Dolyna
Dolyna
Долина | |
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Coordinates: 48°58′14″N 24°0′40″E / 48.97056°N 24.01111°E | |
Country | Ukraine |
Oblast | Ivano-Frankivsk |
Raion | Kalush Raion |
Government | |
• Mayor | Ivan Dyriv |
Population (2022) | |
• Total | 20,417 |
Dolyna (
History
The city's history reaches the 10th century, making it one of oldest in the region. By the 14th century Dolyna became renowned for its salt mine. In 1349 the city came under the rule of the
In 1772 the city fell to Austrians and in 1791 it lost its status. During the second half of the 19th century a segment of the
During
After the war, Dolyna became part of the
Since 1991, Dolyna has been in independent Ukraine. Its oil field is one of the most powerful of Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast (region).[4]
On December 18, 2016, the UGCC Church of St. Andrew the First-Called was blessed in Dolyna and consecrated on May 28, 2017.[5] In 2017, at the International Mayors' Summit, the city received the Smart Cities Ukraine 2017 award in the Cleantech Solutions and Energy Efficiency category.
Dolyna is the only city in Ukraine to have received the European Energy Efficiency Management Certificate. For more than 10 years, Dolyna has insulated all public sector institutions in the city, modernized street lighting, abandoned centralized heating, and converted more than 60% of large boiler houses to alternative fuels, which is the highest rate in Ukraine.
The main priorities of the city are the development of tourism potential, as well as the restoration and preservation of an architectural monument of national importance - the buildings of the former saltworks of the late XIX century in the old part of Dolyna.
Until 18 July 2020, Dolyna was the administrative center of Dolyna Raion. The raion was abolished in July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast to six. The area of Dolyna Raion was merged into Kalush Raion.[6][7]
Population
Year | Pop. | ±% |
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1921 | 8,766 | — |
1931 | 9,616 | +9.7% |
2022 | 20,417 | +112.3% |
Source: [8] |
Language
Distribution of the population by native language according to the 2001 census:[9]
Language | Number | Percentage |
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Ukrainian | 20 119 | 97.21% |
Russian | 473 | 2.29% |
Other or undecided | 104 | 0.50% |
Total | 20 696 | 100.00% |
Notable People
Most prominent among the people hailing from the city was Myroslav Ivan Lubachivsky, Major Archbishop of Lviv and head of the Ukrainian Church. Among other notable inhabitants of Dolyna, there is Rudolf Regner, a hero of the Polish World War II resistance.
Other famous personalities associated with Dolyna are:
- Stanisław Jaworski, Polish film and theatre actor
- Antoni Kępiński, Polish psychiatrist and philosopher
- Ivan Levynskyi, Ukrainian architect
- Władysław Ogrodziński, Polish writer and journalist
Football
The city has a football club FC Naftovyk Dolyna.
Gallery
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Dolyna hospital
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Early 20th century church
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Historical building in Dolyna
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District court
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Greek Catholic church
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Roman Catholic church
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Gymnasium
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"Sokil" fellowship building
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Former synagogue
Twin towns – sister cities
- Grodzisk Wielkopolski, Poland
- Montigny-le-Bretonneux, France[11]
- Niemodlin, Poland
- Nowa Sarzyna, Poland
- Orhei, Moldova
- Prairie Village, United States
- Rubizhne, Ukraine
- Zviahel, Ukraine
Location
- Local orientation
- Regional orientation
References
- ^ "Долинская городская громада" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.
- ^ Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2022 [Number of Present Population of Ukraine, as of January 1, 2022] (PDF) (in Ukrainian and English). Kyiv: State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 July 2022.
- ISBN 978-0-253-35599-7.
- ^ Economichna Pravda(10 April 2018)
- ^ "У місті Долині освятили новий храм Святого апостола Андрія Первозванного". Archived from the original on 23 December 2016. Retrieved 23 December 2016.
- ^ "Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ". Голос України (in Ukrainian). 2020-07-18. Retrieved 2020-10-03.
- ^ "Нові райони: карти + склад" (in Ukrainian). Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України.
- ^ Wiadomości Statystyczne Głównego Urzędu Statystycznego (in Polish). Vol. X. Warszawa: Główny Urząd Statystyczny. 1932. p. 194.
- ^ "Рідні мови в об'єднаних територіальних громадах України" (in Ukrainian).
- ^ "Про міську раду". dolyna.if.ua (in Ukrainian). Dolyna. Retrieved 2020-04-03.
- ^ "Jumelages" (in French). Montigny-le-Bretonneux. Retrieved 2023-05-12.
External links
- (in English) Dolyna at the Encyclopedia of Ukraine
- (in Ukrainian) Unofficial city site Archived 2012-02-04 at the Wayback Machine
- (in Ukrainian) City history, description, and photos
- (in English) English-speaking forum of Dolyna Archived 2012-02-04 at the Wayback Machine
- (in English) Photographs of Jewish sites in Dolyna