Tukholka
Tukholka (Ukrainian: Ту́холька, Polish: Tucholka) is a village (selo) in Stryi Raion, Lviv Oblast, in western Ukraine. The village Tukholka is located in the Ukrainian Carpathians within the limits of the Eastern Beskids (Skole Beskids) in southern Lviv Oblast. Remotely from Lviv on 131 km, from Skole - 28 km and from Uzhhorod – 131 km. The village is located in the river valley Brynivka. It belongs to Kozova rural hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.[1] Local government — Tukholkivska village council.[2]
Tukholka
Ту́холька | |
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Village | |
![]() Church of the Dormition (wood), Tukholka. Skole Raion, Lviv Oblast. (1858) | |
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Coordinates: 48°52′36″N 23°16′56″E | |
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Raion | Stryi Raion |
Area | 3,926 km2 (1,516 sq mi) |
Elevation | 731 m (2,398 ft) |
Population | 955 |
• Density | 24,325/km2 (63,000/sq mi) |
Website | село Тухолька (Ukrainian) |

The first written mention of the settlement dates back to 1552. The first settlers were farmers from the village Tuhlya.[3]
Until 18 July 2020, Tukholka belonged to Skole Raion. The raion was abolished in July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Lviv Oblast to seven. The area of Skole Raion was merged into Stryi Raion.[4][5]
Preserved in the Tukholka a wooden church of the Dormition of Virgin (1858)
People from Tukholka
- Mykola Dychkovskyi (1910 -1985), a priest of the village Tukholka, repressed, was exiled to Vorkuta. Dean of city Stryi, the nephew of Cardinal Josyf Slipyj.
Notes
- "Козівська територіальна громада" (in Ukrainian). decentralization.gov.ua.
- Tukholkivska village council Archived 2014-12-10 at the Wayback Machine
- Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich dir.icm.edu.pl. Retrieved 2014-05-19.
- "Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ". Голос України (in Ukrainian). 2020-07-18. Retrieved 2020-10-03.
- "Нові райони: карти + склад" (in Ukrainian). Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України.
References
- Прадідівська слава: база даних українських пам’яток і визначних місць (in Ukrainian)
- weather.in.ua (in Ukrainian)
- Сколівщина.-Львів.1996 (in Ukrainian)
Literature
- Ukrainian: М. Арендач. Село Плав'є: погляд крізь віки. Львів: Ініціатива, 2012–176с. Редактор Ігор Дах.
- Ukrainian: Історія міст і сіл УРСР : Львівська область. – К. : ГРУРЕ, 1968 р.