Uhnów
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Uhniv У́гнів |
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Church of Nativity of the Virgin Mary
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 Uhniv
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| Coordinates: 50°22′00″N 23°44′40″E / 50.36667°N 23.74444°ECoordinates: 50°22′00″N 23°44′40″E / 50.36667°N 23.74444°E | ||
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 Ukraine
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| Oblast (province) | Lviv | |
| Raion (district) | Sokal | |
| Population (2013) | ||
| • Total | 1,007 | |
Uhniv (Ukrainian: У́гнів, Polish: Uhnów, Yiddish: הובנוב) is a city in Sokal Raion, Lviv Oblast (region) of western Ukraine. Population: 1,007 (2013 est.).
Uhniv (or Uhnow, Uchnów or Hivniv) is the smallest city of Ukraine apart from a couple of cities in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone in northern Ukraine. It is part of the Sokal Raion and is located 22 km from Belz and 21 km from Rava Ruska. The capital of the district is Lviv (Lwów). It is located almost on the Ukrainian-Polish border. It was passed to Ukraine as a result of the 1951 Polish–Soviet territorial exchange.
At the end of 2nd century AD the Goths invaded Galicia. They conquered the Hivniv area and settled there. At the end of the 4th century the Huns conquered and replaced the Goths. In the middle of the 5th century the Slovenes took control of the area. In 1019 the area was conquered by Polish Crown; until 1462 the area was under ducal control. In that year Belz was established as a capital of voivodeship (pol. województwo) under Polish rule - this district included the town that was later called Hivniv. The settlements in the Belz area belonged to various owners; some to the kingdom (these were called crown cities) and some individuals called squires. In that year (1462) King Casimir IV Jagiellon gave town privileges and the name Uhnów (Hivniv) to the place, so the village became an independent town, free of wider supervision. The inhabitants were not under the squires control but under the king's rule.
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