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”’Verkhniachka”’ ({{langx|uk|Верхня́чка}}) is a small village in the [[Stryi Raion]], [[Lviv Oblast]], [[Western Ukraine]] (name to year 1954 – {{langx|uk|Вижлів }}).{{clarify|date=June 2023}} It belongs to the [[Koziova rural hromada]], one of the [[hromada]]s of Ukraine.<ref name=”admreform_2020_kozova_lviv”>{{cite web |title=Козовская громада |url=https://gromada.info/ru/obschina/kozivska/ |publisher=Портал об’єднаних громад України |language=ru}}</ref>

”’Verkhniachka”’ ({{langx|uk|Верхня́чка}}) is a small village in the [[Stryi Raion]], [[Lviv Oblast]], [[Western Ukraine]] (name to year 1954 – {{langx|uk|Вижлів }}).{{clarify|date=June 2023}} It belongs to the [[Koziova rural hromada]], one of the [[hromada]]s of Ukraine.<ref name=”admreform_2020_kozova_lviv”>{{cite web |title=Козовская громада |url=https://gromada.info/ru/obschina/kozivska/ |publisher=Портал об’єднаних громад України |language=ru}}</ref>

The population of the village is roughly 939 people and local government is administered by Verkhniachkivska village council.<ref>[http://rada.info/rada/04370389/ Верхнячківська сільська рада] {{in lang|uk}}</ref>

The population of the village is roughly 939 people and local government is administered by Verkhniachkivska village council.<ref>[http://rada.info/rada/04370389/ Верхнячківська сільська рада] {{in lang|uk}}</ref>

== Geography ==

== Geography ==

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== History and Attractions ==

== History and Attractions ==

The first written record of the village dates from 1730 and its first name Vyzliv ({{langx|uk|Вижлів }}).

The first written record of the village dates 1730 and its name Vyzliv ({{langx|uk|Вижлів }}).

In the village is an architectural monument of local importance. It is a wooden Church of Annunciation Virgin, built in 1832.<ref>{{cite web |title=Церква Благовіщення Пресвятої Богородиці |url=http://drymba.net/uk/1044332-tserkva-blahovischennya-presvyatoyi-bohorodytsi |website=drymba.com |access-date=27 June 2023 |language=uk}}</ref>

In the village is an architectural monument of local importance. It is a wooden Church of Annunciation Virgin, built in 1832.<ref>{{cite web |title=Церква Благовіщення Пресвятої Богородиці |url=http://drymba.net/uk/1044332-tserkva-blahovischennya-presvyatoyi-bohorodytsi |website=drymba.com |access-date=27 June 2023 |language=uk}}</ref>


Latest revision as of 22:40, 18 November 2025

Village in Lviv Oblast, Ukraine

Village in Lviv Oblast, Ukraine

Verkhniachka (Ukrainian: Верхня́чка) is a small village in the Stryi Raion, Lviv Oblast, Western Ukraine (name to year 1954 – Ukrainian: Вижлів).[clarification needed] It belongs to the Koziova rural hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.[1]
The population of the village is roughly 939 people and the local government is administered by the Verkhniachkivska village council.[2]

The village is located in the Carpathian mountains of Ukraine[3] within the limits of the Eastern Beskids, at an altitude of 830 metres (2,700 ft) above sea level, which gives the village a mountain climate.[4]
It is 55 kilometres (34 mi) from Highway M06, 159 kilometres (99 mi) from the regional center Lviv, 51 kilometres (32 mi) from the district center Skole, and 151 kilometres (94 mi) from Uzhhorod.
The Stryi River originates on the outskirts of the village.

History and Attractions

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The first written record of the village dates to 1730 and its original name was Vyzliv (Ukrainian: Вижлів).

In the village is an architectural monument of local importance. It is a wooden Church of Annunciation Virgin, built in 1832.[5]

Until 18 July 2020, Verkhniachka belonged to Skole Raion. The raion was abolished in July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Lviv Oblast to seven. The area of Skole Raion was merged into Stryi Raion.[6][7]

  • Історія міст і сіл УРСР : Львівська область, Сколівський район, Верхня́чка. – К. : ГРУРЕ, 1968 р. Page 715 (in Ukrainian)

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