Stavnytsia

Stavnytsia (Ukrainian: Ста́вниця) is a village of the Letychiv Raion, Khmelnytskyi Oblast in western Ukraine.
The population of the village is around 1 121 persons.[1] Local government is administered by Medzhybizh village council.[2]

Stavnytsia

Ставниця
village
Stavnytsia
Coordinates: 49°26′52″N 27°25′55″E
Country Ukraine
Province Khmelnytskyi Oblast
District Letychiv Raion
Established1274
Area
 • Total2,918 km2 (1,127 sq mi)
Elevation
/(average value of)
285 m (935 ft)
Population
 • Total1,121
 • Density0.38/km2 (0.99/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code
31530
Area code+380 3857
Websiteсело Ставниця райцентр Летичів (Ukrainian)

Geography

The village is located on the left bank of the river Buzhok, at the confluence of the Southern Bug and Buzhok rivers. It is a not far from the Highway M12 (Ukraine) ( M12) at a distance 20 kilometres (12 mi) from the district center Letychiv, 39 kilometres (24 mi) from the regional center of Khmelnytskyi, and 88 kilometres (55 mi) from the city of Vinnytsia.

History and Attractions

In the village are preserved the ruins of the castle Nevitske - "Castle Rakoczy". This - the only monument the 16th century of fortification that has been saved in Ukraine. The first mention of the castle appeared in the 1274th year. In 1644, the castle was destroyed by the Hungarian Monarch Ferenc Rakoczy.
On the outskirts of the village were found Scythian settlements and settlement Cherniakhivska culture.[3]

Born in the village Stavnytsia
  • Anatoly Kashpirovsky (August 11, 1939) – a self-professed mass healer and hypnotizer who made his name on Russia's national television in the rocky years surrounding the collapse of the Soviet Union.[4]

References
  1. Село Ставниця: карта вулиць (in Ukrainian)
  2. Меджибізька селищна (сільська) рада (in Ukrainian)
  3. "Cherniakhiv culture". encyclopediaofukraine.com. Retrieved 2017-04-13.
  4. "Anatoly Kashpirovsky – Russiapedia Politics and society – Prominent Russians". russiapedia.rt.com. Retrieved 2017-04-13.


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