Dolyna

Dolyna (Ukrainian Долина; Dolina Polish and Russian ) is a city in the Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast in western Ukraine. It is located in the Galician Vorkarpaten and is the center of the Rajons same name. Dolyna has around 22,000 inhabitants.

History

Dolyna largely shares the history of Ukraine or Galicia / Poland.

With a first mention in the 10th century Dolyna one of the oldest settlements in the Vorkarpaten; it was part of the early Halych - Volhynian principality. Since 1349 it belonged to Poland - Lithuania, in 1525 the Magdeburg Law was implemented. After the first partition of Poland in 1772 Dolyna fell to Austria, after the end of World War I in 1919 to Poland and was here from 1921 in the province Stanislav. With the onset of World War II Dolyna fell in 1939 to the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic - the same year the town was declared a city. In the thirties there was increased activity of the Ukrainian nationalist movement Stepan Bandera OUN under in the region. 1941-1944 Dolyna was occupied by the German Wehrmacht, and then fell back to the Soviet Union.

Economy

Dolyna is one of the centers of oil production and petrochemical industries in Western Ukraine. In addition to this industry, there are companies in the building industry, light industry, wood and food industries. Important for the place is also the connection to the rail network of the Ukraine, a station on the railway line Stry - Ivano-Frankivsk was opened in 1875, 1883 was the starting place nor the local railway Dolina - Wygoda it.

Personalities

Myroslaw Ljubatschiwskyj, Ukrainian Greek Catholic Archbishop

Place in the Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast

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