Zhovtantsi

Zhovtantsi Жовтанці
village
The Austro-Hungarian Soldiers' Cemetery in Zhovtantsi
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Coordinates: 49°59′33″N 24°14′18″E
Country	Ukraine
Oblast	Lviv Oblast
Raion	Lviv Raion
Hromada	Zhovtantsi rural hromada
First mentioned	1358
Population	5,066

Zhovtantsi (Ukrainian: Жовтанці; Polish: Żółtańce) is a village in Lviv Raion, Lviv Oblast, in western Ukraine. It is the administrative centre of Zhovtantsi rural hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Its population is 5,066 (as of 2024).[1]

History

Zhovtantsi was first mentioned in 1358, at which time its population was primarily agrarian.[2] In 2014, protests occurred in the village over the poor quality of the motorway from Zhovtantsi to Vykhopni [uk]. Protesters threatened to block Highway H17, linking the city of Lviv to Lutsk, if their demands were not met.[3]

President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko visited the village on 10 December 2018, as part of a trip to Lviv Oblast. While at Zhovtantsi, he paid his respects at a memorial to Ukrainian independence activists.[4]

Notable people

• Mykhailo Dyba [uk], economist and police officer.
• Ruslan Filipsonov [uk], senior sergeant of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
• Petro Kashuba [uk], chaplain of the Ukrainian Galician Army.
• Yulian Krynytskyi [uk], field marshal of the Common Army.
• Lukian Krynytskyi [uk], Ukrainian lawyer and politician in Austria-Hungary.
• Yurii Polianskyi [uk], geologist, geographer, archaeologist, and Ukrainian Military Organization leader.

References

1. "Жовтанецька громада" [Zhovtantsi hromada]. gromada.info (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 23 August 2024.
2. "Жовтанці, Кам'янсько-Бузький район, Львівська область" [Zhovtantsi, Kamianka-Buzka Raion, Lviv Oblast]. History of Cities and Villages of the Ukrainian SSR (in Ukrainian). 27 February 2017. Retrieved 23 August 2024.
3. Balyta, Volodymyr (15 August 2014). "Селяни погрожують перекрити дорогу Львів-Луцьк" [Villagers threaten to block Lviv-Lutsk road]. Zaxid.net (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 23 August 2024.
4. "Президент України Петро Порошенко у селі Жовтанці вшанував пам'ять героїв, які загинули у боротьбі за Україну" [President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko honoured the memory of heroes who died in battle for Ukraine in the village of Zhovtantsi]. Zhovtantsi rural hromada (in Ukrainian). 10 December 2012. Retrieved 23 August 2024.