Ust-Putyla

Ust-Putyla Усть-Путила
village
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Coordinates: 48°06′36″N 25°02′30″E
Country	Ukraine
Oblast	Chernivtsi Oblast
Raion	Vyzhnytsia Raion
First mentioned	18th century

Ust-Putyla (Ukrainian: Усть-Путила; Romanian: Gura Putilei) is a village in Vyzhnytsia Raion, Chernivtsi Oblast, in western Ukraine. It is the capital of Ust-Putyla rural hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Its population is 623 (as of 2024).[1]

Overview

Ust-Putyla was first mentioned in the 18th century, although by that point it had already existed for centuries prior. Its name descends from the Ukrainian word брід (brid), or "ford", as it is surrounded on all sides but one by the Putylka [uk] river. The village's residents joined the peasant uprising led by Lukjan Kobylytsia. The village is inhabited by Hutsuls.[2] A varenyky festival was held in the village in September 2021.[3]

Ust-Putyla is home to the wooden Saint Paraskeva Church,[4] which belongs to the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate). In 2021, ₴7,000 was stolen from the church by unknown perpetrators.[5]

Notable people

• Oleh Klymenko [uk], historian, writer, journalist, and colonel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
• Vasylyna Sumariak [uk], pysanka painter.

References

1. "Усть-Путильська громада" [Ust-Putyla hromada]. gromada.info (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 18 August 2024.
2. "History". Ust-Putyla rural hromada (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 18 August 2024.
3. Cherniakova, Olha (24 September 2021). "Журналісти побували в громадах Буковини і Прикарпаття. Що побачили у рідному селі Марії Матіос" [Journalists visit the hromadas of Bukovina and Prykarpattia: What was seen in Maria Matios's native village]. Neighbours.City (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 18 August 2024.
4. "Церква Св. Параскеви. 1890" [Saint Paraskeva Church (1890)]. Wooden Churches of Western Ukraine (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 18 August 2024.
5. "За одну ніч на Буковині намагалися обікрасти два храми УПЦ МП. Одну церкву - пограбували" [In one night, two UOC-MP churches in Bukovina suffered attempted robberies: One church was robbed]. Religious Information Service of Ukraine (in Ukrainian). 17 October 2021. Retrieved 18 August 2024.