Drohobych ( ; ; ) is a

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in the south of

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. It is the administrative center of

Drohobych Raion Drohobych Raion () is a raion (district) of Lviv Oblast (region) of western Ukraine. Its administrative center is Drohobych. Population: On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, the number of raions of Lviv Oblast was re ...

and hosts the administration of

Drohobych urban hromada Drohobych urban hromada () is a hromada (municipality) in Lviv Oblast, in western Ukraine. The hromada's administrative centre is the city of Drohobych. Drohobych urban hromada has an area of , with a population of Until 18 July 2020, the c ...

, one of the

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s of Ukraine. In 1939–1941 and 1944–1959 it was the center of

Drohobych Oblast Drohobych Oblast () was an oblast of the Ukrainian SSR from December 4, 1939 to May 21, 1959. It had an area of and, as of 1956, had a population of 853,000. History Drohobych Oblast was one of six oblasts (the other five are Lviv Oblast, Rivne ...

. Drohobych was founded at the end of the eleventh century as an important trading post and transport node between

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and the lands to the West of Rus'. After extinction of the local Ruthenian dynasty and subsequent incorporation of the

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into the

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by 1349, from the fifteenth century the city developed as a mercantile and saltworks centre. Drohobych became part of the Habsburg Empire in 1772 after the first partition of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. In the mid-nineteenth century it became Europe's largest oil extraction center, which significantly contributed to its rapid development. In the renascent,

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it was the center of a county within the

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. As an outcome of World War II, the city was incorporated into the Ukrainian part of the Soviet Union, which in 1991 became the independent

. The city was the birthplace of such well-known personalities as

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Yuriy Drohobych Yuriy Drohobych or Yuriy Kotermak (1450 – 4 February 1494) was a Ruthenian philosopher, astronomer, writer, medical doctor, rector of the University of Bologna, and professor of Kraków Academy, and the first publisher of a Church Slavonic pri ...

(Kotermak),

Ivan Franko Ivan Yakovych Franko (, ; 27 August 1856 – 28 May 1916) was a Ukrainian poet, writer, social and literary critic, journalist, translator, economist, political activist, doctor of philosophy, ethnographer, and the author of the first d ...

and

Bruno Schulz Bruno Schulz (12 July 1892 – 19 November 1942) was a History of the Jews in Poland, Polish Jewish writer, fine artist, Literary criticism, literary critic and Art education, art teacher. He is regarded as one of the great Polish (language), Po ...

. The city has several oil refineries. The Drohobych saltworks are considered to be the oldest in Europe. The estimated population of Drohobych is , making it the second largest city in Lviv Oblast.

History

While there are only legendary accounts of it, Drohobych probably existed in the

period. According to a legend, there was a settlement, called ''Bych'', of

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-traders. When Bych was destroyed in a Cumanian raid, survivors rebuilt the settlement in a nearby location under its current name which means a ''Second Bych''. In the time of Kievan Rus', the Tustan fortress was built near Drohobych. However, scholars perceive this legend with skepticism, pointing out that Drohobych is a Polish pronunciation of

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, a common East Slavic toponym applied to three different towns in Kievan Rus'. The city was first mentioned in 1387 in the municipal records of Lviv, in connection with a man named Martin (or Marcin) of ''Drohobych''. Furthermore, the same chronicler's ''List of all Ruthenian cities, the farther and the near ones''А СЕ ИМЕНА ГРАДОМЪ ВСЂМЪ РУССКЫМЪ, ДАЛНИМЪ И БЛИЖНИМЪ
in PSRL, Т. VII. Летопись по Воскресенскому списку. — СПб, 1856. — с. 240–41. in

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(dated 1377–82) mentions ''(Druhabets')'' among other cities in Volhynia that existed at the same time such as ('' Kholm''), ('' Lviv the Great''). In 1392 Polish king Vladislav II ordered the construction of the first

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municipal

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(), using the foundations of older Ruthenian buildings. In the

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, the city was the center of large rural

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(county within the

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). Drohobych received

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some time in the 15th century (sources differ as to the exact year, some giving 1422 or 1460, or 1496 but in 1506 the rights were confirmed by King Alexander the Jagiellonian). The salt industry was significant in the fourteenth to sixteenth centuries. From the early seventeenth century, a Ukrainian Catholic brotherhood existed in the city. In 1648, during the

Khmelnytsky Uprising The Khmelnytsky Uprising, also known as the Cossack–Polish War, Khmelnytsky insurrection, or the National Liberation War, was a Cossack uprisings, Cossack rebellion that took place between 1648 and 1657 in the eastern territories of the Poli ...

