Viacheslav Chornovil in his capacity as a Komsomol worker on 8 August 1965. As a result of the speech Chornovil gave during the opening of the monument, he was removed from the Komsomol.[8] A plaque commemorating the speech is placed at the bottom of the monument. Another monument, to the writer and poet Ivan Franko, was erected in the village on 13 August 1995.[7]
Notable people
edit- Ksenia Danylyshyn, songwriter
- Oleh Haborak, soldier of the Armed Forces of Ukraine killed during the War in Donbas
- Volodymyr Oleksiuk, philosopher
- Hanna Vasylashchuk, weaver
- Oleksandra Vasylashchuk, writer
- Myroslav Yakibchuk, trade unionist and politician
References
edit- ^ "Склад громади" [List of communities]. decentralization.gov.ua (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 22 May 2024.
- ^ "Шешорівська сільська рада" [Sheshory village council]. Sheshory village council (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 22 May 2024.
- ^ a b "Шешори — срібний курорт на Прикарпатті" [Sheshory: a silver resort in Prykarpattia]. Karpaty.love (in Ukrainian). 15 September 2022. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
- ^ a b "Шешори" [Sheshory]. KosivArt (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 22 May 2024.
- ^ "Шешори" [Sheshory]. Karpaty.info (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 22 May 2024.
- ^ "Заходи по ліквідації провідника ОУН Карпатського краю – «Єфрема»" [Liquidation efforts against the OUN's Carpathian regional providnyk, "Yefrem"]. Stepan Bandera Historical and Memorial Museum (in Ukrainian). 1 January 2012. Archived from the original on 22 October 2017. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
- ^ a b "Шешори". Castles and Churches of Ukraine (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 22 May 2024.
- ^ "В'ячеслав Чорновіл. "Неугомонный" у боротьбі за Україну" [Viacheslav Chornovil: Restless in the fight for Ukraine]. Istorichna Pravda (in Ukrainian). 24 August 2017. Retrieved 22 May 2024.