Dolyna
| Dolyna Dolina | |||
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  Dolyna Dolina | |||
| Coordinates: 48°58′14″N 24°0′40″E / 48.97056°N 24.01111°E | |||
| Country |
 Ukraine | ||
| Oblast (province) | Ivano-Frankivsk | ||
| Raion (district) | Dolyna Raion | ||
| Government | |||
| • Mayor | Volodymyr Harazd | ||
| Population | |||
| • Total | 20,900 | ||
Dolyna (Ukrainian: Долина, Polish: Dolina, Yiddish: דאלינע) is a city located in the Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast (province) in southwestern Ukraine. It is the administrative center of Dolyna Raion (district).
The current estimated population is around 20,900.[1]
History
The city's history reaches the 10th century, making it one of oldest in the region. By the 14th century Dolyna became renowned for its salt mine. In 1349 the city came under the rule of the Kingdom of Poland, where it remained until 1772 (see Partitions of Poland). In 1525 Dolyna, or Dolina, as it is called in Polish, was granted city rights under the Magdeburg law and the right to trade salt similar to that of Kolomyia. In 1740 in the city was a riot of opryshky.
In 1772 the city fell to Austrians and in 1791 it lost its status. During the second half of the 19th century a railroad line linking Stryi with Stanislaviv was led through the city. By the end of the 19th century big fires destroyed the town completely. The first decade of the new century was dedicated to the revival of the town. After the collapse of Austria-Hungary, reborn Polish and Ukrainian states struggled for control over Dolyna in a fratricidal war won by Poles (see Polish-Ukrainian War). In the Second Polish Republic, the town, with population of almost 10 000, belonged to the Stanisławów Voivodeship and was the capital of the Dolina County. Neighboring villages were inhabited by German settlers, who came there in the times of Joseph II.
During World War II the city was occupied by Soviets (September 1939 - June 1941) and Germans, and incorporated into the Ukrainian SSR. In the 1950s, oil deposits were discovered in the region which by 1958 produced 65% of oil extracted in the Ukrainian SSR. Since 1991, Dolyna is in independent Ukraine.
People
Most prominent among the people hailing from the city was Myroslav Ivan Lubachivsky, Major Archbishop of Lviv and head of the Ukrainian Church. Among other notable inhabitants of Dolyna, there is Rudolf Regner, a hero of the Polish World War Two resistance.
Other famous personalities associated with Dolyna are:
- Stanislaw Jaworski - Polish film and theatre actor,
- Antoni Kepinski - Polish psychiatrist and philosopher,
- Wladyslaw Ogrodzinski - Polish writer and journalist.
Football
The city has a football club FC Naftovyk Dolyna.
Sister cities
Prairie Village, USA
Location
- Local orientation
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Tyapche Knyazholuka |
Yavoriv Dibrova |
Rakhynia Novychka Nadiiv |
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| Vyhodivka Novoselytsia Mala Turia |
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Rakiv Broshniv-Osada Svarychiv | ||
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| Vyhoda Kryva |
Obolonnya Verkhniy Strutyn |
Rozhniativ Nyzhniy Strutyn |
- Regional orientation
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Bolekhiv | Dashava (Lviv Oblast) |
Kalush | |
| Skole (Lviv Oblast) |
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Broshniv-Osada Rozhniativ | ||
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| Slavske (Lviv Oblast) |
Zakarpattya | Perehinske |
References
- ↑ as of 2001
External links
- (English) Dolyna at the Encyclopedia of Ukraine
- (Ukrainian) Unofficial city site
- (Ukrainian) City history, description, and photos
- (English) English-speaking forum of Dolyna
- (English) Photographs of Jewish sites in Dolyna
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