Ivano-Frankivsk ( uk, Іва́но-Франкі́вськ, translit=Iváno-Frankívśk ), formerly Stanyslaviv ( pl, Stanisławów ; german: Stanislau), is a city located in

Western Ukraine Western Ukraine or West Ukraine ( uk, Західна Україна, Zakhidna Ukraina or , ) is the territory of Ukraine linked to the former Kingdom of Galicia–Volhynia, which was part of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, the Austri ...

. It is the

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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 ...

and

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 hosts the administration of Ivano-Frankivsk urban hromada. Its population is Built in the mid-17th century as a fortress of the Polish

Potocki family The House of Potocki (; plural: Potoccy, male: Potocki, feminine: Potocka) was a prominent Polish noble family in the Kingdom of Poland and magnates of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. The Potocki family is one of the wealthiest and ...

, Stanisławów was annexed to the

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during the First Partition of Poland in 1772, after which it became the property of the State within the

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. The fortress was slowly transformed into one of the most prominent cities at the foothills of the Carpathian Mountains. After

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, for several months, it served as a temporary capital of the

West Ukrainian People's Republic The West Ukrainian People's Republic (WUPR) or West Ukrainian National Republic (WUNR), known for part of its existence as the Western Oblast of the Ukrainian People's Republic, was a short-lived polity that controlled most of Eastern Galic ...

. Following the

Peace of Riga The Peace of Riga, also known as the Treaty of Riga ( pl, Traktat Ryski), was signed in Riga on 18 March 1921, among Poland, Soviet Russia (acting also on behalf of Soviet Belarus) and Soviet Ukraine. The treaty ended the Polish–Soviet War. ...

in 1921, Stanisławów became part of the

Second Polish Republic The Second Polish Republic, at the time officially known as the Republic of Poland, was a country in Central and Eastern Europe that existed between 1918 and 1939. The state was established on 6 November 1918, before the end of the First World ...

. After the

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at the onset of

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, the city was

annexed Annexation (Latin ''ad'', to, and ''nexus'', joining), in international law, is the forcible acquisition of one state's territory by another state, usually following military occupation of the territory. It is generally held to be an illegal act ...

by the Soviet Union, only to be occupied by

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two years later. With the liberation of Soviet Ukraine in 1944 and the shifting of borders, the Communist regime ran the city for the next four-and-a-half decades. A few years before the

fall of the Soviet Union The dissolution of the Soviet Union, also negatively connoted as rus, Разва́л Сове́тского Сою́за, r=Razvál Sovétskogo Soyúza, ''Ruining of the Soviet Union''. was the process of internal disintegration within the Sov ...

, the blue-yellow flag was raised in the city as the symbol of an independent Ukraine. A city visitor may find elements of various cultures intertwined within Ivano-Frankivsk, the Polish

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, the Austro-Hungarian city's business centre, the Soviet prefabricated apartment blocks at the city's

rural–urban fringe The rural–urban fringe, also known as the outskirts, rurban, peri-urban or the urban hinterland, can be described as the "landscape interface between town and country", or also as the transition zone where urban and rural uses mix and often ...

, and others. Ivano-Frankivsk is also one of the principal cities of the

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Name

Stanisławów was founded as a fortress and was named after the Polish

hetman ( uk, гетьман, translit=het'man) is a political title from Central and Eastern Europe, historically assigned to military commanders. Used by the Czechs in Bohemia since the 15th century. It was the title of the second-highest military ...

Stanisław "Rewera" Potocki Stanisław "Rewera" Potocki (, 1589–1667) was a Polish noble, magnate and military leader. Together with Stefan Czarniecki he was successful in defeating the invading Swedes and Russians during The Deluge. He was the most trusted advisor of ...

. Some sources claim it was named after his grandson

Stanisław Stanislav and variants may refer to: People *Stanislav (given name), a Slavic given name with many spelling variations (Stanislaus, Stanislas, Stanisław, etc.) Places * Stanislav, a coastal village in Kherson, Ukraine * Stanislaus County, Cal ...

. Following the First Partition of Poland in 1772, the name was transliterated as Stanislau in German, as the city became part of the

(future

Austria-Hungary Austria-Hungary, often referred to as the Austro-Hungarian Empire,, the Dual Monarchy, or Austria, was a constitutional monarchy and great power in Central Europe between 1867 and 1918. It was formed with the Austro-Hungarian Compromise of ...

); however, after the

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, the city carried three different linguistic renderings of its name: German, Polish, and Ruthenian (german: Stanislau, ; pl, Stanisławów, ; uk, Станісла́вів ''Stanislaviv'', , or ''Stanyslaviv'', ). Other spellings used in the local press media included russian: Станиславов ''Stanislavov'' and yi, סטאַניסלאוו. After

it was changed by the

Soviet authorities The Government of the Soviet Union ( rus, Прави́тельство СССР, p=prɐˈvʲitʲɪlʲstvə ɛs ɛs ɛs ˈɛr, r=Pravítelstvo SSSR, lang=no), formally the All-Union Government of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, commonly ab ...

into a simplified version Stanislav ( uk, Станісла́в, links=no, ; russian: Станисла́в, links=no, ). In 1962, to honor the Ukrainian writer

Ivan Franko Ivan Yakovych Franko ( Ukrainian: Іван Якович Франко, pronounced ˈwɑn ˈjɑkowɪtʃ frɐnˈkɔ 27 August 1856 – 28 May 1916) was a Ukrainian poet, writer, social and literary critic, journalist, interpreter, economist, ...

