Koniatyn, Chernivtsi Oblast

Village in Chernivtsi Oblast, Ukraine

Koniatyn Конятин
village
Palace of Culture in Koniatyn
48°02′34″N 24°56′19″E / 48.04278°N 24.93861°E / 48.04278; 24.93861
Country	Ukraine
Oblast	Chernivtsi Oblast
Raion	Vyzhnytsia Raion
First mentioned	1774

Koniatyn (Ukrainian: Конятин; Romanian: Coniatin) is a village in Vyzhnytsia Raion, Chernivtsi Oblast, in western Ukraine. It is the capital of Koniatyn rural hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Its population is 677 (as of 2024).^[1]

History

Koniatyn was first mentioned in 1774. Its residents supported peasant uprisings led by Lukjan Kobylytsia. The Austrian government responded by executing local leaders who supported Kobylytsia.

The village is home to a wooden church named the Basilian Church [uk]. The church was constructed in either 1790 or 1877,^[2] and it is part of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church.^[3]

Notable residents

Viktor Ferliievych [uk], senior soldier of the Armed Forces of Ukraine killed during the War in Donbas.
Anatolii Tomkiv [uk], writer and journalist.

References

^ "Конятинська громада" [Koniatyn hromada]. gromada.info (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 18 August 2024.
^ "Церква Св. Василя. 1877" [Church of Saint Basil (1877)]. Wooden Churches of Western Ukraine (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 18 August 2024.
^ "Чернівецька єпархія" [Chernivtsi Diocese]. Conference of Archbishops of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 18 August 2024.