History Ivano-Frankivsk

the city, named stanisławów (stanyslaviv), erected fortress protect polish-lithuanian commonwealth tatar invasions , reinforce region in case of other khmelnytsky uprising occur. built out of fort erected next villages of zabolotiv had been known since 1435 , knyahynyn (1449). village of zabolotiv , land around purchased stanisław rewera potocki polish nobleman rzeczkowski. 1672 fortress had been restructured wood brick. new large fortified potocki palace erected in place of older smaller wooden one. today building serves military hospital. in same year jews granted right become permanent residents, , work, conduct commerce, , come , go city pleased.

originally city divided 2 districts: tysmenytsia , halych. sometime in 1817–1819 neighbouring village of zabolottya, had special status, incorporated city new district, while tysmenytsia district divided tysmenytsia , lysets districts. each district had main street corresponded name: halych street (halych district), tysmenytsia street today independence street (tysmenytsia district), zabolotiv street – mykhailo hrushevsky street , street of vasylyanok (zabolottya district), , lysets street – hetman mazepa street (lysets district). later city split 6 small districts: midtown rich catholic population , patricians lived, pidzamche (subcastle), , 4 suburbs – zabolotiv, tysmenytia, halych , lysets plebeians lived.

austrian kk stamp bilingual cancelled in 1891 german , polish names

in october 1918, austro-hungarian empire collapsed , western ukrainian people s republic (zunr) proclaimed. in months of 1919 (from january may) city became temporary capital of west ukrainian national republic, while still recovering world war i. state affairs took place in building of dnister hotel act zluky (unification act) composed , signed on january 22, 1919 ukrainian people s republic. same year subjected polish–ukrainian , romanian-ukrainian skirmishes being annexed poland part of second polish republic centre of stanisławów voivodship. occupied romanian army summer months may 25 through august 21, 1919. during polish-soviet war in 1920, red army took on city brief period. after soviet retreat, ukrainian troops loyal symon petlura occupied city few days. @ period of history city in complete disorder.

in 1939 invasion of poland german , soviet forces, territory captured soviets in september 1939 , included ukrainian ssr. between september 1939 , june 1941, soviet regime ordered thousands of inhabitants of city leave houses , move siberia, of them perished. numerous people taken out of city prison , shot outside of city when soviet forces leaving in 1941. ivano-frankivsk occupied german forces july 2, 1941 july 27, 1944. there more 40,000 jews in stanisławów when occupied nazi germany on july 26, 1941. during occupation (1941–44), more 600 educated poles , of city s jewish population murdered.

beginning in 1944 city became part of soviet union , renamed stanislav . soviets forced of polish population leave city, of them settled in recovered territories. during post-war period city part of carpathian military district housing 38th army (70th motor rifle division) participated in operation dunai.

timeline

the city s art museum on sheptytsky square (former parish church of virgin mary)



1650–1662: establishing private fortress of potocki , seeking magdeburg rights
1662–1772: stanisławów, polish-lithuanian commonwealth (within kingdom of poland),
1772–1809: stanislau, austrian monarchy (within kingdom of galicia , lodomeria),
1809–1815: stanislav, russian empire,
1815–1918: stanislau, austrian empire, austria–hungary,
november 1918 – may 1919: stanyslaviv, west ukrainian people s republic,
may 1919 – september 1939: stanisławów, poland, seat of stanisławów voivodship,
october 1939 – june 1941: stanyslaviv, ukrainian soviet socialist republic,
july 1941 – august 1944: stanislau, seat of stanislau kreis, distrikt galizien, generalgouvernement,
august 1944 – 1962: stanislav,
1962: renamed in ivano-frankivsk, oblast seat, ukrainian ssr,
post–1991: ivano-frankivsk, independent ukraine.




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