Velykosilky
Velykosilky is a village in the Novyi Yarychiv settlement hromada of the Lviv Raion of Lviv Oblast in Ukraine.
History
The village of Velykosilky, formerly known as Zhelekhiv Velykyi, was first mentioned on 15 October 1393, when Polish King Władysław II Jagiełło granted the right to own the village of Zhelekhiv with the neighboring monastery to Mykhailo of Sułkowice.On 19 July 2020, as a result of the administrative-territorial reform and liquidation of the Kamianka-Buzka Raion, the village became part of the Lviv Raion.
Religion
- Saint Paraskeva church
- Church of the Visitation of Elizabeth by the Blessed Virgin Mary
Notable residents
- , Ukrainian choreographer, general director and artistic director of the P. Virsky Ukrainian National [Folk Dance Ensemble], Hero of Ukraine
- , Ukrainian linguist, Doctor of Philology, Professor
- , Polish painter, graphic artist, stage designer
- , Ukrainian conductor, teacher, associate professor at the Ivan Franko National University of Lviv, Honored Worker of Culture of Ukraine
- , Ukrainian writer, journalist
- Fylymon Kurchaba, Ukrainian Greek Catholic hierarch
- Oleh Osukhovskyi, Ukrainian public and political figure and statesman. Member of Parliament of Ukraine of the VII and VIII convocations