Verkhnia (Ukrainian: Верхня; Polish: Wierzchnia) is a village in Kalush Raion, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, Ukraine. It is the administrative centre of the Verkhnia rural hromada. Its population is 2,605 (as of 2023[update]).[1]
Verkhnia
Верхня | |
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 Saint John the Baptist Church in Verkhnia | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
  Verkhnia Location of Verkhnia in Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast .svg) Verkhnia Location of Verkhnia in Ukraine | |
| Coordinates: 49°06′08″N 24°18′53″E / 49.10222°N 24.31472°E | |
| Country |  Ukraine |
| Oblast |  Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast |
| Raion | Kalush Raion |
| First mentioned | 1448 |
| Population | 2,605 |
History
editVerkhnia was first mentioned in 1448.[2] Production of natural gas began in the village in 1955.[3]
In 1939, Verkhnia had a population of 2,190 people, including 2,170 Ukrainians and 20 Polish people, according to Volodymyr Kubijovyč. The Polish population was ethnically cleansed in 1944 by the Ukrainian Insurgent Army, which operated actively in Verkhnia.[4] In 1988, a narodny dim was established in the village, including a memorial to Organisation of Ukrainian Nationalists leader Mykola Klymyshyn.[5]
Notable residents
edit- Stefania Hrebenovska, Ukrainian theatre director
- Bohdan Yatskiv, Ukrainian Insurgent Army commander
- Maryan Zakalnytskyy, Ukrainian race walker
References
edit- ^ "Верхнянська громада" [Verkhnia hromada]. gromada.info (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 26 July 2023.
- ^ "Akta grodzkie i ziemskie z czasów Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej : z archiwum tak zwanego bernardyńskiego we Lwowie w skutek fundacyi śp. Alexandra hr. Stadnickiego. T. 12, [Najdawniejsze zapiski sądów halickich 1435-1475]" [City and land records from the time of the Polish Republic: from the so-called "Bernardine Archives" in Lviv, founded by the late Count Alexander Stadnicki, Vol. 12 (Oldest Records of the Galician court, 1435–1475)]. Polona (in Polish). Retrieved 26 July 2023.
- ^ "На Калущині видобуватиме газ донецька фірма, яка може бути пов'язана із Фірташем" [Donetsk gas company, which may be Firtash-related, will extract gas in Kalushchyna]. Vikna (in Ukrainian). 30 December 2016. Retrieved 26 July 2023.
- ^ "7 протоколів про ліквідацію українськими лоївками польських колоній, фабрики ТСП на Станіславівщині, осередків польського підпілля, банд, які нищили українців, донощиків та провокаторів" [7 protocols on liquidation of Polish colonies by Ukrainian soldiers, TSP factory in Stanislavivshchyna, Polish underground cells, bands killing Ukrainians, informers and provocateurs]. Electronic Archive of the Ukrainian Liberation Movement (in Ukrainian). 12 April 1944. Retrieved 26 July 2023.
- ^ "Ярослав Климишин: «Стрий ніколи не стріляв. Це був науковий патріот»" [Yaroslav Klymyshyn: "Stryi never fired a shot, he was a scientific patriot"]. Vikna (in Ukrainian). 7 November 2013. Retrieved 26 July 2023.