on the city's 300th anniversary, it was renamed uk, Івано-Франківськ ''Ivano-Frankivsk'' and russian: Ивано-Франковск ''Ivano-Frankovsk''. Due to the city's wordy name, unofficially it is sometimes called simply Franyk () by its residents. Even though Ivano-Frankivsk is the officially accepted name, the city's original name has never been fully abandoned and/or forgotten and can be found throughout the city in all kinds of variations. IvanFranko1886

History

The town of Stanisławów was founded as a fortress in order to protect the

Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth The Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, formally known as the Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, and, after 1791, as the Commonwealth of Poland, was a bi- confederal state, sometimes called a federation, of Poland and Lithuania ...

from

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and to defend the multi-ethnic population of the region in case of armed conflicts such as the

Khmelnytsky Uprising The Khmelnytsky Uprising,; in Ukraine known as Khmelʹnychchyna or uk, повстання Богдана Хмельницького; lt, Chmelnickio sukilimas; Belarusian: Паўстанне Багдана Хмяльніцкага; russian: в ...

of 1648. The fort was originally built next to Zabolotiv village (known since 1435), and Knyahynyn (1449). The village of Zabolotiv and the land around it were purchased by

Andrzej Potocki Andrzej Potocki (; 1630 – 30 August 1691) was a Polish nobleman, magnate, politician, general and military commander. He held a number of political and military positions and was a skilled commander and successfully protected the Eastern Bord ...

from another Polish nobleman, Rzeczkowski. Stanisławów was issued by Potocki and his declaration establishing the city with

Magdeburg rights Magdeburg rights (german: Magdeburger Recht; also called Magdeburg Law) were a set of town privileges first developed by Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor (936–973) and based on the Flemish Law, which regulated the degree of internal autonomy within ...

on May 7, 1662; but the city and its rights, however, were not recognized by the Polish Crown until August 14, 1663, when John Casimir had finally approved it. By 1672, the fortress had been rebuilt from wood to stone, brick, and mortar. Also a new large fortified Potocki palace was erected in the place of an older wood structure. Today this building serves as the

military hospital A military hospital is a hospital owned and operated by a military. They are often reserved for the use of military personnel and their dependents, but in some countries are made available to civilians as well. They may or may not be located on a ...

. In the same year Jews were granted the right to become permanent residents, who could work, conduct commerce and travel in and out of the city as they pleased. Originally the city was divided into two districts:

Tysmenytsia Tysmenytsia ( uk, Ти́смениця, translit=Tysmenycia; pl, Tyśmienica) is a city in Ivano-Frankivsk Raion, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast of western Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Tysmenytsia urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukr ...

and Halych. Sometime in 1817–1819 the neighbouring village of Zabolottya, that had a special status, was incorporated into the city as a new district, while Tysmenytsia district was divided into Tysmenytsia and Lysets districts. Each district had its main street corresponded with its name: Halych Street (Halych district), Tysmenytsia Street which today is Independence Street (Tysmenytsia district), Zabolotiv Street – Mykhailo Hrushevsky Street and Street of Vasylyanok (Zabolottya district), and Lysets Street – Hetman Mazepa Street (Lysets district). Later the city was split into six small districts: midtown where the rich

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population and patricians lived, pidzamche (subcastle), and four suburbs – Zabolotiv, Tysmenytsia, Halych and Lysets where the

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s lived.Brief History of Ivano-Frankivsk
Stanislau 1891 Ivano-Frankivsk

In October 1918, the Austro-Hungarian Empire collapsed and the

Western Ukrainian People's Republic The West Ukrainian People's Republic (WUPR) or West Ukrainian National Republic (WUNR), known for part of its existence as the Western Oblast of the Ukrainian People's Republic, was a short-lived polity that controlled most of Eastern Galic ...

(ZUNR) was proclaimed. In the early months of 1919 (from January to May) the city became a temporary capital of the

West Ukrainian National Republic The West Ukrainian People's Republic (WUPR) or West Ukrainian National Republic (WUNR), known for part of its existence as the Western Oblast of the Ukrainian People's Republic, was a short-lived polity that controlled most of Eastern Galic ...

, while still recovering from

. All state affairs took place in the building of ''Dnister Hotel'' where the

Act Zluky The Unification Act ( uk, Акт Злуки, translit=Akt Zluky, , "Act Zluky" or uk, Велика Злука, translit=Velyka Zluka, label=none, ) was an agreement signed on 22 January 1919, by the Ukrainian People's Republic and the West Ukr ...

(Unification Act) was composed and signed on January 22, 1919 by the

Ukrainian People's Republic The Ukrainian People's Republic (UPR), or Ukrainian National Republic (UNR), was a country in Eastern Europe that existed between 1917 and 1920. It was declared following the February Revolution in Russia by the First Universal. In March 1 ...

.Yanukovych condemns attempts to undermine unity

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(21 January 2011) The same year it was subjected to the Polish–Ukrainian and the Romanian-Ukrainian skirmishes eventually being annexed by Poland as part of the

as the centre of the

Stanisławów Voivodeship Stanisławów Voivodeship ( pl, Województwo stanisławowskie) was an administrative district of the interwar Poland (1920–1939). It was established in December 1920 with an administrative center in Stanisławów. The voivodeship had an area of ...

