Biskovychi
Biskovychi
Бісковичі | |
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Village | |
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 Coat of arms | |
  Biskovychi | |
| Coordinates: 49°32′20″N 23°09′21″E / 49.53889°N 23.15583°E | |
| Country |  Ukraine |
| Oblast | Lviv |
| Raion | Sambir |
Area | 11.54 km2 (4.46 sq mi) |
| Population | 2,413 |
| • Density | 210/km2 (540/sq mi) |
Biskovychi (Ukrainian: Бісковичі, Polish: Biskowice) is a village in Sambir Raion, Lviv Oblast, in south-west Ukraine. Biskovychi hosts the administration of Biskovychi rural hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.[1]
History
[edit]First mentioned in 1373. Historically, noble property belonging to the Lubomirski family, located in 1589 within Przemyśl Land of the Ruthenian Voivodeship.[2] Under the Second Polish Republic, it served as the seat of the Biskowice Municipality of the Sambor District—being home to over 3,000 inhabitants, predominantly Poles.[3]
Under German Occupation, the Polish Rychlik family hid the Jew Icchak Erdman for several months in 1942 and later provided him with shelter in the village of Zdrochec near Tarnów. In 1985, the Yad Vashem institute decided to posthumously award Antoni Rychlik the title of Righteous Among the Nations.[4]
Demographics
[edit]As of 2001, the village had a population of 2,413 inhabitants, with the following distribution of native languages:[5]
| Language | Number | Percentage |
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| Ukrainian | 2292 | 94.99% |
| Polish | 116 | 4.81% |
| Russian | 4 | 0.16% |
| German | 1 | 0.04% |
| Total | 2413 | 100% |
Notable people
[edit]- Antoni Hanebach (1895-1967) Polish soldier, politician, and public official.
- Jan Maciela (1906-1967) Polish educator and communist politician.
- Wojciech Michalik (1939-?) Polish rugby player and sports official.
- Halyna Yednak-Strakhotska (born 1961) Ukrainian cyclist.
References
[edit]- ^ "Бесковицкая громада" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.
- ^ Aleksander Jabłonowski, Polska XVI wieku pod względem geograficzno-statystycznym. T. 7. Ziemie ruskie. Ruś Czerwona. Cz. 1, Warszawa 1901, s. 14.
- ^ Rąkowski, Grzegorz (2013). Ukraińskie Karpaty i Podkarpacie. Część zachodnia (in Polish). Pruszków: Oficyna Wydawnicza "Rewasz". p. 125. ISBN 978-83-62460-31-1.
- ^ "„Poszedłem do księdza, wybrałem swoją metrykę i wyjechaliśmy z naszej miejscowości" - historia Antoniego Rychlika". sprawiedliwi.org.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2024-02-17.
- ^ "Рідні мови в об'єднаних територіальних громадах України" (in Ukrainian). Український центр суспільних даних.
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