Zashkiv, Zhovkva Raion

Zashkiv Зашків
General view of the village
Zashkiv
Coordinates: 49°57′06″N 23°59′39″E / 49.95167°N 23.99417°E / 49.95167; 23.99417Coordinates: 49°57′06″N 23°59′39″E / 49.95167°N 23.99417°E / 49.95167; 23.99417
Country	Ukraine
Oblast	Lviv Oblast
Raion	Zhovkva Raion
Area
• Total	15.91 km2 (6.14 sq mi)
Population  (2001 census)
• Total	1,411
• Density	88.68/km2 (229.7/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code	80375
Area code(s)	+380 3252

Zashkiv (Ukrainian: Зашків, Polish: Zaszków) is a village not far from Lviv in Zhovkva Raion (district) of Lviv Oblast (region) in western Ukraine.

History[]

First written mention comes from the 1377 (14th 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 of St. Michael the Archangel (1908)^[1]

People[]

• Yevhen Konovalets - a military commander of the UNR army and the leader of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists between 1929 and 1938.
• , brother of Yevhen Konovalets, buried at the Munich Waldfriedhof.

References[]

External links[]

• Zashkiv, google maps
• "Zashków (1), wś, pow. lwowski". Geographical Dictionary of the Kingdom of Poland (in Polish).  p. 715.

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