Kulchytsi


Kulchytsi is a, which is located in Sambir Raion, Lviv Oblast, of Western Ukraine. It belongs to Ralivka rural hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.
The estimated population is around 1,517. Local government is administered by Kulchytska village council.

Geography

The village is situated on the hilly area at a distance from the district center Sambir. It is situated in the from the regional center Lviv and from the city Drohobych.

History

Archaeological excavations have revealed traces of settlements from the 5th to 4th centuries BC, although the official founding date of village is 1284. Thirteen Stone-Age burial mounds near Kulchytsi were investigated. The settlement beginning Iron Age have been preserved in territory of village
A historic name of the village was Kulchachke.
In the Second Polish Republic, the village was located in the Sambir County of the Lwów Voivodeship.
On April 17, 1944, Ukrainian nationalists from the OUN-UPA murdered 15 Poles here as a part of Volhynia genocide. On August 8, 1944, the village was captured by Soviet forces.

Religious structures and attractions

Christians have an opportunity to visit the Exaltation of the Holy Cross Orthodox Church, Church of the Transfiguration and Church of Saints Florus and Laurus.
In the village has an architectural monument of local importance of Sambir Raion. It is a wooden bell tower of Church of Florus and Laurus 18th century.

Museums and monuments

Village residents know and want to learn of the history of the village and land. Valuable historical and architectural attractions been saved in the village. This is museum by name Hetman Sahaidachny, a monument to Hetman Petro Sahaidachny, Yuri-Franz Kulchytsky monument, a wooden Bell tower of Church of Florus and Laurus 18th century and other.
The idea of the museum foundation appeared in 1992, when the monument to Petro Konashevych-Sahaydachny was opened. It was decided to found the museum in the native village of the Ukrainian Hetman who had played the most important part in the history of Ukrainian Cossacks. Museum Director Bogdan Sydor is one of the founders of the museum.

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