Medukha, Ukraine

Medukha Медуха Meducha
Ruins of the Church of Our Lady of the Rosary
Medukha Medukha
Coordinates: 49°08′56″N 24°48′36″E
Country	Ukraine
Oblast	Ivano-Frankivsk
Raion	Halych Raion
Area
• Total	17.23 km2 (6.65 sq mi)
Population  (2001 census)
• Total	442
• Density	25.65/km2 (66.4/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code	77145
Area code	+380 3431

Medukha (Ukrainian: Медуха) is a village in the Halych Raion of the Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast in western Ukraine. Hnyla Lypa River flows near of the village.

History

First written mention comes from the 15th century. Then belonged to the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, from 1772 until 1918 to Austrian (Habsburg Monarchy, Austrian Empire, Austria-Hungary) empires, in 1918-1919 to West Ukrainian People's Republic. From 1991 belonged to Ukraine.

Reading room of Ukrainian society Prosvita operated in the village.

Attractions

• Church
• Roman Catholic church

People

• Dmytro Vitovsky - a Ukrainian politician and military leader, chairman of Ukrainian Military Committee, the first commander of the Ukrainian Galician Army, State Secretary of WUPR

Sources

• (in Polish) Koscioly i klasztory rzymskokatolockie dawnego wojewodztwa ruskiego.— Кrаków, 2002

External links

• Medukha, google maps
• (in Ukrainian) Медуха. Замки та храми України
• "Meducha". Geographical Dictionary of the Kingdom of Poland (in Polish). 6. Warszawa: Kasa im. Józefa Mianowskiego. 1885. p. 230.