Kryvka

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Kryvka
Кривка
Village
Kryvka is located in Lviv Oblast
Kryvka
Kryvka
Coordinates: 48°52′56″N 23°04′22″E / 48.88222°N 23.07278°E / 48.88222; 23.07278Coordinates: 48°52′56″N 23°04′22″E / 48.88222°N 23.07278°E / 48.88222; 23.07278
CountryUkraine Ukraine
OblastLviv
RaionTurka
Area
2.8 km2 (1.1 sq mi)
Population
459
 • Density160/km2 (420/sq mi)

Kryvka (Ukrainian: Кривка, Polish: Krywka) is a village (selo) in Turka Raion, Lviv Oblast, in south-west Ukraine.

Kryvka was established as a private village in the late 15th century. An Orthodox church was mentioned here in 1561. There is a Saint Nicholais Orthodox church, built in 1928 in the Ukrainian national style. The older Greek Catholic church built here in 1765 was moved to the open-air museum in Lviv in 1930.[1]

References[]

  1. ^ Rąkowski, Grzegorz (2013). Ukraińskie Karpaty i Podkarpacie. Część zachodnia (in Polish). Pruszków: Oficyna Wydawnicza "Rewasz". p. 443. ISBN 978-83-62460-31-1.


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