Piadyky
{{short description|Village in Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, Ukraine}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2023}}
{{Infobox settlement
| official_name = Piadyky
| native_name = П'ядики
| native_name_lang = uk
| settlement_type = village
| image_skyline = File:Церква Покрови Пресвятої Богородиці (П'ядики) - 2.jpg
| image_caption = Intercession Church in Piadyky
| image_flag = П'ядики прапор.png
| image_shield = П'ядики герб.png
| pushpin_map = Ukraine Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast#Ukraine
| pushpin_map_caption = Location of Piadyky in Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast##Location of Piadyky in Ukraine
| coordinates = {{coord|48|33|54|N|25|10|48|E|region:UA_type:city|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{UKR}}
| subdivision_type1 = Oblast
| subdivision_name1 = {{Flag|Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast}}
| subdivision_type2 = Raion
| subdivision_name2 = Kolomyia Raion
| established_title = First mentioned
| established_date = 1480
| population = 3,567
}}
Piadyky ({{langx|uk|П'ядики}}; {{langx|pl|Piadyki}}) is a village in Kolomyia Raion, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, Ukraine. It is the administrative centre of Piadyky rural hromada. Its population is 3,567 ({{asof|2023|lc=y}}).{{Cite web |title=П’ядицька громада |trans-title=Piadyky hromada |url=https://gromada.info/gromada/pyadycka/ |access-date=28 July 2023 |website=gromada.info |language=uk}}
History
A burial mound in Piadyky dates back to the Bronze Age. It was first mentioned in writing in 1480, as a village under property of a landlord. The village's residents participated in the Khmelnytsky uprising, leading to a complaint by a local landlord to Władysław IV Vasa, King of Poland, over the damages. Piadyky became part of the Austrian Empire after the partitions of Poland, and a local branch of Prosvita operated in the village starting in the late 19th century.{{Cite web |date=25 November 2016 |title=П'ядики, Коломийський район, Івано-Франківська область |trans-title=Piadyky, Kolomyia Raion, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast |url=http://ukrssr.com.ua/ifrank/kolomiyskiy/p-yadiki-kolomiyskiy-rayon-ivano-frankivska-oblast |access-date=28 July 2023 |website=The History of Cities and Villages of the Ukrainian SSR |language=uk}}
In the Second Polish Republic, the village was located in the Kołomyja County of the Stanisławów Voivodeship.
In 1939, according to Volodymyr Kubijovyč, Piadyky had a population of 2,460. Of this population, 2,030 were Ukrainians, 290 Latynnyky, 80 Polish people, (including 60 Osadniks), 30 Jews, and 30 Germans.{{Cite book |last=Kubijovyč |first=Volodymyr |title=Етнічні групи південнозахідньої України (Галичини) на 1.1.1939 |publisher=Harrasowitz |year=1983 |isbn=3-447-02376-7 |location=Wiesbaden |pages=37 |language=uk |trans-title=Ethnic groups of the South-Western Ukraine (Halyčyna - Galicia) 1.1.1939 |author-link=Volodymyr Kubijovyč}} The wooden church in the village, the Church of the Intercession, was first mentioned in 1680, and rebuilt most recently in 1840. The church is currently unused, with the Ukrainian Orthodox Church – Kyiv Patriarchate constructing a brick church in 2008.{{Cite web |title=П'ядики |trans-title=Piadyky |url=http://decerkva.org.ua/fra/piadyky.html |access-date=28 July 2023 |website=Wooden Churches of Western Ukraine |language=uk}}
During the September campaign, the Polish 13th Observation Escadrille was stationed here.{{Cite book |last=Pawlak |first=Jerzy |author-link=Jerzy Pawlak |title=Polish Escadrilles in the Defensive War of 1939 |year=1991 |publisher=Wydawnictwo Komunikacji i Łączności |location=Warsaw |isbn=83-206-0795-7 |page=349}}
In 1944, Ukrainian nationalists from the OUN-UPA brutally murdered 19 Poles as a part of Volhynia genocide.{{Cite book |title=Henryk Komański, Szczepan Siekierka, Eugeniusz Różański, Ludobójstwo dokonane przez nacjonalistów ukraińskich na Polakach w Województwie Stanisławowskim 1939–1946, Wrocław: ALTA 2, 2008, s. 248, ISBN 978-83-85865-13-1, OCLC 261139661. |year=2008 |page=248}}
Notable residents
- Jakiw Palij, Ukrainian Schutzstaffel guard at Trawniki concentration camp