Biskovychi
{{Short description|Rural locality in Lviv Oblast, Ukraine}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Biskovychi
| native_name = Бісковичі
| native_name_lang = uk
| settlement_type = Village
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| image_skyline = Biskovychi, Lviv Oblast, Ukraine - panoramio.jpg
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| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{flag icon|Ukraine}} Ukraine
| subdivision_type1 = Oblast
| subdivision_name1 = Lviv
| subdivision_type2 = Raion
| subdivision_name2 = Sambir
| coordinates = {{coord|49|32|20|N|23|09|21|E|display=inline}}
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| area_total_km2 = 11.54
| population_total = 2413
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Biskovychi ({{langx|uk|Бісковичі}}, {{langx|pl|Biskowice}}) is a village in Sambir Raion, Lviv Oblast, in south-west Ukraine. Biskovychi hosts the administration of Biskovychi rural hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.{{cite web |title=Бесковицкая громада |url=https://gromada.info/ru/obschina/biskovycka/ |publisher=Портал об'єднаних громад України |language=ru}}
History
First mentioned in 1373. Historically, noble property belonging to the Lubomirski family, located in 1589 within Przemyśl Land of the Ruthenian Voivodeship.Aleksander Jabłonowski, Polska XVI wieku pod względem geograficzno-statystycznym. T. 7. Ziemie ruskie. Ruś Czerwona. Cz. 1, Warszawa 1901, s. 14. Under the Second Polish Republic, it served as the seat of the Biskowice Municipality of the {{ill|Sambor District|pl|Powiat samborski (II Rzeczpospolita)|uk|Самбірський повіт}}—being home to over 3,000 inhabitants, predominantly Poles.{{cite book|first = Grzegorz|last=Rąkowski|title=Ukraińskie Karpaty i Podkarpacie. Część zachodnia.|publisher = Oficyna Wydawnicza "Rewasz"|place=Pruszków|year=2013|isbn=978-83-62460-31-1|pages=125|language=Polish}}
Under German Occupation, the Polish Rychlik family hid the Jew Icchak Erdman for several months in 1942 and later provided him with shelter in the village of Zdrochec near Tarnów. In 1985, the Yad Vashem institute decided to posthumously award Antoni Rychlik the title of Righteous Among the Nations.{{Cite web |url=https://sprawiedliwi.org.pl/node/17065 |title=„Poszedłem do księdza, wybrałem swoją metrykę i wyjechaliśmy z naszej miejscowości” - historia Antoniego Rychlika |website=sprawiedliwi.org.pl |access-date=2024-02-17 |language=pl}}
Demographics
As of 2001, the village had a population of 2,413 inhabitants, with the following distribution of native languages:{{cite web |title=Рідні мови в об'єднаних територіальних громадах України |url=https://socialdata.org.ua/projects/mova-2001/ |publisher=Український центр суспільних даних |language=Ukrainian}}
| class="wikitable sortable"
!Language !Number !Percentage |
| Ukrainian
|2292 |94.99% |
| Polish
|116 |4.81% |
| Russian
|4 |0.16% |
| German
|1 |0.04% |
| class="sortbottom"
!Total |2413 |100% |
Notable people
- {{ill|Antoni Hanebach|pl|Antoni Hanebach}} (1895-1967) Polish soldier, politician, and public official.
- {{ill|Jan Maciela|pl|Jan Maciela}} (1906-1967) Polish educator and communist politician.
- {{ill|Wojciech Michalik|pl|Wojciech Michalik}} (1939-?) Polish rugby player and sports official.
- {{ill|Halyna Yednak-Strakhotska|uk|Єднак-Страхоцька Галина Михайлівна}} (born 1961) Ukrainian cyclist.