, the Cossacks stormed the city and its cathedral. Most of the local Poles, as well as the Greek Catholics and the Jews, were murdered at the time, while some managed to survive in the

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not taken in the raid. The 1772

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gave the city to the

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. In the 19th century, significant oil resources were discovered in the area, making the city an important center of the oil and natural gas industries. After

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, the area became part of the short-lived independent

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(ZUNR). The ZUNR was taken over by the

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after the

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and Drohobych became part of the

in 1919. In 1928 the still extant Ukrainian private gymnasium (academically oriented secondary school) opened in the center of the city. The population reached some 40,000 in the late 1920s, and its oil refinery at Polmin became one of the biggest in

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, employing 800 people. Numerous visitors came there to view the wooden Greek Catholic churches, among them the Church of St. Yur, which was regarded as the most beautiful such construction in the Second Polish Republic, with

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es from 1691. Drohobych was also a major sports center (see:

Junak Drohobycz Junak Drohobycz was a Polish Association football, football team, located in Drohobycz in the historic territory of the Kresy Wschodnie, Polish Eastern Borderlands, what is now Drohobych, Ukraine. The club was disbanded by the Soviet Union, Sov ...

). In September 1939, after the German and Soviet invasion of Poland and according to the Ribbentrop-Molotov agreement, the city was annexed to

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. After the invasion Nazi Germany wanted to incorporate the city into its

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due to its oil fields, but the USSR refused and annexed it. In Soviet Ukraine, Drohobych became the center of the

(

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). Its local Polish

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created the

White Couriers White Couriers (Polish: ''Biali Kurierzy'') was a group of around 20-30 Polish boy scouts and former soldiers of the Polish Army, most of whom had been associated with the interbellum sports club Junak Drohobycz. It existed between October 1939 ...

organization, which in late 1939 and early 1940 smuggled hundreds of people from the Soviet Union to

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across the Soviet-Hungarian border in the

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. In early July 1941, during the first weeks of the Nazi invasion of the USSR, the city was occupied by Nazi Germany. Pre-war Drohobych had a significant Jewish community of about 15,000 people, 40% of the total population. Immediately after the Germans entered the city,

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started a pogrom which lasted for three days, supported by the

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. During 1942 there were several selections, deportations, and murders in the streets, again led by German troops and

Ukrainian Auxiliary Police The Ukrainian Auxiliary Police (; ) was the official title of the local police formation (a type of hilfspolizei) set up by Nazi Germany during World War II in Eastern Galicia and '' Reichskommissariat Ukraine'', shortly after the German occupati ...

. In October 1942,

Drohobych ghetto Drohobycz Ghetto or Drohobych Ghetto was a Nazi ghetto in the city of Drohobych in Western Ukraine during World War II. The ghetto was liquidated mainly between February and November 1942, when most Jews were deported to the Belzec extermination ...

was established with approximately 10,000 prisoners, including Jews brought from neighboring localities. In June 1943, the German administration and troops liquidated the ghetto. Only 800 Jews from Drohobych survived.Israel Gutman u. a. (Hrsg.): ''Enzyklopädie des Holocaust''. München und Zürich 1995, , vol. 1, p. 371. On 6 August 1944, the German occupation ended and the

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entered the city. Despite the large Jewish population prior to the war, a current resident has stated that he was one of only two Jews who came back to his village to live after 1945. After the war, the city remained an

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center until the Drohobych Oblast was incorporated into the

in 1959. In Soviet times, Drohobych became an important industrial center of

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, with highly developed oil-refining, machine building, woodworking, food, and light industries. Until 18 July 2020, Drohobych was designated as a city of oblast significance and belonged to Drohobych Municipality but not to

, even though it was the center of the raion. As part of the administrative reform of Ukraine which reduced the number of raions of Lviv Oblast to seven, Drohobych Municipality was merged into Drohobych Raion.

