Truskavets
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Truskavets
Трускавець | |
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UTC+3 (EEST) | |
Postal code | 82200 |
Area code | +380-3247 |
Website | https://truskavets.ua/en/ |
Truskavets (Ukrainian: Трускавець; Polish: Truskawiec) is a city in Drohobych Raion, western Ukraine's Lviv Oblast (region), near the border with Poland. It hosts the administration of Truskavets urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.[1] The population is approximately 28,287 (2022 estimate).[2]
Truskavets is famous for its mineral springs, which have made it one of Ukraine's great resorts. For most visitors the primary goal is consuming the various 'local waters.' The most famous is the naphtha and sulfur-scented, slightly saline 'Naftusia.' The town lies in an attractive little valley in the Carpathian foothills and is easily reached from Lviv by bus or train. The vast majority of tourists who come to Truskavets are Ukrainian or Belarusian.
The modern coat of arms of the city depicts a goose with raised wings and a branch in its beak. According to history, it symbolizes vigilance, kindness and health.
In 2000, a special economic zone (SEZ) was established in Truskavets for the period of 20 years.[3] Known as "Kurortopolis Truskavets", the SEZ offered various tax privileges for businesses and investors. Some 13 investment projects were approved under its framework, with the majority focusing on health and medical treatment.[4]
Name
The name of the city of Truskavets still causes disputes among historians. Most researchers believe that the word Truskavets comes from the Old Russian name Trushko, or Trusko, from where Truskovich, and eventually Truskavets.[5]
According to another version, the name of the city was influenced by the Lithuanian language. In Lithuanian, druska means salt, and Prykarpattia is a well-known center of salt production. In favor of this option, the close interstate relations of the Galicia-Volyn principality and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania in the 12th-15th centuries testify.
The third version traces the origin of the word to the dialect word trusok or trusk (small brush, dry wood chips) — cf. a Polish toponym Truskolyasy (forests where coniferous needles attacked), which refers to several villages in Poland.[6]
There is also a popular but erroneous version that Truskavets is a modified form of the Polish word truskawka (strawberry, Latin Fragaria ananassa). Strawberries of this type appeared in Europe only after 1714 and were brought from Chile by the French officer Fresier,[21] while the name of the city first appears in the 15th century. (Instead, the Polish name for the European strawberry species Fragaria moschata is poziomka.)
History
Truskavets, then known as Truskawiec, was first mentioned in 1469. The Polish royal doctor Wojciech Oczko was the first to describe local waters in 1578.
Following the collapse of the
On August 29, 1931, Vasyl Bilas and Dmytro Danylyshyn, two members of the
After the Soviet invasion of Poland in 1939, the spa was transformed into a sanatorium for Red Army soldiers.[9] From 1941 to 1944 it was under German occupation, and after 1944 under Soviet occupation again.[9] Under the Potsdam Agreement of 1945, it was taken from Poland and annexed by the Soviet Union. Under Soviet rule, most of the historic buildings were destroyed and replaced with typical Soviet architecture.[11]
In 2008, the Adam Mickiewicz monument, which survived World War II and Soviet rule, was renovated.[11]
Until 18 July 2020, Truskavets was incorporated as a city of oblast significance. In July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Lviv Oblast to seven, the city of Truskavets was merged into Drohobych Raion.[12][13]
Notable people
- Taras Bobanych (1989–2022), Ukrainian lawyer and soldier[14]
Twin towns
Truskavets is
Gallery
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Truskavets. Trading House.
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Old Town Hall
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Spa Rehabilitation Center Truskavets resort
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Downtown Truskavets
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City hall
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Residential building
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St. Nicholas Church
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Villa Anastasia
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Villa Goplana, housing the City Museum
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Adam Mickiewicz statue in Truskavets city park
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Church of the Assumption andJohn Paul IIstatue
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Monument to Vasyl Bilas and Dmytro Danylyshyn
References
- ^ "Трускавецкая 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.
- ^ Business Cooperation with Ukraine | Regions Potential | Lviv Region . Retrieved on 2008-12-26.
- ^ Truskavets Official Website | "About the City" (in Ukrainian). Retrieved on 2008-12-26.
- ^ Янко М. Т. Топонімічний словник-довідник Української РСР. К., 1973, с. 151
- ISSN 0035-7707.
- ^ a b c d Cezary Rudziński (16 April 2015). "Truskawiec. Dzieje uzdrowiska u podnóża Gorganów". Otwarty Przewodnik Krajoznawczy (in Polish). Retrieved 13 October 2019.
- ^ Ireneusz Jasiuk, Truskawiec - dzieje kresowego uzdrowiska na tle różnorodności kulturowej i etnicznej Małopolski Wschodniej, published in "Acta Humana” no. 8, 2017, p. 233-234 (in Polish)
- ^ a b c "Truskawiec - Historia miejscowości". Wirtualny Sztetl (in Polish). Retrieved 13 October 2019.
- ^ a b c Jasiuk, Op. cit., p. 234
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "Truskawiec - kurort marzeń". Nowa Trybuna Opolska (in Polish). 11 January 2009. Retrieved 13 October 2019.
- ^ "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.
- ISBN 978-966-02-2074-4.
- ^ "Jasło Official Website – "Współpraca Międzynarodowa Jasła" (Jasło's Twin Towns)". (in Polish) © 2008 Urząd Miasta w Jaśle. 2008. Retrieved 2008-10-23.
Sources
- Witkacy.
External links
Media related to Truskavets at Wikimedia Commons