Zahvizdia
Загвіздя | |
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Coordinates: 48°55′21″N 24°39′17″E / 48.92250°N 24.65472°E | |
Country | Ukraine |
Oblast | Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast |
Raion | Ivano-Frankivsk Raion |
First mentioned | 1394 |
Zahvizdia (Ukrainian: Загвіздя; Polish: Zagwoźdź) is a village in Ukraine, in the Ivano-Frankivsk Raion of Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast. It is the centre of the Zahvizdia rural hromada.[1]
Zahvizdia was first mentioned by Władysław II Jagiełło in a 1394 letter granting Danylo Zaderevetskyi control over several villages in Galicia.[2] According to a 1949 report by the Ministry of State Security of the Soviet Union, the Organisation of Ukrainian Nationalists was active in Zahvizdia.[3]
According to the 2001 Ukrainian census, 99.3% of Zahvizdia speaks Ukrainian, while another 0.5% of the population speaks Russian. 0.1% of the village additionally speaks Armenian.[4]