Solonka (Ukrainian: Солонка; Polish: Sołonka) is a village in Lviv Raion, Lviv Oblast, in western Ukraine. It is the capital of Solonka rural hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Its population is 7,476 (as of 2024).[1]
Solonka
Солонка | |
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 The Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Solonka | |
 Coat of arms | |
  Solonka Location of Solonka in Lviv Oblast .svg) Solonka Location of Solonka in Ukraine | |
| Coordinates: 49°44′24″N 24°01′48″E / 49.74000°N 24.03000°E | |
| Country |  Ukraine |
| Oblast |  Lviv Oblast |
| Raion |  Lviv Raion |
| Hromada | Solonka rural hromada |
| First mentioned | 15th century |
| Population | 7,476 |
Overview
editSolonka was first mentioned in the 15th century. There was an anti-serfdom uprising led by peasants in the village during the 16th century. Following the Soviet annexation of Eastern Galicia and Volhynia in 1939, a sovkhoz was established in the village under the name "Victory".[2]
Solonka is home to multiple churches, belonging to both the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (such as the 2011 Church of the Holy Trinity)[3] and the Orthodox Church of Ukraine (including the 1939 Church of the Nativity of the Holy Virgin Mary).[4] One such Orthodox church in the village, the Church of the Transfiguration of the Lord, was consecrated by Metropolitan Epiphanius I in 2022.[5]
Notable people
edit- Yaroslav Kendzior, journalist, human rights activist, and politician.
- Stepan Kovalchuk, botanist.
References
edit- ^ "Солонківська громада" [Solonka hromada]. gromada.info (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 23 August 2024.
- ^ "Солонка, Пустомитівський район, Львівська область" [Solonka, Pustomyty Raion, Lviv Oblast]. History of Cities and Villages of the Ukrainian SSR (in Ukrainian). 28 February 2017. Retrieved 23 August 2024.
- ^ "Церква Пресвятої Трійці" [Church of the Holy Trinity]. Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 23 August 2024.
- ^ "Церква Різдва Пресвятої Богородиці" [Church of the Nativity of the Holy Virgin Mary]. Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 23 August 2024.
- ^ "Храм у Солонці освятив Митрополит Епіфаній і ще 100 священнослужителів" [Church in Solonka consecrated by Metropolitan Epiphanius and 100 other priests]. DailyLviv.com (in Ukrainian). 9 August 2022. Retrieved 23 August 2024.