Dzembronia (village)

Dzembronia is located on 12 km (7.5 mi) long creek also named Dzembronia and 130 km (81 mi) south of Ivano-Frankivsk and 21 km (13 mi) southwest of Verkhovyna. It is regarded as the highest village in Ukraine.[3][4]

On 1 April 1928, the hamlets of Dzembronia, Bystrets, Zelene, and Yavirnyk were separated from the commune of Żabie (Verkhovyna) of Kosiv Poviat, and the self-governing village of Dzembronia was thus formed.[5] In 1939, 1,750 residents lived in the village (1,600 Greek-Catholic Ukrainians, 110 Latin Ukrainians, 40 Poles).[6]

After it was annexed by the Soviet Union, the village was renamed Berestetska Dzembronia,[7] and on June 7, 1946, by decree of the Presidium of the Verkhovna Rada of the Ukrainian SSR, the village of was changed to Berestechko. On 4 June 2009, by a resolution of the Verkhovna Rada, the village of Berestechko was changed back to Dzembronia.[8][9]

According to the 1989 census, the population of Dzembronia was 258, of which 118 were men and 140 were women.[10] According to the 2001 census, 242 people lived in the village.[11]

In Dzembronia there is a monastery of the Transfiguration of the Lord Jesus Christ of the UGCC,[13] as well as the Church of St. Dimitriy of Thessalonica (OCU), built in 1997. In July 2017, the OCU church was consecrated in honor of Saint Olga.[14]