Kryvorivnia

Kryvorivnia (Ukrainian: Криворі́вня) is a village in the Verkhovyna Raion of the Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast of Ukraine. It is considered both the traditional summer and the winter capital of the Hutsul people.[1][2] Kryvorivnia belongs to Verkhovyna settlement hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.[3][4]

Kryvorivnia
Криворівня
Village
Kryvorivnia is located in Ukraine
Kryvorivnia
Kryvorivnia
Kryvorivnia is located in Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast
Kryvorivnia
Kryvorivnia
Coordinates: 48°10′31″N 24°53′48″E
Country Ukraine
RegionIvano-Frankivsk Oblast
Time zoneUTC+02:00 (EET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Area code?

Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors

The film Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors by Sergei Parajanov was filmed in the village. The house where the filming took place is now a museum.[5][6]

Notable residents

  • Andriy Burachynsky Ukrainian colonel, military doctor of medicine, head of the UGA medical service.
  • Tit-Yevhen Burachynsky Ukrainian physician and public figure
  • Yaroslav Chuperchuk, Ukrainian folklorist, choreographer
  • Kekilia Gardetska (1898-1961) Ukrainian writer, journalist, and public figure.
  • Mykola Potyak (1930-2019) Ukrainian physician and public figure
  • Oleksa Volianskyi (1862–1947), Ukrainian priest, ethnographer, cultural and educational activist

References

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