. It was occupied by the

Romania Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Moldova to the east, a ...

n army for the summer months from May 25 through August 21, 1919. During the

Polish–Soviet War The Polish–Soviet War (Polish–Bolshevik War, Polish–Soviet War, Polish–Russian War 1919–1921) * russian: Советско-польская война (''Sovetsko-polskaya voyna'', Soviet-Polish War), Польский фронт (' ...

in 1920, the

Red Army The Workers' and Peasants' Red Army (Russian language, Russian: Рабо́че-крестья́нская Кра́сная армия),) often shortened to the Red Army, was the army and air force of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist R ...

took over the city for a brief period. After the Soviet retreat, Ukrainian troops loyal to

Symon Petlura Symon Vasylyovych Petliura ( uk, Си́мон Васи́льович Петлю́ра; – May 25, 1926) was a Ukrainian politician and journalist. He became the Supreme Commander of the Ukrainian Army and the President of the Ukrainian People' ...

occupied the city for a few days. At this period of history the city was in complete disorder. It then became part of Poland until the start of World War II. In the 1939

invasion of Poland The invasion of Poland (1 September – 6 October 1939) was a joint attack on the Republic of Poland by Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union which marked the beginning of World War II. The German invasion began on 1 September 1939, one week af ...

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and

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, the territory was captured by the

Soviets Soviet people ( rus, сове́тский наро́д, r=sovyétsky naród), or citizens of the USSR ( rus, гра́ждане СССР, grázhdanye SSSR), was an umbrella demonym for the population of the Soviet Union. Nationality policy in th ...

in September 1939 and annexed to the

Ukrainian SSR The Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic ( uk, Украї́нська Радя́нська Соціалісти́чна Респу́бліка, ; russian: Украи́нская Сове́тская Социалисти́ческая Респ ...

. Between September 1939 and June 1941, the Soviet regime ordered thousands of inhabitants of the city to leave their houses and move to

Siberia Siberia ( ; rus, Сибирь, r=Sibir', p=sʲɪˈbʲirʲ, a=Ru-Сибирь.ogg) is an extensive geographical region, constituting all of North Asia, from the Ural Mountains in the west to the Pacific Ocean in the east. It has been a part o ...

, where most of them perished. Numerous people were taken out of the city prison and simply shot outside of the city when Soviet forces were leaving it in 1941. Ivano-Frankivsk was occupied by German forces from July 2, 1941 to July 27, 1944. There were more than 40,000 Jews in Stanisławów when it was occupied by the Nazi Germany on July 26, 1941. The

Stanisławów Ghetto Stanisławów Ghetto ( pl, getto w Stanisławowie, german: Ghetto Stanislau) was a Nazi ghetto established in 1941 by the SS in Stanislavov (now Ivano-Frankivsk) in Western Ukraine. Before 1939, the town was part of the Second Polish Republic. ...

was formed. During the occupation (1941–44), more than 600 educated Poles and most of the city's Jewish population were murdered.yadvashem.org
/ref> In early 1944, the city became part of the Soviet Union and was renamed 'Stanislav'. The Soviets forced most of the Polish population to leave the city, most of them settled in the

Recovered Territories The Recovered Territories or Regained Lands ( pl, Ziemie Odzyskane), also known as Western Borderlands ( pl, Kresy Zachodnie), and previously as Western and Northern Territories ( pl, Ziemie Zachodnie i Północne), Postulated Territories ( pl, Z ...

. During the post-war period the city was part of the

Carpathian Military District The Red Banner Carpathian Military District (, ) was a military district of the Soviet Armed Forces during the Cold War and subsequently of the Armed Forces of Ukraine during the early Post-Soviet period. It was established on 3 May 1946 on the ...

housing the 38th Army (70th Motor Rifle Division) that participated in the Operation Dunai. Until 18 July 2020, Ivano-Frankivsk was incorporated as a city of oblast significance and the center of

Ivano-Frankivsk Municipality Ivano-Frankivsk Municipality is a former administrative subdivision of Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast located within the Tysmenytsia Raion and completely surrounded by that raion. It consisted of the city of Ivano-Frankivsk, the administrative center of ...

. The municipality 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 Ivano-Frankivsk Municipality was merged into the newly established Ivano-Frankivsk Raion. On 24 February and 11 March 2022, Ivano-Frankivsk was struck by Russian missiles during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. See

2022 bombing of Ivano-Frankivsk The 2022 bombing of Ivano-Frankivsk began on the first day of Russia's invasion of Ukraine with a series of missile strikes by Russia and Belarus. Course of events February On February 24, Russian troops launched a missile attack on the mili ...

Timeline

* 1650–1662: establishing a private fortress of Potocki * 1662–1772: Stanisławów,

(within the

Kingdom of Poland The Kingdom of Poland ( pl, Królestwo Polskie; Latin: ''Regnum Poloniae'') was a state in Central Europe. It may refer to: Historical political entities * Kingdom of Poland, a kingdom existing from 1025 to 1031 * Kingdom of Poland, a kingdom exi ...

), * 1772–1815: Stanisławów (Stanislau),

Austrian Monarchy The Habsburg monarchy (german: Habsburgermonarchie, ), also known as the Danubian monarchy (german: Donaumonarchie, ), or Habsburg Empire (german: Habsburgerreich, ), was the collection of empires, kingdoms, duchies, counties and other polities ...

(within the

Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria 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 ...

), * 1815–1918: Stanisławów (Stanislau),

, then

, * November 1918 – May 1919: Stanyslaviv,

, * May 1919 – September 1939: Stanisławów,

Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, , is a country in Central Europe. Poland is divided into Voivodeships of Poland, sixteen voivodeships and is the fifth most populous member state of the European Union (EU), with over 38 mill ...

, seat of the

, * October 1939 – June 1941: Stanyslaviv,

Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic The Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic ( uk, Украї́нська Радя́нська Соціалісти́чна Респу́бліка, ; russian: Украи́нская Сове́тская Социалисти́ческая Респ ...

, * July 1941 – August 1944: Stanisławów (Stanislau), seat of the ''Stanislau Kreis'',

District of Galicia The District of Galicia (german: Distrikt Galizien, pl, Dystrykt Galicja, ua, Дистрикт Галичина) was a World War II administrative unit of the General Government created by Nazi Germany on 1 August 1941 after the start of ...

