Spas (Ukrainian: Спас) is a village in Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, Ukraine, located in Kalush Raion. It is the administrative centre of Spas rural hromada. Its population is 1,820 (as of 2023[update]).[1]
Spas
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  Spas Location of Spas in Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast  Spas Location of Spas in Ukraine | |
| Coordinates: 48°53′34″N 24°03′38″E / 48.89278°N 24.06056°E | |
| Country |  Ukraine |
| Oblast |  Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast |
| Raion | Kalush Raion |
| First mentioned | 1469 |
| Population | 1,820 |
History edit
The village of Spas was first mentioned in 1469.[2] Two wooden churches were built in the village in the 18th century, one of which (the Church of the Transfiguration of the Lord, built in 1752) has survived to the present day.[3] In 1939, according to Volodymyr Kubijovyč, the village had a population of 2,750; 2,650 of these people were Ukrainians, 40 were Polish people, 40 were Jews, and the remaining 20 were Germans and of other ethnicities.[4] A monument to five Ukrainian Insurgent Army soldiers who were killed in the village was erected in 2019.[5]
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Church of the Transfiguration -
Ceiling -
Bell tower
Notable residents edit
- Mykhailo Vasylyshyn, Soviet soldier accidentally not conferred Hero of the Soviet Union due to an administrative error; later posthumously declared a Hero of Ukraine
References edit
- ^ "Спаська громада" [Spas hromada]. gromada.info (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 27 July 2023.
- ^ "Історична довідка" [Historical information]. Spas rural hromada (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 27 July 2023.
- ^ "Церква Преображення Господнього 1752" [Church of the Transfiguration of the Lord, 1752]. Wooden Churches of Western Ukraine (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on 30 November 2019. Retrieved 27 July 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. 22. ISBN 3-447-02376-7.
- ^ Shkil, Oleh (26 September 2019). "Освячено пам'ятний знак в Спасі" [Memorial sign erected in Spas]. upa.pereginsk.if.ua (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on 12 December 2019. Retrieved 27 July 2023.
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