Bodnariv (Ukrainian: Боднарів, Polish: Bednarów) is a village in Kalush Raion, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, Ukraine.[1]

Bodnariv
Боднарів
Bednarów
Coordinates: 49°01′47″N 24°32′15″E / 49.02972°N 24.53750°E / 49.02972; 24.53750
Country Ukraine
Oblast Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast
RaionKalush

History edit

Bednarów was part of Austrian Galicia and had a Greek Catholic church in 1900.[2] It was attacked by the Ukrainian Insurgent Army in 1944 during the Massacres of Poles in Volhynia and Eastern Galicia. 250 people were killed in the massacre [pl].[3] The town's parish church was also burned down.[4] Only 14 survived.[5]

There is a monument in the town to Nazi collaborator Oleksandr Lutskyi,[6] who was born in the village.[7]: 62 

Notable residents edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Mindat.org". www.mindat.org. Retrieved 2022-05-10.
  2. ^ "Gesher Galicia // Researching Jewish roots in the former Austro-Hungarian province of Galicia, now Poland and Ukraine". www.geshergalicia.org. Retrieved 2022-05-10.
  3. ^ Naleźniak, Paweł (2013-12-30). "Genocide in Volhynia and Eastern Galicia 1943–1944". The Person and the Challenges. The Journal of Theology, Education, Canon Law and Social Studies Inspired by Pope John Paul II. 3 (2): 29. doi:10.15633/pch.493. ISSN 2391-6559.
  4. ^ Redakcja (2022-03-07). "W nocy z 7 na 8 marca 1944 roku, banda Ukraińskiej Powstańczej Armii (UPA) dokonała zbrodnia 250 Polaków we wsi Bednarów » Historykon.pl". Historykon.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2022-05-10.
  5. ^ "KALENDARIUM LUDOBÓJSTWA MARZEC 1944". wolyn.org. Archived from the original on 2022-03-25. Retrieved 2022-05-10.
  6. ^ Golinkin, Lev (2021-01-27). "Nazi collaborator monuments around the world". The Forward. Retrieved 2022-05-10.
  7. ^ Літопис УПА