Bodnariv (, ) is a village in

Kalush Raion Kalush Raion ( uk, Ка́луський райо́н, translit=Kalushsky raion) is a raion (district) of Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast ( province). The city of Kalush is the administrative center of the raion. Population: . On 18 July 2020, as part of ...

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History

Bednarów was part of

Austrian Galicia The Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria,, ; pl, Królestwo Galicji i Lodomerii, ; uk, Королівство Галичини та Володимирії, Korolivstvo Halychyny ta Volodymyrii; la, Rēgnum Galiciae et Lodomeriae also known as ...

and had a

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church in 1900. It was attacked by the

Ukrainian Insurgent Army The Ukrainian Insurgent Army ( uk, Українська повстанська армія, УПА, translit=Ukrayins'ka povstans'ka armiia, abbreviated UPA) was a Ukrainian nationalist paramilitary and later partisan formation. During Worl ...

in 1944 during the

Massacres of Poles in Volhynia and Eastern Galicia The massacres of Poles in Volhynia and Eastern Galicia ( pl, rzeź wołyńska, lit=Volhynian slaughter; uk, Волинська трагедія, lit=Volyn tragedy, translit=Volynska trahediia), were carried out in German-occupied Poland by th ...

. 250 people were killed in the . The town's

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was also burned down. Only 14 survived. There is a monument in the town to Nazi collaborator

Oleksandr Lutskyi Alexander is a male given name. The most prominent bearer of the name is Alexander the Great, the king of the Ancient Greek kingdom of Macedonia who created one of the largest empires in ancient history. Variants listed here are Aleksandar, Al ...

, who was born in the village.Літопис УПА

Notable residents

Celestyn Chołodecki Celestyn Chołodecki (1816–1867) was a member from the szlachta (noble) family of Chołodecki. Like his son to follow, Józef Białynia Chołodecki, Celestyn Chołodecki was a writer and frequent contributor to leaflets calling for Poland's inde ...

Tomasz Chołodecki Tomasz Chołodecki (21 December 1813 – 17 July 1880) was a political activist and Polish rebel and soldier, who took part in almost every major event that supported Poland's independence in the 19th century. November uprising Tomasz Chołodec ...

References

Villages in Kalush Raion War crimes committed by the Ukrainian Insurgent Army {{IvanoFrankivsk-geo-stub