Sheshory

Sheshory Шешори
village
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Coordinates: 48°20′11″N 24°59′28″E
Country	Ukraine
Oblast	Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast
Raion	Kosiv Raion
Hromada	Kosiv urban hromada
First mentioned	1427 or 1445
Population  (2020)	2,116

Sheshory (Ukrainian: Шешори; Polish: Szeszory) is a village in Kosiv urban hromada,[1] Kosiv Raion, in Ukraine's western Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast. Its population is 2,116 (as of 2020).[2]

Overview

Sheshory was first mentioned in 1427[3] or 1445,[4] although evidence of human settlement in the village dates to the Stone Age.[3] The village is located near the Pistynka [uk] river, and several waterfalls are located near the village. A sanatorium and tourist resort both exist in the village.[4]

The village is inhabited by Hutsuls, and contains Horishnia Tserkva, one of the oldest Hutsul churches. A narodnyi dim was founded in 1924, and the wooden Church of the Holy Great Martyr Paraskeva of Sunday [uk] continues to stand.[5] Sheshory was the site of a battle on 20 October 1950, during the anti-Soviet resistance by the Ukrainian Insurgent Army. As a result of the battle, two commanders of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (Vasyl Savchak [uk] and Hryhorii Lehkyi [uk]) were killed.[6]

A monument to the writer, poet, and artist Taras Shevchenko, created by Ivan Honchar [uk],[7] was opened by Viacheslav Chornovil in his capacity as a Komsomol worker on 8 August 1965. As a result of the speech Chornovil gave during the opening of the monument, he was removed from the Komsomol.[8] A plaque commemorating the speech is placed at the bottom of the monument. Another monument, to the writer and poet Ivan Franko, was erected in the village on 13 August 1995.[7]

Notable people

• Ksenia Danylyshyn [uk], songwriter
• Oleh Haborak [uk], soldier of the Armed Forces of Ukraine killed during the War in Donbas
• Volodymyr Oleksiuk [uk], philosopher
• Hanna Vasylashchuk [uk], weaver
• Oleksandra Vasylashchuk [uk], writer
• Myroslav Yakibchuk [uk], trade unionist and politician

References

1. "Склад громади" [List of communities]. decentralization.gov.ua (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 22 May 2024.
2. "Шешорівська сільська рада" [Sheshory village council]. Sheshory village council (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 22 May 2024.
3. "Шешори — срібний курорт на Прикарпатті" [Sheshory: a silver resort in Prykarpattia]. Karpaty.love (in Ukrainian). 15 September 2022. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
4. "Шешори" [Sheshory]. KosivArt (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 22 May 2024.
5. "Шешори" [Sheshory]. Karpaty.info (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 22 May 2024.
6. "Заходи по ліквідації провідника ОУН Карпатського краю – «Єфрема»" [Liquidation efforts against the OUN's Carpathian regional providnyk, "Yefrem"]. Stepan Bandera Historical and Memorial Museum (in Ukrainian). 1 January 2012. Archived from the original on 22 October 2017. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
7. "Шешори". Castles and Churches of Ukraine (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 22 May 2024.
8. "В'ячеслав Чорновіл. "Неугомонный" у боротьбі за Україну" [Viacheslav Chornovil: Restless in the fight for Ukraine]. Istorichna Pravda (in Ukrainian). 24 August 2017. Retrieved 22 May 2024.