Zashkiv, Zhovkva Raion

Zashkiv (Ukrainian: Зашків) is a village not far from Lviv in Zhovkva Raion (district) of Lviv Oblast (region) in western Ukraine.

Zashkiv

Зашків
Coordinates: 49°57′06″N 23°59′39″E
Country Ukraine
Oblast Lviv Oblast
RaionZhovkva Raion
Area
  Total15.91 km2 (6.14 sq mi)
Population
  Total1,411
  Density88.68/km2 (229.7/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code
80375
Area code(s)+380 3252

History

First written mention comes from the 1377 (14th century). Then belonged to the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, from 1772 until 1918 to Austrian (Habsburg Monarchy, Austrian Empire, Austria-Hungary) empires, in 1918-1919 to West Ukrainian People's Republic. From 1991 belonged to Ukraine.

Reading room of Ukrainian society Prosvita operated in the village.

Attractions

  • Church of St. Michael the Archangel (1908)[1]

People

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