, General Government, * August 1944 – November 9, 1962: Stanislav, * November 9, 1962: renamed as Ivano-Frankivsk, oblast seat,

, * Post–1991: Ivano-Frankivsk, independent

Ukraine Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. Ukraine covers approximately . Prior to the ongoing Russian invas ...

, * March 11, 2022: Russian attack on Ivano-Frankivsk oblast began

Climate and geography

As is the case with most of Ukraine, the climate is moderate

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with warm summers, and fairly cold winters. The following climate data provided is for the past 62 years. The average number of days with precipitation is 170 spread almost equally throughout a year. Most precipitation takes place during the winter months and least – early fall. Thunderstorms occur mostly in summer months averaging around 25 annually. Ivano-Frankivsk averages about 296 days of fog or misty days with about 24 per month. Franyk

The city is situated in the

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region northeast of the mountain range, sitting approximately

above mean sea level Height above mean sea level is a measure of the Vertical position, vertical distance (height, elevation or altitude) of a location in reference to a historic mean sea level taken as a vertical datum. In geodesy, it is formalized as ''orthometric h ...

. One of the several main geographical features is the Vovchynets Hill also known as the Vovchynets Mountains. The hill reaches 300- above the sea level and is part of the Pokuttya Highland (

Upland Upland or Uplands may refer to: Geography *Hill, an area of higher land, generally *Highland, an area of higher land divided into low and high points *Upland and lowland, conditional descriptions of a plain based on elevation above sea level *I ...

). Around the hill

Bystrytsia River The Bystrytsia ( uk, Бистриця; pl, Bystrzyca) is a river, a right tributary of the Dniester which flows through Ivano-Frankivsk Raion, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast. Bystrytsia river is formed by confluence of '' Bystrytsia of Solotvyn'' and ' ...

branches into Bystrytsia of Nadvirna, Bystrytsia of Solotvyn, and Vorona. The last two rivers serve as a natural border between the ''Pokuttya Highland'' and ''Stanislav Basin''. The Vovchynets Hill is located just outside and northeast of Ivano-Frankivsk. Located southeast from the Stanislav Basin in the direction of the

Prut The Prut (also spelled in English as Pruth; , uk, Прут) is a long river in Eastern Europe. It is a left tributary of the Danube. In part of its course it forms Romania's border with Moldova and Ukraine. Characteristics The Prut originates ...

Valley is the Khorosnen (Prut-Bystrytsia) Highland. The highest point of that highland is Mount Hostra, . The closest neighboring city is

, less than to the east. Other cities that lie in the radius of are

Tlumach Tlumach ( uk, Тлумач, translit=Tłumač; pl, Tłumacz, yi, טאַלמיטש, translit=Talmitsh), also referred to as Tovmach ( uk, Товмач, translit=Towmač) is a small city located in Ivano-Frankivsk Raion of Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, ...

(east),

Nadvirna Nadvírna, also referred to as ''Nadwirna'' or ''Nadvorna'' ( uk, Надві́рна, pl, Nadwórna, yi, נאַדוואָרנאַ, ''Nadvorna'') is a city located in Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast in western Ukraine. It is the administrative cent ...

(south), Kalush (west), and

Halych Halych ( uk, Га́лич ; ro, Halici; pl, Halicz; russian: Га́лич, Galich; german: Halytsch, ''Halitsch'' or ''Galitsch''; yi, העליטש) is a historic city on the Dniester River in western Ukraine. The city gave its name to the ...

(north). The city also administers five adjacent villages that surround it: Mykytyntsi, Krykhivtsi, Vovchynets, Uhornyky, and Khryplyn.

Population and demographics

Note: Historical population record is taken out of Ivano-Frankivsk portal, more recent – the Regional Directorate of Statistics. There is also other information on a population growth such as the

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. With asterisk there are identified years of approximate data. In the 18th century, differentiation among Poles and Ukrainians was by religious background rather than ethnic (Catholics vs. Orthodox). Ivano-Frankivsk Sichovyh Striltsiv 12-1

Administration

Both city and oblast administrations as well as the regional council are all located in a massive white building on Hrushevsky Street locally known as Bily Dim or Bily Budynok. In front of the building, there is a big open space bordered by Shpytalna Street on the north-east, Hrushevsky Street on the south-east, and Melnychuk Street on the south-west. Next to the building, there is a memorial to the Unification of the Western Ukraine with the rest of Ukraine. The main feature of the memorial is a tall marble stele, both sides of which are adorned with statues: '' kamenyar'' (west) and ''

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'' (east).

City Council

The city council currently consists of 42 deputies. The

political representation Political representation is the activity of making citizens "present" in public policy-making processes when political actors act in the best interest of citizens. This definition of political representation is consistent with a wide variety of vie ...

after the 2020 Ukrainian local elections by political blocs was elected as such: 28 seats for

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, 10 seats for

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and 4 seats for

Batkivschyna The All-Ukrainian Union "Fatherland" ( uk, Всеукраїнське об'єднання "Батьківщина", translit=Vseukrains'ke obiednannia "Bat'kivshchyna") referred to as Batkivshchyna (), is a political party in Ukraine led by Peo ...

