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Humnyska

Humnyska
Гумниська
village
Coordinates: 49°58′08″N 24°43′17″E / 49.96889°N 24.72139°E / 49.96889; 24.72139Coordinates: 49°58′08″N 24°43′17″E / 49.96889°N 24.72139°E / 49.96889; 24.72139
Country  Ukraine
Province  Lviv Oblast
District size Busk Raion
Established 1476
Area
 • Total 2,389 km2 (922 sq mi)
Elevation/(average value of) 218 m (715 ft)
Population
 • Total 455
 • Density 190,46/km2 (49,330/sq mi)
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
 • Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)
Postal code 80531
Area code +380 3264
Website село Гумниська(Ukrainian)

Humnyska (Ukrainian: Гумни́ська) is a village (selo) in Busk Raion, Lviv Oblast of Western Ukraine.
The village covers an area of 2,389 km2 at an altitude of 218 metres (720 ft) above sea level. Local government is administered by Humnyska village council. A village Chuchmany is also in the structure of local government.

The village is located near the highway in European route E40 E 40 connecting Lviv with Kiev. Distance to the highway is 2 kilometres (1.2 mi). And a distance from the regional center Lviv is 63 kilometres (39 mi) , 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) from the district center Busk, and 481 kilometres (299 mi) from Kiev.

Village Humnyska, probably founded in the fifteenth century; have a record of where it was first mentioned in 1476.
Traces of Stone Age settlements (3rd millennium BC) and early Bronze Age the archaeological excavations have revealed near the village Chuchmany and Humnyska.
From 1772 the village was a part of Austrian Empire, since 1867 as part of Austro-Hungarian Empire. From 1920 to 1939 Humnyska were part of Second Polish Republic.
In 1931 in the village was built school. The first director was Stepan Kalynevych. He led the school until 1945 and made a significant contribution to the development of education in rural areas.

The first church building was built of wood in 1724. The new building was built and consecrated November 21, 1926, and it survived to the present day. This is the Church of St. Michael the Archangel. The Church is in the list of wooden churches Lviv region.
In 1838 Markiyan Shashkevych was a priest in the Church of St. Michael the Archangel.


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