Solotvyn ( uk, Солотвин, pl, Sołotwina) is an

urban-type settlement Urban-type settlementrussian: посёлок городско́го ти́па, translit=posyolok gorodskogo tipa, abbreviated: russian: п.г.т., translit=p.g.t.; ua, селище міського типу, translit=selyshche mis'koho typu, ab ...

Ivano-Frankivsk Raion Ivano-Frankivsk Raion ( uk, Івано-Франківський район, translit=Ivano-Frankiwśkyj rajon) is a raion (district) of Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, Ukraine. It was created in July 2020 as part of the reform of administrative divisions ...

Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast ( uk, Іва́но-Франкі́вська о́бласть, translit=Ivano-Frankivska oblast), also referred to as Ivano-Frankivshchyna ( uk, Іва́но-Франкі́вщина), is an oblast (region) in western Ukrai ...

, 40 km from

Ivano-Frankivsk Ivano-Frankivsk ( uk, Іва́но-Франкі́вськ, translit=Iváno-Frankívśk ), formerly Stanyslaviv ( pl, Stanisławów ; german: Stanislau), is a city located in Western Ukraine. It is the administrative centre of Ivano-Frankivsk Obl ...

. Solotvyn hosts the administration of

Solotvyn settlement hromada Solotvyn ( uk, Солотвин, pl, Sołotwina) is an urban-type settlement in Ivano-Frankivsk Raion of Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, 40 km from Ivano-Frankivsk. Solotvyn hosts the administration of Solotvyn settlement hromada, one of the hrom ...

, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Its estimated population was . Solotvyn is on the

Bystrytsia of Solotvyn The Bystrytsia of Solotvyn ( uk, Бистриця Солотвинська) is a river in Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast of western Ukraine. It joins the Bystrytsia of Nadvirna just north of Ivano-Frankivsk creating the Bystrytsia River. Its name is based ...

, the left of the two long headstreams of the Bystrytsia River (a tributary of the

Dniester The Dniester, ; rus, Дне́стр, links=1, Dnéstr, ˈdⁿʲestr; ro, Nistru; grc, Τύρᾱς, Tyrās, ; la, Tyrās, la, Danaster, label=none, ) ( ,) is a transboundary river in Eastern Europe. It runs first through Ukraine and ...

), at the foot of the Carpathian Mountains. In the seventeenth century it was named ''Krasnopil''. Until 18 July 2020, Solotvyn belonged to

Bohorodchany Raion Bohorodchany raion ( uk, Богородча́нський райо́н, translit=Bohorodčanśkyj rajon) was a district ( raion) of the Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast in Ukraine. The urban-type settlement of Bohorodchany was the administrative center of ...

. The raion was abolished in July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast to six. The area of Bohorodchany Raion was merged into Ivano-Frankivsk Raion.

References

External links

Solotvyn in Geographical Dictionary of the Kingdom of Poland and other Slavic Countries (Polish: Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich)

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photographs of Jewish sites in Solotvyn
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Jewish History in Galicia and BukovinaSolotvin Jewish Cemetery fully documented at Jewish Galicia and Bukovina ORG
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