Demographics

The population of Drohobych over the years was: *1931 – 32,300 *1959 – 42,000 *1978 – 65,998 *1989 – 77,571 *2001 – 79,119 *2010 – 78,368 *2022 – 73,682

Drohobych Raion

In 1931, the total population of the Drohobych Raion was 194,456, distributed among various languages: *Polish: 91,935 (47.3%) *Ukrainian: 79,214 (40.7%) *Yiddish: 20,484 (10.5%) In January 2007, the total population of the metropolitan area was over 103,000 inhabitants.

Geography

Climate

Economy

Industries currently based in the city include

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, oil-refineries,

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, and

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. Drohobych has rich salt deposits and for that reason salt is one of the most popular symbols of the city and is depicted on its emblem.

Education

Universities

Drohobych State Pedagogical University of Ivan Franko Drohobych State Pedagogical University of Ivan Franko ( Ukrainian: '' :uk:Дрогобицький державний педагогічний університет імені Івана Франка'') or Drohobych University ( Ukrainian: ''� ...

Colleges

* Drohobych Mechanical Technological College *

Drohobych Petroleum and Gas College Drohobych Petroleum and Gas College () is one of technical colleges in Drohobych, Ukraine. It was first established as Drohobych Petroleum Technical College in 1945, transforming into Petroleum and Gas College in 2012. Ukrainian SSR Drohobych ...

Sport

The city was home to one of Poland's best pre-war

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clubs;

. It was disbanded in 1939 due to the

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. Halychyna Drohobych, founded in 1989 as Naftovyk Drohobych currently represents the city.

Sights

* St. George's Church (c. 1500) *St. Bartholomew Church (1392–16th century) *its bell tower, former castle tower (late 13th century and 15th century) *Ascension Church (late 15th century) *Holy Cross Church (early 16th century) * Choral Synagogue (1842–1865) *Progressive Synagogue *Town Hall (1920s) *St. Peter's and Paul's Monastery *Drohobych salt plant (in continuous operation since at least 1390; buildings of 19th–20th centuries) * Drohobych Museum File:Drohobych - church.jpg, St. George's Church, 16th–17th centuries File:Дрогобыч. Церковь Воздвижения Честного Креста..jpg, Church of the Holy Cross, 1613–1661 File:Костел Вознесіння Господнього, вул.Т.Шевченка,1, м.Дрогобич.JPG,

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St. Bartholomew Church (14th–16th centuries) and its bell tower File:Дрогобич - Ратуша-1.jpg, Town Hall File:Drohobych2.JPG, Basilian monastery of Saints Peter and Paul, 1825–1828 File:Pohribets.jpg, A historic building File:Drohobycz ulica stryjska 2008.jpg, Mazepa Street File:4 Osmomysla Street, Drohobych (1).jpg, Osmomysla Street File:Палац з парком 2.jpg, Villa of Raymond Jarosz File:Палац з парком м. Дрогобич.JPG, Bianka Villa File:Дрогобыч. Фрагмент центра города..jpg, Shevska Street File:46-106-5003 Drohobych Park RB 18.jpg, City Park, 19th century File:Drohobych Synagogue2018.jpg, Until 1918, the Choral Synagogue had been the central synagogue of Galicia and Lodomeria File:Церква Пресвятої Трійці в Дрогобичі.jpg, Holy Trinity Cathedral File:Дрогобыч. Перекрёсток..jpg, A historic building File:Вул. Солоний Ставок, 27, Комплекс споруд Дрогобицького солеварного заводу, 02113.jpg, Old mine of the

Drohobych salt plant The Drohobych salt plant (), or Drohobych saltworks, in existence since 1250, is the oldest working salt plant in Drohobych, Lviv Oblast, Ukraine. History The Drohobych salt plant has been in operation since at least the 13th century on terri ...

, 1875

Notable people

Politics

Zenon Kossak Zenon Kossak (; 1 April 1907 – 19 March 1939) was an activist in the Ukrainian militant nationalist movement for independence from interwar Poland. Kossak was born in Drohobych in Galicia (then part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, now in Ukr ...

