Ritschka (Kosiv)
| Ritschka | |||
| Річка | |||
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| Oblast : | Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast | ||
| Rajon : | Kosiv Raion | ||
| Height : | 530 m | ||
| Area : | 24 km² | ||
| Residents : | 2,075 (2001) | ||
| Population density : | 86 inhabitants per km² | ||
| Postcodes : | 78643 | ||
| Area code : | +380 03478 | ||
| Geographic location : | 48 ° 17 ′ N , 24 ° 56 ′ E | ||
| KOATUU : | 2623684801 | ||
| Administrative structure : | 1 village | ||
| Address: | вул. Левади 78643 с. Річка |
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| Website : | City council website | ||
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Ritschka ( Ukrainian Річка ; Russian Речка Retschka , Polish Riczka ) is a village in the Ukrainian Oblast Ivano-Frankivsk with about 2000 inhabitants (2001).
The village, first mentioned in writing in 1694, is a center of Hutsul art such as wood carving , wood decoration and engraving, inlay , metal art , traditional clothing etc.
Ritschka is the only town in the 24 km² district council of the same name in Kosiv district . The village is located in the Carpathian Forest in the east of the historical Galicia at an altitude of 530 m on the bank of the Ritschka ( Річка ), a 16 km long left tributary of the Rybnyzja ( Рибниця , Prut river system ). The Kosiv district center is 13 km east and the Ivano-Frankivsk oblast center 95 km north of Ritschka. Six kilometers east of the village there is a connection to the regional road P-24 at the village of Sokolivka .
Sons and daughters of the village
- Marko Mehedynjuk ( Марко Степанович Мегединюк ; 1842–1912), wood carver and founder of a school for wood carving
Web links
- Ryczka, pow. Kosovsky . In: Filip Sulimierski, Władysław Walewski (eds.): Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich . tape 10 : Rukszenice – Sochaczew . Walewskiego, Warsaw 1889, p. 79 (Polish, edu.pl ).
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b local website on the official website of the Verkhovna Rada ; accessed on April 28, 2020 (Ukrainian)
- ↑ a b c Ritschka on karpaty.info ; accessed on April 28, 2020 (Ukrainian)
- ^ Local history Ritschka in the history of the cities and villages of the Ukrainian SSR ; accessed on April 28, 2020 (Ukrainian)
- ^ Website of the district council on the official website of the Verkhovna Rada; accessed on April 28, 2020 (Ukrainian)