Rudky
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Rudky Рудки |
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Town hall
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| Coordinates: 49°39′10″N 23°29′13″E / 49.65278°N 23.48694°ECoordinates: 49°39′10″N 23°29′13″E / 49.65278°N 23.48694°E | |||
| Country |
 Ukraine
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| Province |
 Lviv Oblast
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| District | Sambir Raion | ||
| Established | 1472 | ||
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| • Total | 3.8 km2 (1.5 sq mi) | ||
| Elevation | 268 m (879 ft) | ||
| Population | |||
| • Total | 5,434 (2,013 est.). | ||
| • Density | 385/km2 (1,000/sq mi) | ||
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) | ||
| Postal code | 81440 | ||
| Area code(s) | +380 3236 | ||
| Website | місто Рудки (Ukrainian) | ||
Rudky (Ukrainian: Рудки, Polish: Rudki) is a city in Sambir Raion, Lviv Oblast in Ukraine. Its population was 4,942 at the 2001 Ukrainian census. Current population: 5,434 (2013 est.).
Rudky is located along the Highway Ukraine (H13) – Lviv – Sambir – Uzhhorod at a distance 48 kilometres (30 mi) from the regional center Lviv, 26 kilometres (16 mi) from the district center Sambir, and 200 kilometres (120 mi) from Uzhhorod.
This is placed on the The Main European Watershed, above the river Vyshnya (right tributary of the river San).
The town is the resting place of the Polish poet Aleksander Fredro, who was buried in a local Roman Catholic church in 1876. Rudky is on the Vishnya river and is the home of the Vyshnia College of the Lviv National Agricultural University. Rudky Arboretum is on the southern edge of the town.
Rudky, which for centuries belonged to the Kingdom of Poland, and was known as Rudki, was founded in the late 14th century, after Red Ruthenia was annexed by Poland. Its Roman Catholic parish was created in the early 15th century, and during the Protestant Reformation, the church was in 1550 turned into a Calvinist prayer house. In 1655, construction of a new church was initiated by the owner of the town, Andrzej Stano (Gozdawa coat of arms). Soon afterwards, the Swedish invasion of Poland brought widespread destruction to Rudki and its area, and the church was not completed until 1728. In 1742, Rudki was purchased by the Fredro family (Boncza coat of arms). Until the Partitions of Poland) Rudki belonged to Ruthenian Voivodeship. In 1772, it was annexed by the Habsburg Empire, as part of Austrian Galicia. After the Napoleonic Wars, Count Aleksander Fredro settled here. In 1880, the population of the town was 2582, with 1352 Jews and 945 Poles. In 1891, Polish scientist Mieczyslawa Ruxerowna was born here.
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