Stavnytsia

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Stavnytsia
Ставниця
Stavnytsia is located in Khmelnytskyi Oblast
Stavnytsia
Stavnytsia
Coordinates: 49°26′52″N 27°25′55″E / 49.44778°N 27.43194°E / 49.44778; 27.43194Coordinates: 49°26′52″N 27°25′55″E / 49.44778°N 27.43194°E / 49.44778; 27.43194
Country Ukraine
Province Khmelnytskyi Oblast
Districtsize Letychiv Raion
Established1274
Area
 • Total2,918 km2 (1,127 sq mi)
Elevation
/(average value of)
285 m (935 ft)
Population
 • Total1,121
 • Density0.38/km2 (0.99/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code
31530
Area code+380 3857
Websiteсело Ставниця райцентр Летичів (Ukrainian)

Stavnytsia (Ukrainian: Ста́вниця) is a village of the Letychiv Raion, Khmelnytskyi Oblast in western Ukraine.
The population of the village is around 1 121 persons.[1] Local government is administered by Medzhybizh village council.[2]

Geography[]

The village is located on the left bank of the river Buzhok, at the confluence of the Southern Bug and Buzhok rivers. It is a not far from the Highway M12 (Ukraine) ( M 12) at a distance 20 kilometres (12 mi) from the district center Letychiv, 39 kilometres (24 mi) from the regional center of Khmelnytskyi, and 88 kilometres (55 mi) from the city of Vinnytsia.

History and Attractions[]

In the village are preserved the ruins of the castle Nevitske - "Castle Rakoczy". This - the only monument the 16th century of fortification that has been saved in Ukraine. The first mention of the castle appeared in the 1274th year. In 1644, the castle was destroyed by the Hungarian Monarch Ferenc Rakoczy.
On the outskirts of the village were found Scythian settlements and settlement Cherniakhivska culture.[3]

Born in the village Stavnytsia[]

  • Anatoly Kashpirovsky (August 11, 1939) – a self-professed mass healer and hypnotizer who made his name on Russia's national television in the rocky years surrounding the collapse of the Soviet Union.[citation needed]

References[]

  1. ^ Село Ставниця: карта вулиць (in Ukrainian)
  2. ^ Меджибізька селищна (сільська) рада (in Ukrainian)
  3. ^ "Cherniakhiv culture". encyclopediaofukraine.com. Retrieved 2017-04-13.

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