Vovkiv, Solonka rural hromada, Lviv Raion, Lviv Oblast

Vovkiv () is a village in the Solonka rural hromada of the Lviv Raion of Lviv Oblast in Ukraine.

History

The village is known from 1447.

After the liquidation of the Pustomyty Raion on 19 July 2020, the village became part of the Lviv Raion.

Religion

• Church of the Presentation of Virgin Mary with a bell tower (1706, wooden, architectural monuments of local importance),
• Saint Mary Magdalene church (1929, designed by architect Bronisław Wiktor, RCC).

Monuments

A monument to Kornylo Ustiyanovych erected on the territory of the Ustianovych Museum-Estate.

Notable residents

• Kornylo Ustiyanovych (1839–1903), Ukrainian painter, writer and folklorist
• Ruslan Zabranskyi (born 1971), Ukrainian professional football

Ivan Franko visited the village; the Czech ethnographer lived there.

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