, Ukrainian military and political leader (born here) * Andriy Melnyk, Ukrainian military and political leader (born near Drohobych) *

David Horowitz (economist) David Horowitz (; 1899 – 10 August 1979) was an Israeli economist and the first Governor of the Bank of Israel. Biography David Horowitz was born in Drohobych, in Galicia, then part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, now in Ukraine. He immigra ...

, Israeli economist and the first Governor of the Bank of Israel. * Leon Reich (1879–1929), lawyer and member of the Sejm of Poland (born here)

Arts

, Oscar-nominated Austrian-German stage and screen actress *

, Ukrainian poet and writer, born in Nahuievychi, near Drohobych * Irene Frisch, Jewish-Polish writer and memoirist * Leopold Gottlieb, Jewish-Polish painter *

Maurycy Gottlieb Maurycy Gottlieb ; 21 February 1856 – 17 July 1879) was a Polish-Jewish realist Painting, painter of the Romanticism in Poland, Romantic period. Considered one of the most talented students of Jan Matejko, Gottllieb died at the age of 23. Car ...

, Jewish-Polish painter * Diana Reiter, Jewish-Polish architect, victim of Holocaust *

Ephraim Moses Lilien Maurycy "Ephraim Moses" Lilien (; ; 23 May 1874 – 18 July 1925) was a Polish-Jewish Art Nouveau illustrator and printmaker particularly noted for his art on Jewish themes and his influence on the Bezalel school art movement. He is sometimes call ...

, Jewish-Zionist painter *

Alfred Schreyer Alfred Schreyer (Yiddish אַלפֿרÀעד שרייער; born 8 May 1922 in Drohobych, Ukraine died 25 April 2015 in Warsaw) was a Polish-Ukrainian fiddler and singer, a pupil of Bruno Schulz and survivor of the Holocaust. Early life Alfred Schr ...

, Jewish-Polish vocalist and violinist *

, Polish-Jewish writer, graphic artist, and literary critic *

Paula Szalit Paulina Szalitówna (25 November 1885 – 7 February 1942),The Central Archive of Historical Records (Archiwum Główne Akt Dawnych), Warsaw, Jewish Book of Vital Statistics, document 300 1 146, p. 157, item 471Central State Historical Archive (Л� ...

, Polish-Jewish pianist, composer and child prodigy *

Kazimierz Wierzyński Kazimierz Wierzyński ( Drohobycz, Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria, 27 August 1894 – 13 February 1969, London) was a Polish poet and journalist; an elected member of the prestigious Polish Academy of Literature in the Second Polish Republ ...

, Polish poet and writer *

Khrystyna Soloviy Khrystyna Ivanivna Soloviy (; born 17 January 1993) is a Ukrainian singer-songwriter. Being of partial Lemko descent, she is known for modern rearrangements of Ukrainian folk music and original songwriting. Soloviy was nominated by YUNA two ti ...

, Ukrainian singer

Other fields

* Tadeusz Chciuk-Celt, Polish war hero *

, first doctor of medicine in Ukraine, 1481–1482 rector of the

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Yaroslav Popovych Yaroslav Popovych (; born 4 January 1980) is a Ukrainian former professional cyclist, who rode professionally between 2002 and 2016. The winner of the under-23 road race at the 2001 UCI Road World Championships, Popovych turned professional in ...

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(born here) *

Józef Schreier Józef Schreier (; 18 February 1909, Drohobycz, Austria-Hungary – April 1943, Drohobycz, Occupied Poland) was a Polish mathematician of Jewish origin, known for his work in functional analysis, group theory and combinatorics. He was a member ...

, Polish-Jewish mathematician *

Viktor Vekselberg Viktor Felixovich Vekselberg (born April 14, 1957) is a Russian-Israeli businessman and oligarch. He is the founder and chairman of Renova Group, a Russian conglomerate. According to ''Forbes'', as of November 2021, his fortune is estimated at ...

, Russian oligarch

Twin towns and sister cities

Drohobych is twinned with:

References

External links

Drohobych Info - biggest news site

Drohobych - city portal

Drohobych.com - Drohobych city administration website

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