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Sokyrnytsia (, , ) is a village located on the Khust-Synevyr highway near the H09 (Mukachevo-Ivano-Frankivsk-Rohatyn-Lviv) motorway, 10 km from the district center,
Село Сокирниця — одне з найдавніших сіл Хустського району'' This is evidenced by the name of the street in the village, which is still called "Tatar" by locals (A. Hodynky Street, near the primary school). The street was named due to the camping location of the Tatar army, which moved from east to west, plundering villages. Prior to World War II, there was a Jewish population established in the village. Like other Jews in the Khust region, they were departed to and killed at
The Church of St. Nicholas is located near the village center. This wooden church dates to 1704. The historical value of the church is evidenced by the inscription on the outside of the church: ''"Тут у 1707 році представилась матушка Марія…”'' ("Here in 1707 , Mother Mary introduced herself.")
At the end of World War II, the church was closed, most of the icons disappeared. Only two images of the Virgin and the icon of St. Nicholas survived. Also successfully preserve the frames of the vicar icons of the XVIII century, the royal gates, candlesticks, ark. Services in the church resumed only in 1990, when locals began to improve it somewhat. This stopped in 1997 when a new Greek Catholic church was built next to the monument.
Khust
Khust (, ; ; ; ; ; ) is a city located on the Khustets River in Zakarpattia Oblast, western Ukraine. It is near the сonfluence of the Tisa and Rika Rivers. It serves as the administrative center of Khust Raion. Population:
Khust was the capi ...
. It is a village in Khust Raion
Khust Raion (; ) is a raion (district) in Zakarpattia Oblast in western Ukraine. Its administrative center is Khust. Population:
On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, the number of raions of Zakarpattia Oblast was re ...
of Zakarpattia Oblast
Zakarpattia Oblast (Ukrainian language, Ukrainian: Закарпатська область), also referred to as simply Zakarpattia (Ukrainian language, Ukrainian: Закарпаття; Hungarian language, Hungarian: ''Kárpátalja'') or Transcar ...
(province
A province is an administrative division within a country or sovereign state, state. The term derives from the ancient Roman , which was the major territorial and administrative unit of the Roman Empire, Roman Empire's territorial possessions ou ...
) of western Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the List of European countries by area, second-largest country in Europe after Russia, which Russia–Ukraine border, borders it to the east and northeast. Ukraine also borders Belarus to the nor ...
.
The first mention in the documents dates back to 1389. It is thought that Slavic tribes lived here who fought with the Tatars, and later with the Hungarian feudal lords. The Bailova River which flows into the Tisza River
The Tisza, Tysa or Tisa (see below) is one of the major rivers of Central and Eastern Europe. It was once called "the most Hungarian river" because it used to flow entirely within the Kingdom of Hungary. Today, it crosses several national bo ...
, was the location of a large massacre there during the war with the Tatars, in which many people died. The village was linked to the construction of Khust Castle
The Khust Castle (; ) is an abandoned castle located in the city of Khust in Zakarpattia Oblast (Oblasts of Ukraine, province) in western Ukraine.
The former Hungarian castle lies on a 150-meter high mountain near the center of the city.
The con ...
, which allegedly guarded the "Salt Way", which ran along the banks of the Tisza from Aknaszlatina (today Solotvyno
Solotvyno (also Solotvina; ; ; or ; ; , ; ) is a rural settlement in Tiachiv Raion in Zakarpattia Oblast of Ukraine, located adjacent to Romania, on the right bank of the Tisza River opposite the Romanian city of Sighetu Marmației. The village' ...
), deep into the Hungarian Empire.Село Сокирниця — одне з найдавніших сіл Хустського району'' This is evidenced by the name of the street in the village, which is still called "Tatar" by locals (A. Hodynky Street, near the primary school). The street was named due to the camping location of the Tatar army, which moved from east to west, plundering villages. Prior to World War II, there was a Jewish population established in the village. Like other Jews in the Khust region, they were departed to and killed at
Auschwitz
Auschwitz, or Oświęcim, was a complex of over 40 concentration and extermination camps operated by Nazi Germany in occupied Poland (in a portion annexed into Germany in 1939) during World War II and the Holocaust. It consisted of Auschw ...
by May, 1944. There is a Jewish cemetery in the village. It dates to 1865.
Church of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker
The Church of St. Nicholas is located near the village center. This wooden church dates to 1704. The historical value of the church is evidenced by the inscription on the outside of the church: ''"Тут у 1707 році представилась матушка Марія…”'' ("Here in 1707 , Mother Mary introduced herself.")
At the end of World War II, the church was closed, most of the icons disappeared. Only two images of the Virgin and the icon of St. Nicholas survived. Also successfully preserve the frames of the vicar icons of the XVIII century, the royal gates, candlesticks, ark. Services in the church resumed only in 1990, when locals began to improve it somewhat. This stopped in 1997 when a new Greek Catholic church was built next to the monument.
See also
*Wooden churches in Ukraine
Wooden church architecture in Ukraine dates from the beginning of Christianity in the area and comprises a set of unique styles and forms specific to many sub-regions of the country. As a form of vernacular culture, construction of the churches in ...
*Wooden churches of Maramureș
The wooden churches of Maramureș in the Maramureș (historical region), Maramureș region of northern Transylvania are a group of almost one hundred Romanian Orthodox Church, Orthodox churches, and occasionally Romanian Church United with Rome, Gr ...
*Carpathian wooden churches
Carpathian Wooden Churches are religious structures made of wood and built in the Vernacular architecture of the Carpathians. These occur in the following areas:
* Wooden Churches of Southern Lesser Poland
* Wooden Churches of Maramureș in Roma ...
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