Murovane (Ukrainian: Муроване; Polish: Murowane), formerly Liashky Murovani (Ukrainian: Ляшки Муровані; Polish: Laszki Murowane) is a village in Ukraine, in Lviv Raion within Lviv Oblast. It is part of Murovane rural hromada, and it has a population of 4,630 (as of 2023[update]).[1]
Murovane
Муроване Murowane | |
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.jpg) The wooden Church of the Introduction to the Temple of the Holy Mother of God in Murovane | |
  Murovane Location of Murovane in Lviv Oblast  Murovane Location of Murovane in Ukraine | |
| Coordinates: 49°52′48″N 24°05′41″E / 49.88000°N 24.09472°E | |
| Country |  Ukraine |
| Oblast |  Lviv Oblast |
| Raion | Lviv Raion |
| First mentioned | 1454 |
| Population | 4,630 |
History edit
Murovane was first mentioned in 1454, and was historically dominated by a local vegetable farming industry.[2] In 1939, according to Volodymyr Kubijovyč, the village had a population of 1,320. Of this population, 1,090 were Ukrainians, 200 were Polish people (including 80 Osadniks), 20 were Latynnyky, and ten were Jews.[3]
In the present day, there remains a moderately-sized Polish community in Murovane; according to the Encyclopedia of Modern Ukraine, Poles comprise around 5% of the population, as of 2001[update].[2]
Notable residents edit
- Petro Orlovskyi, Armed Forces of Ukraine soldier killed during the Battle of Debaltseve
- Volodymyr Petryshyn, Ukrainian-American mathematician
- Ivan Siiak, Ukrainian-Soviet revolutionary and military commander
- Mariia Siiak, Ukrainian opera singer
- Ostap Siiak, Ukrainian conductor and politician
- Ihor Yavorskyi, Ukrainian former footballer and football manager
References edit
- ^ "Мурованська громада" [Murovane hromada]. gromada.info (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 8 September 2023.
- ^ a b Voloshyn, L. A. "Муроване" [Murovane]. Encyclopedia of Modern Ukraine (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 8 September 2023.
- ^ Kubijovyč, Volodymyr (1983). Етнічні групи південнозахідньої України (Галичини) на 1.1.1939 [Ethnic groups of the South-Western Ukraine (Halyčyna - Galicia) 1.1.1939] (in Ukrainian). Wiesbaden: Harrasowitz. p. 48. ISBN 3-447-02376-7.