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Rozhniv

Rozhniv (; ) is a village in Ukraine's western Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, in Kosiv Raion. It is the administrative centre of the Rozhniv rural hromada.

History

The village of Rozhniv was founded in 1452. From 1867 to 2 July 1924, it was part of , and from 1924 until 1940, it was part of .

On 6 January 1949, two Soviet soldiers (major Sybirtsev and sergeant Bormotov) were captured and executed by the Ukrainian Insurgent Army.

Notable residents

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