Zahvizdia


Zahvizdia is a village in Ukraine, in the Ivano-Frankivsk Raion of Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast. It is the centre of the Zahvizdia rural hromada.

History

Zahvizdia was first mentioned by Władysław II Jagiełło in a 1394 letter granting control over several villages in Galicia. According to a 1949 report by the Ministry of State Security of the Soviet Union, the Ukrainian Nationalists was active in Zahvizdia.

Demographics

According to the 2001 Ukrainian census, 99.3% of Zahvizdia speaks Ukrainian, while another 0.5% of the population speaks Russian. 0.1% of the village additionally speaks Armenian.

Notable residents