.How the composition of the Ivano-Frankivsk council has changed

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(6 November 2020)

Recent city mayors

* Bohdan Borovych (

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) July 1994 – June 1998 * Zinoviy Shkutiak ( Our Ukraine) March 1998 – 26 March 2006 * Viktor Anushkevychus (

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) 26 March 2006 – 2015 * ( All-Ukrainian Union «Svoboda») 2015–present In the (first round of the) 2020 Ukrainian local elections Martsinkiv was reelected with about 85% of the vote.Mayor of Ivano-Frankivsk Martsinkiv on the success of the OPZZ in the east: this was expected and this is a problem of pro-Ukrainian forces

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(26 October 2020) Mayors of Mykolayiv, Ivano-Frankivsk become known after elections

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(16 November 2015)

Streets

All street names reflecting the city's Soviet or Russian past have been returned to their former names, or given new names of national historic importance, or other non-controversial names. For example, Gagarin Street (connecting the city with its suburbs) became Vovchynets Street, Suvorov Street is now Harbar Street, and Soviet Street is Independence Street. Around 100 other streets were renamed. ; Important transportation ''arteries'' * Independence Street (vulytsya Nezalezhnosti) / Tysmenytsya Road (doroha Tysmenetska) * Halych Road (vulytsya Halytska) * Hetman Mazepa Street (vulytsya Hetmana Mazepy) / Krykhivtsi Road (doroha Krykhivetska) * Yevhen Konovalets Road (vulytsya Yevhena Konovaltsya) * Vovchynets Street (vulytsya Vovchynetska) * Vasyl Stefanyk Shore Drive (naberezhna Vasylya Stefanyka)

City squares

The city has seven main city squares, four of them located in the "old town" part of the city. * Viche Maidan *

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residential districts, too. * BAM * Kaskad * Positron * Budivelnykiv

Transport

; Public transportation The city of Ivano-Frankivsk has an extensive network of public transport including buses,

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es, and taxis. There are nine trolleybus routes and about 52 for regular buses. Some of the routes run beyond the city into nearby villages. Ivano-Frankivsk map

; Railway transportation The city is served by the

Ivano-Frankivsk railway station Ivano-Frankivsk ( uk, Івано-Франківськ) is the main station of the Ivano-Frankivsk directory of Lviv Railways. History The railway station in Ivano-Frankivsk was established in 1866 when the city of Stanislau was part of the King ...

. There are also smaller railway stations in adjacent villages, including Uhryniv and

Khryplyn Khryplyn ( uk, Хриплин, pl, Chryplin) is a village in Ivano-Frankivsk Raion located in the Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, Ukraine. It was first mentioned in 1436. Khryplyn belongs to Ivano-Frankivsk urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. ...

. All of them are part of

Lviv Railways Lviv Railways (abbreviated as LR) ( uk, Львівська залізниця) is a territorial branch company of Ukrzaliznytsia headquartered in Lviv. General description Lviv Railways administers all railroads of Lviv Oblast, Zakarpattia Oblas ...

. ; Bus transportation Until 2008, the railway terminal also housed a bus terminal which provided several inter-city bus routes, including some to international destinations. In 2000, construction began on a new bus terminal next to the railway terminus on Zaliznychna Street. Inauguration of the new bus terminal took place on 22 May 2010. At the opening ceremony the Mayor of the city, Viktor Anushkevychus, noted that the new bus terminal was only partially completed, and for a period it would be necessary to offload passengers at the Pryvokzalna Square, which is already saturated with traffic. He also emphasised the need for another bus station on the outskirts of the city. ; Airways transportation The city is served by

Ivano-Frankivsk International Airport Ivano-Frankivsk International Airport (Ukrainian Міжнародний аеропорт Івано-Франківськ) is an airport in Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine, some 4.4 km (2.7 mi) by road from the town center. Overview Ivano-Fra ...

, which was granted international status in 1992. The airport shares its facilities with the 114 Brigade of the

Ukrainian Air Force The Ukrainian Air Force ( uk, Пові́тряні си́ли Збро́йних сил Украї́ни) is the air force of Ukraine and one of the five branches of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Its headquarters are in the city of Vinnytsia. W ...

. Since 2002, the airport has been leased to the private enterprise company Yavson, and from 2005 the

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Naftokhimik Prykarpattia, a ( subsidiary of

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). The contract with Naftokhimik Prykarpattia expired in 2013. ; Lodging There are many lodging options in Ivano-Frankivsk. Ivano-Frankivsk has one four-star hotel ("Park Hotel") and three three-star hotels ("Nadia", "Auscoprut", "Pid Templem").

Routes

The city of Ivano-Frankivsk is located on the intersection of three major national (Ukraine) routes: , , and . There also is one important regional route T09-06. All the H-routes eventually connect to .

Education

The city has over 25 public schools of general education for grades 1 through 11. There are also some privately owned schools and lyceums. In addition, the city has several professional public institutes. There also numerous

sports school A sports school (russian: Детско-Юношеская Спортивная Школа, ДЮСШ) is a type of educational institution for children that originated in the Soviet Union. Sports schools were the basis of the powerful system of ph ...

s: Fitness Sport Association "Ukraine" – 5 schools, MVK – 3 schools, Fitness Sport Association "Spartak" – 2 schools, Fitness Sport Association "Kolos" – 1 school, and the others.

Universities

The city has six universities, the Ivano-Frankivsk Institute of Management that is a local campus of

Ternopil National Economic University West Ukrainian National University, WUNU ( uk, Західноукраїнський національний університет, translit=Zakhidnoukrains’kyi Natsional’nyi Universytet) founded in 1971. It is located in the city of Ternop ...

, and the Ivano-Frankivsk Institute of Management and Economics "Halytska Akademia". All of those universities are state funded. #

Vasyl Stefanyk Precarpathian National University The Precarpathian National University (abbreviated as PNU) is a public research university in Ivano-Frankivsk. It is one of the oldest institutions of higher education in Western Ukraine. The history of the university dates back to March 15, ...

