Tukholka

Tukholka
Village

Church of the Dormition (wood), Tukholka. Skole Raion, Lviv Oblast. (1858)
Tukholka
Coordinates: UA 48°52′36″N 23°16′56″E / 48.87667°N 23.28222°E / 48.87667; 23.28222Coordinates: UA 48°52′36″N 23°16′56″E / 48.87667°N 23.28222°E / 48.87667; 23.28222
Country  Ukraine
Oblast Lviv OblastLviv Oblast
Raion Skole Raion
Area 3,926 km2 (1,516 sq mi)
Elevation 731 m (2,398 ft)
Population 955
 • Density 243,25/km2 (63,000/sq mi)
Website село Тухолька (Ukrainian)


The village Tukholka is surrounded by Eastern Beskids.

Tukholka (Ukrainian: Ту́холька) is a village (selo) in Skole Raion, Lviv Oblast, in western Ukraine. The village Tukholka is located in the Ukrainian Carpathians within the limits the Eastern Beskids (Skole Beskids) in southern Lviv Oblast in Skole Raion. Remotely from Lviv on 131 km, from Skole - 28 km and from Uzhhorod – 131 km. The village is located in the river valley Brynivka. Local government — Tukholkivska village council.[1]

The first written mention of the settlement dates back to 1552. The first settlers were farmers from the village Tuhlya.[2]

Preserved in the Tukholka a wooden church of the Dormition of Virgin (1858)

People from Tukholka

Notes

  1. ↑ Tukholkivska village council
  2. ↑ Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich dir.icm.edu.pl. Retrieved 2014-05-19.

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