Komariw (Kelmenzi)

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Komariw
Комарів
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Komariv (Ukraine)
Komariw
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Basic data
Oblast : Chernivtsi Oblast
Rajon : Kelmenzi district
Height : 272 m
Area : 4.02 km²
Residents : 1,804 (2001)
Population density : 449 inhabitants per km²
Postcodes : 60140
Area code : +380 3732
Geographic location : 48 ° 34 '  N , 26 ° 59'  E Coordinates: 48 ° 33 '35 "  N , 26 ° 59' 18"  E
KOATUU : 7322085201
Administrative structure : 2 villages
Address: вул. Головна буд. 17
60 140 с. Комарів
Website : Official website of Komariv
Statistical information
Komariv (Chernivtsi Oblast)
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Komariw ( Ukrainian Комарів ; Russian Комаров Komarow , Romanian Comarova ) is a village in the east of the Ukrainian Oblast Chernivtsi with about 1,800 inhabitants (2001) on an area of ​​4.02 km².

Rocks on the Dniester near Komariv

The village's population is 99.3% Ukrainians, the rest are citizens of ethnic minorities. Because the parish is rich in natural minerals, including stone, limestone, sand and clay, most of the villagers are busy burning lime.

local community

Komariw is the administrative center of the district council of the same name in the northeast of Kelmenzi Rajon , to which the village of Majorka ( Майорка , ) with about 100 inhabitants belongs.

Geographical location

The village is located in the Pruto-Dnistrowskij level ( Пруто-Дністровській рівнині ) of Podilske plateau ( Подільське плато ), the southeastern part of the Podolian plate at an altitude of 272  m on the right bank of the Dnister , the banks here forms part striking rock . On the opposite bank of the river is the famous Bakota-Cave Monastery ( Бакотський скельний монастир ) in Kamianets -Podilskyj district of Khmelnytskyi Oblast . The Dniester reservoir near the village has an area of ​​329.3 hectares.

Komariw is located about 20 km northeast of the Kelmenzi district center and about 100 km northeast of the Chernivtsi Oblast center .

The regional road P-63 runs south of Komariw .

Church of the Assumption of Our Lady

history

Remains of the Trypillja culture from the 3rd millennium BC were found near the village . Chr. , And from the early Iron Age from the first millennium BC. In 1950, remains of the Chernyakhov culture from the 3rd – 5th centuries were found south of the village . Founded in the 17th century AD . The excavations took place in 1956/57, 1962, 1965 and 1969 and brought to light buildings with stone foundations and industrial shaft furnaces for glass and ceramic production . In addition, other tools for glass production and over 1000 glassware were found.

The village, first mentioned in writing on August 7th, 1665, is home to the Dormition Church , built in 1765 with an octagonal dome, the oldest wooden church in the Rajon .

The village belonged to the Principality of Moldova until 1711 , after which it was part of the Ottoman Empire until Bessarabia was ceded to Russia in 1812 . After the end of the First World War , until the annexation of Bessarabia by the Soviet Union on August 2, 1940, it fell to Romania . During the Second World War , the village again belonged to Romania between 1941 and 1944 , and after the end of the war it became part of the Ukrainian SSR . In 1946/47 the village experienced a famine , which killed many of the village's residents. In 1971 there were 2413 people in the village. After the collapse of the Soviet Union , the village became part of independent Ukraine in 1991.

Sons and daughters of the village

  • Arsenij (Metropolitan) (civil: Awksentij Heorhijowytsch Stadnyzkyj; 1862–1936), Ukrainian theologian, church historian and educator. Rector of the Moscow Theological Academy.
  • Ivan Dozyn ( Іван Васильович Доцин ; * 1958), journalist, publisher, ethnographer

Web links

Commons : Komariw  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. Local website on the official website of the Verkhovna Rada ; accessed on May 31, 2019 (Ukrainian)
  2. a b c d e f g h i History of the village on the official website of the village; accessed on May 31, 2019 (Ukrainian)
  3. ^ Website of the district council on the official website of the Verkhovna Rada; accessed on May 31, 2019 (Ukrainian)
  4. a b c article on Komariw on andy-travel.com.ua ; accessed on May 31, 2019 (Ukrainian)
  5. a b Komariw - historical and archaeological features of the monument on komariv.in.ua ; accessed on May 31, 2019 (Ukrainian)
  6. a b c Local history Komariw in the history of the cities and villages of the Ukrainian SSR ; accessed on May 31, 2019 (Ukrainian)
  7. Prominent personalities on the official website of the village; accessed on May 31, 2019 (Ukrainian)