Ivano-Frankivsk National Technical University of Oil and Gas Ivano-Frankivsk National Technical University of Oil and Gas ( ua, Івано-Франківський національний технічний університет нафти і газу) is an institution of higher education in Ivano-Fran ...

(University of Oil and Gas) #

Ivano-Frankivsk National Medical University Ivano-Frankivsk National Medical University (Ukrainian: Івано-Франківський національний медичний університет) is an institute of higher medical education in Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine Ukraine ...

# King Daniel of Galicia Ivano-Frankivsk University of Law #

Ivano-Frankivsk Theological Academy of Greek-Catholic Church Ivano-Frankivsk Theological Academy of Greek-Catholic Church is a Ukrainian University in Ivano-Frankivsk. Ivano-Frankivsk Theological and Catechetical Theological Institute was reorganized in 2000 into the Ivano-Frankivsk Theological Academy. O ...

West Ukrainian University of Economics and Law West Ukrainian University of Economics and Law is a Ukrainian University in Ivano-Frankivsk. History The university started its activities in Bukovina in 1991 as a Ukrainian Free Institute of Management and Business (UVIMB). From 1995 as Czernowi ...

Culture and sports

National landmarks

* the Church of the Holy Resurrection ( Greek Catholic Cathedral) * the Church of Virgin Mary (at the moment used as museum of Sacred Art of Galicia) * Latin Collegiate * the Armenian church (presently used by one of the Ukrainian Orthodox Churches). * City Brewery

Other attractions

Market Square The market square (or sometimes, the market place) is a square meant for trading, in which a market is held. It is an important feature of many towns and cities around the world.amusement park An amusement park is a park that features various attractions, such as rides and games, as well as other events for entertainment purposes. A theme park is a type of amusement park that bases its structures and attractions around a central ...

, a big lake with swans, couple of full-size football fields, and many other interesting places which are worth a visit. * Bily Budynok, a big white building in the middle of the city and next to the Market place. It is the main administration building of Ivano-Frankivsk and

. In front of the building, there are two full-size sculptural monuments to Franko and Shevchenko. * Bazaar, a huge area that covers the old market and the new market with a couple of supermarket stores locally known as the universal stores. * stretch (stometrivka), unofficial local name for a part of Independence Street that consists of numerous shops and is restricted to pedestrian traffic only.

Architecture

* Stanislav fortress compound and Potocki palace * Cathedral of the Holy Resurrection, locally known as Katedra (Greek-Catholic Cathedral) * Jesuit Kostel, the second building of Jesuits after they were forced to surrender Katedra * Fara, also known as the

Collegiate Church In Christianity, a collegiate church is a Church (building), church where the daily office of worship is maintained by a college (canon law), college of canon (priest), canons: a non-monastic or secular clergy, "secular" community of clergy, organis ...

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and Saint Stanislaus (today – the Regional Art Museum) * Ratusha, a former city hall * Battle of Grunwald monument – commemorating the victory of the

on Grunwald fields in 1410. * Monument to

Adam Mickiewicz Adam Bernard Mickiewicz (; 24 December 179826 November 1855) was a Polish poet, dramatist, essayist, publicist, translator and political activist. He is regarded as national poet in Poland, Lithuania and Belarus. A principal figure in Polish ...

(1930) – it was reconstructed in 1989, located in Adam Mickiewicz Square next to a regional concert (philharmonic) hall. It is the oldest surviving monument in the city and was built on 20 November 1898 (sculptor

Tadeusz Błotnicki Tadeusz Błotnicki (8 October 1858, Lwów - 28 March 1928, Kraków) was a Polish sculptor, active mainly in Kraków. He was a disciple of Parys Filippi, , and Kaspar von Zumbusch, from Vienna, and created many sculptures and busts in Cracow an ...

). * Monument to Stepan Bandera and Museum of the Insurgent Army in European Square were awarded the best architectural project of 2007 designed by a local architecture company "Atelie Arkhitektury" Shevchenko Park in Ivano-Frankivsk

Theaters and Cinemas

* Ivan Franko Academic Regional Music and Drama Theater * Mariika Pidhirianka Academic Regional Puppet Theater * Ivan Tobilevich Ukrainian National Theater * Regional Philharmonic Society * Lumiere Movie Theater (previously, Ivan Franko Movie Theater) * Cosmos Movie Theater ; Former * Patriot Movie Theater * Shevchenko Movie Theater (previously "Pioneer") * "Videotech" * Gorky Movie Theater * Komsomolets Movie Theater * Shevchenko Movie Theater (original) * Trembita, a summer movie theater

City parks

* Shevchenko Park * Park of Warriors-Internationalists * Park "Valy" * Pryvokzalny park * Memorial Park, near

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Festivals

* «Sviato Kovaliv» ( Blacksmiths festival) * «Karpatskyi Prostir» (Carpathian Space) * «Kolyada na Mayzlyakh» Christmas Festival * «Burak Fest» Festival of Street Food * «Prykarpattya Honey Fest» * «Holiday of Grapes and Wine» * «Stanislavska Marmulada»

Night life

*''Bomba'' *''Panorama Plaza'' *''Pasage Gartenberg'' *''eL Dorado'' *''Deja Vu''

Sports

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Ivano-Frankivsk is home to a number of sports teams. Most notably, it was home to the football club

FC Spartak Ivano-Frankivsk FC Spartak Ivano-Frankivsk was a Ukrainian football team based in Ivano-Frankivsk, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, Ukraine, the unofficial capital of the Prykarpattia region. History The club was founded in 1940 after the Soviet occupation of the Ea ...

