Buchaly
Buchaly
Бучали | |
|---|---|
Buchaly | |
| Coordinates: 49°39′08″N 23°40′42″E / 49.65222°N 23.67833°E | |
| Country | Ukraine |
| Oblast | Lviv Oblast |
| District | Lviv Raion |
| Established | 1604 |
| Area | |
• Total | 107 km2 (41 sq mi) |
| Elevation /(average value of) | 265 m (869 ft) |
| Population | |
• Total | 1,304 |
| • Density | 12.2/km2 (31.6/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Postal code | 81560 |
| Area code | +380 3231 |
| Website | село Бучали / райцентр Городок / облцентр Львів (Ukrainian) |
Buchaly (Ukrainian: Буча́ли, Polish: Buczały) is a village (selo) in Lviv Raion, Lviv Oblast of Western Ukraine. It belongs to Horodok urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.[1] The population of the village is just about 1, 304 people and the local government is administered by Buchalivska village council.[2]
Geography
The village is located at a distance of 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) from Komarno, 17 kilometres (11 mi) from Horodok and 42 kilometres (26 mi) from the regional center of Lviv. Through the village passes railway from Lviv to Sambir.
History
For the first time the village mentioned in historical documents in the early 16th century. But the date of establishment the village is considered 1604.[3]
In 1772, as a result of the First Partition of Poland, it came under the rule of the Austrian Empire.
From 1772 to 1918, the village was part of the autonomous Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria.
From November 1918, it became part of the Western Ukrainian People's Republic.
From 1920 the town administratively belonged to Rudka County in Lviv Voivodeship Second Polish Republic, from 1934 to Komarno County.
In September 1939, units of the Red Army entered. This entire area was incorporated into the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic.
Since the outbreak of the Third Reich-Union of Soviet Socialist Republics war (July 1941), the village was occupied by German troops and then incorporated into the General Government.
During the German occupation of Poland in Buchaly, which was purely Polish, there was a strong self-defense force, which prevented attacks on the village. Later Extermination battalion (Russian: истребительные батальоны) was stationed here. In 1944-1945, Ukrainian nationalists from the OUN - UPA brutally murdered four Poles here, as a part of considered as a genocide Massacres of Poles in Volhynia and Eastern Galicia.[4]
In 1944, units of the Red Army re-entered. In 1945, mass deportations of Poles began in the village.
Since 1991, Buchaly has been within the territory of Ukraine.
Until 18 July 2020, Buchaly belonged to Horodok Raion. The raion was abolished in July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Lviv Oblast to seven. The area of Horodok Raion was merged into Lviv Raion.[5][6]
People
- Stanisław Cygan (born 1944), Polish footballer playing as a defender, coach.
- Antoni Maziak, Polish resident of the village, hid Jews on his farm, for which in 1994 the Yad Vashem Institute honored him with the title of Righteous Among the Nations.[7]
- Mieczysław Pater (1927–2017), Polish historian, professor University of Wrocław was born in the town.[8]
Cult constructions and religion
In the village there are two religious communities. This religious community of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church and Religious Community of the Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church.[9]
There are two churches for the needs of religious communities:
Gallery
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Church of the Holy Trinity (UGCC). Buchaly
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Church of St. Archangel Gabriel (UAPC). Buchaly
References
- ^ "Городокская городская громада" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.
- ^ https://archive.lvivoblrada.gov.ua/UserFiles/Image/docs/proekt/папка/Паспорти/Паспорт%20Городок%20(3).docx
- ^ [1] (in Ukrainian)
- ^ Siekierka S., Komański H., Bulzacki K., Ludobójstwo dokonane przez nacjonalistów ukraińskich na Polakach w województwie lwowskim 1939–1947, Wrocław: Stowarzyszenie Upamiętnienia Ofiar Zbrodni Ukraińskich Nacjonalistów, 2006, p. 210, ISBN 83-85865-17-9, OCLC 77512897.
- ^ "Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ". Голос України (in Ukrainian). 2020-07-18. Retrieved 2020-10-03.
- ^ "Нові райони: карти + склад". Мінрегіон (in Ukrainian). Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України. 17 July 2020.
- ^ "Maziak Antoni".
- ^ "Silesia, Poland, Germany over the centuries Historical studies dedicated to Professor Mieczysław Pater on the eightieth anniversary of his birth, ed. Teresa Kulak". Archived from the original on 2017-08-11.
- ^ РЕЛІГІЙНІ ОРГАНІЗАЦІЇ Archived 2015-04-02 at the Wayback Machine (in Ukrainian)
External links
Literature
- Історія міст і сіл УРСР : Львівська область, Бучали. – К. : ГРУРЕ, 1968 р. Page 257 (in Ukrainian)