(Prykarpattya) that participated on the national level since the 1950s. Since 2007, the club only fields its youth team Spartak-93 and competes in the Children-Youth Football League of Ukraine. The former president of Spartak Anatoliy Revutskiy reorganized the local university ( University of Oil and Gas) team in 2007 into the new " FSK Prykarpattia" with support of the city mayor Anushkevychus making it the main football club in the region and replacing Spartak. Previously during the interbellum period, the city was home to another football club based on the local Polish garrison and called Rewera Stanisławów (1908). That club competed at a regional level that had evolved at that period. With the start of

, that club was disbanded. During the Soviet period among several others there was another club "Elektron" that successfully participated at a regional level around the 1970s. The city also is the home to a

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team, PFC Uragan Ivano-Frankivsk, that competes in the

Ukrainian Futsal Championship The Extra-Liga ( uk, Екстра-ліга) is an association of futsal clubs of Ukraine and the top men's futsal league in the country. It is organized by the Association of Mini-Football of Ukraine which is a collective member of the Ukrainian ...

. They were the Ukrainian champions having won the 2010/11 season playoffs and therefore took part in the

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for the first time. The city had an ice hockey team, HC Vatra Ivano-Frankivsk, which previously played in the

Ukrainian Hockey Championship The Ukrainian Hockey Championship ( ua, Чемпіонат України з Хокею, '' tr: Chempionat Ukrayiny z Khokeyu'') is an annual ice hockey award and national title, bestowed to the ice hockey organization judged to have the best per ...

. Ivano-Frankivsk is also the hometown of Ukrainian gymnasts; one of them is Dariya Zgoba who won gold on the uneven bars in the 2007 European Championships and became a finalist on the Beijing Olympics; the other one is

Yana Demyanchuk Yana Vladimirovna Demyanchuk ( uk, Яна Дем'янчук, born 1993) is a Ukrainian artistic gymnast who won gold on the balance beam at the 2009 European Artistic Gymnastics Championships. Early life and training Demyanchuk started gymna ...

, who won gold on the

balance beam The balance beam is a rectangular artistic gymnastics apparatus and an event performed using the apparatus. Both the apparatus and the event are sometimes simply referred to as "beam". The English abbreviation for the event in gymnastics scoring i ...

at the 2009 European Championships. Other clubs include: *

Hoverla Ivano-Frankivsk BC Prykarpattia-Hoverla ( uk, БК Говерла), known also as Hoverla, is a professional basketball club based in Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine. The team plays in the Higher League, the Ukrainian second division. The team colours are green and yell ...

(basketball) *

Roland Ivano-Frankivsk Roland (; frk, *Hrōþiland; lat-med, Hruodlandus or ''Rotholandus''; it, Orlando or ''Rolando''; died 15 August 778) was a Frankish military leader under Charlemagne who became one of the principal figures in the literary cycle known as the ...

(rugby) * Uragan Ivano-Frankivsk, Uragan (futsal) ; Main Stadiums and Sport Complexes * MCS Rukh, a sport complex consisting of the major arena and two auxiliary fields next to it * Yunist Stadium (Ivano-Frankivsk), Yunist Stadium (Youth) * Hirka Stadium, property of the Ivano-Frankivsk Locomotive Maintenance Plant * Nauka Stadium (Science), which belongs to Vasyl Stefanyk Precarpathian National University * Stadium of Oil and Gas University * Sport-Recreational Center "Tsunami", which contains an ice arena for the local hockey events and a waterpark

City's radio, television, press media

; Press * ''"Reporter"'' – Ivano-Frankivsk weekly * ''"Halytsky Korrespondent"'' – a social-political weekly * ''"Halychyna"'' – regional newspaper ; Radio * ''"Zakhidny Polyus (104.3 FM)"'' – city's radio * ''"Vezha (107 FM)"'' – city's radio ; Television * ''"Ivano-Frankivsk ODTRK"'' – regional state broadcasting company * ''"3-Studia"'' – regional broadcasting company * ''"Halychyna"'' – regional television

People

* Eliezer Adler (born 1866), founder of the Jewish Community in Gateshead, England * Svetlana Alexievich (born 1948), Belarusian journalist and writer, winner of the 2015 Nobel Prize for Literature * Yuri Andrukhovych (born 1960), Ukrainian writer * Daniel Auster (1893–1963), Mayor of Jerusalem * Menachem Avidom (1908–1995), Israeli composer * John Banner (1910–1973), Austrian-American actor. Star of ''Hogan's Heroes'' * Naftali Blumenthal (1922-2022), Israeli Member of the Knesset * Maxim Bugzester (1909–1978), Polish painter * Arthur Frank Burns, Arthur F. Burns (1904–1987), American-Jewish economist and politician * Ana Casares (1930–2007), Polish-Argentine actress * Zbigniew Cybulski (1927–1967), Polish actor * Bolesław Wieniawa-Długoszowski (1881–1942), Polish general, politician and diplomat * Albin Dunajewski (1817-1894), Roman Catholic cardinal * Wiktor Eckhaus (1930–2000), Polish–Dutch mathematician * Feliks Falk (born 1941), Polish film director * Moshe Flimann (1905–1973), Mayor of Haifa * Fritz Grossmann (1902–1984), art historian and Professor of Art History * Ludwik Hass (1918–2008), Polish historian * Moses Horowitz (1844–1910), playwright and actor of Yiddish theatre * Alfred Jansa, Alfred Johann Theophil Jansa von Tannenau (1884–1963), Austrian general * GreenJolly (active 2004–2005), Ukrainian Hip hop music, rap band * Tina Karol (born 1985), Ukrainian singer, actress, and television presenter * Maria Antonina Kratochwil (1881–1942), nun beatified by Pope John Paul II who tried to save Jews during the Holocaust * František Kriegel (1908—1979), Czechoslovak politician and physician * Manfred Lachs, Manfred H. Lachs (1914–1993), Polish diplomat and British jurist * Oksana Lada (born 1976), Ukrainian actress * Chaim David Lippe (1823–1900), Austrian Jewish publisher and bibliographer * Alfreda Markowska (born 1926), Polish-Romani woman who during World War II saved approximately 50 Jewish and Roma children from death in the Holocaust and the Porajmos genocide * Leo Aryeh Mayer (1895–1959), Israeli scholar of Islamic art and rector of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem * Bernard Mond (1887–1957), Jewish general of the Polish Army * Itzhak Nener (1919–2012), Israeli jurist * Yevhen Nakonechny (1931–2006), Ukrainian historian, librarian, library scientist, and linguist * Daniel Passent (1938–2022), Polish journalist * Anastasiya Petryshak (born 1994), Ukrainian violinist * Józef Potocki (1673–1751), a Polish nobleman, son of the Polish founder of the city * Mikhail Prusak (born 1960), Russian politician * Horacy Safrin (1899–1980), Polish poet, comedian, author, and translator * Max Schur (1897–1969), physician * Anna Seniuk (born 1942), Polish actress * Tryzuby Stas (1948–2007), a representative of the Ukrainian humorous original songs, bard * Klemens Stefan Sielecki (1903–1980), Polish engineer and technical director of Fablok * Stanisław Sosabowski (1892–1967), Polish general, hero of Arnhem * Mordechai Surkis (1908–1995), Israeli politician * Gabriel Talphir (1901–1990), Israeli poet, art critic, publisher, editor, and translator * Vasyl Velychkovsky (1903–1973), bishop of Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church * Taras Voznyak (born 1957), Ukrainian political scientist, editor-in-chief and founder of Independent Cultural Journal * Alexander Wagner (1868–1942), Polish chess theoretician * Ksenia Zsikhotska (born 1989), Professional dancer

Sport

(born 1993), Ukrainian gymnast and 2009 European Champion on balance beam * Myroslav Stupar (born 1941), Ukrainian football referee * Vasyl Virastyuk (born 1974), Ukrainian strongman athlete 2004 World's Strongest Man

Twin towns – sister cities

Ivano-Frankivsk is Sister city, twinned with: * Arlington County, Virginia, Arlington County, United States (2009) * Braga, Portugal (2017) * Brest, Belarus, Brest, Belarus (2004) * Gmina Chrzanów, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Chrzanów, Poland (2001) * Chrzanów County, Poland (2016) * Jelgava, Latvia (2007) * Koszalin, Poland (2010) * Lublin, Poland (2009) * Nanning, China (2019) * Nowa Sól County, Poland (2010) * Ochota, Ochota (Warsaw), Poland (2006) * Opole, Poland (2005) * Přerov, Czech Republic (2010) * Rustavi, Georgia (2016) * Rybnik, Poland (2001) * Rzeszów, Poland (2000) * Strășeni District, Moldova (2016) * Świdnica, Poland (2008) * Tomaszów Mazowiecki, Poland (2004) * Trakai District Municipality, Trakai, Lithuania (2006) * Zielona Góra, Poland (2001) In February 2016 Ivano-Frankivsk City Council terminated its twinned relations with the Russian cities Surgut, Serpukhov and Veliky Novgorod due to the Russo-Ukrainian War.Chernivtsi decided to terminate the relationship with twin two Russian cities
The Ukrainian Week (February 27, 2016)

Partner cities

Ivano-Frankivsk cooperates with: * Baia Mare, Romania (1990) * Nyíregyháza, Hungary (2004) * Oradea, Romania (2003) * Târgoviște, Romania (2005)

Orientation

; Local orientation ; Regional orientation

References

Sources

* "Endure, Defy and Remember", by Joachim Nachbar, 1977 * * "False papers: deception and survival in the Holocaust", by Robert Melson (political scientist), Robert Melson, Univ. of Illinois Press, 2000. Dr. Melson is a professor of political science at Purdue University, Purdue, whose grandfather owned the Mendelsohn factory in Stanislawow. * "I'm not even a grown up, the diary of Jerzy Feliks Urman", translated by Anthony Rudolf and Joanna Voit, ed. by Anthony Rudolf. London: Menard Press, 1991. 11-yr old in Stanislaw commits suicide to avoid capture by Nazis. * "Living Longer than Hate", by C.S. Ragsdale *

External links

; Local government
mvk.if.ua
– Official site of Ivano-Frankivsk
The Regional Directorate of Statistics website

Association of Ukrainian cities website
; General information and travel
Site of Ivano-Frankivsk, Franyk (ua)

Web company in Frankovsk, Frankivsk.in.ua (ua)

Іvano-Frankivsk , Portal (ukr.)

ifportal.net

pravda.if.ua
*
Local business catalog
; Maps
Soviet topographic map 1:100,000

2005 Ivano-Frankivsk
– Satellite image

; History * [http://www.signandsight.com/features/574.html ''The Stanislau Phenomenon''] – How the Western Ukrainian provincial nest of Ivano-Frankivsk turned into a thriving literary metropolis and multicultural frontier between East and West. By Holger Gemba at signandsight.com * – Transliteration of Unpublished List of Citizens Murdered by the Nazis, from documents of the Russian Commission to Investigate Nazi Crimes
Polish historical website on Stanislawow

Photographs of Jewish sites in Ivano-Frankivsk
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Jewish History in Galicia and Bukovina
* ; Photos
Stanislaw: virtual Ivano-Frankivs'k , spherical panoramas

Old photos and postcards which highlight city architecture at the beginning of the 20th century

Photos of modern Ivano-Frankivsk (from 2004)

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