Solonka, Ukraine

{{short description|Village in Lviv Oblast, Ukraine}}

{{other uses|Solonka (disambiguation)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2024}}

{{Infobox settlement

| official_name = Solonka

| native_name = Солонка

| native_name_lang = uk

| settlement_type = village

| image_shield = Solonka gerb.png

| image_skyline = Солонка1.jpg

| caption = The Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Solonka

| pushpin_map = Ukraine Lviv Oblast#Ukraine

| pushpin_map_caption = Location of Solonka in Lviv Oblast##Location of Solonka in Ukraine

| coordinates = {{coord|49|44|24|N|24|01|48|E|region:UA_type:city|display=inline,title}}

| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = {{UKR}}

| subdivision_type1 = Oblast

| subdivision_name1 = {{Flag|Lviv Oblast}}

| subdivision_type2 = Raion

| subdivision_name2 = {{flagicon image|Прапор Львівського району.jpg}} Lviv Raion

| subdivision_type3 = Hromada

| subdivision_name3 = Solonka rural hromada

| established_title = First mentioned

| established_date = 15th century

| population = 7,476

}}

Solonka ({{langx|uk|Солонка}}; {{langx|pl|Sołonka}}) is a village in Lviv Raion, Lviv Oblast, in western Ukraine. It is the capital of Solonka rural hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Its population is 7,476 (as of 2024).{{Cite web |title=Солонківська громада |trans-title=Solonka hromada |url=https://gromada.info/gromada/solonkivska/ |access-date=23 August 2024 |website=gromada.info |language=uk}}

Overview

Solonka was first mentioned in the 15th century. There was an anti-serfdom uprising led by peasants in the village during the 16th century. Following the Soviet annexation of Eastern Galicia and Volhynia in 1939, a sovkhoz was established in the village under the name "Victory".{{Cite web |date=28 February 2017 |title=Солонка, Пустомитівський район, Львівська область |trans-title=Solonka, Pustomyty Raion, Lviv Oblast |url=https://ukrssr.com.ua/lvivska/pustomitivskiy/solonka-pustomitivskiy-rayon-lvivska-oblast |access-date=23 August 2024 |website=History of Cities and Villages of the Ukrainian SSR |language=uk}}

Solonka is home to multiple churches, belonging to both the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (such as the 2011 Church of the Holy Trinity){{Cite web |title=Церква Пресвятої Трійці |trans-title=Church of the Holy Trinity |url=https://map.ugcc.ua/view/3206-tserkva-presvyatoy-triytsi-s-solonka-lvivska-oblast |access-date=23 August 2024 |website=Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church |language=uk}} and the Orthodox Church of Ukraine (including the 1939 Church of the Nativity of the Holy Virgin Mary).{{Cite web |title=Церква Різдва Пресвятої Богородиці |trans-title=Church of the Nativity of the Holy Virgin Mary |url=https://map.ugcc.ua/view/3205-tserkva-rizdva-presvyatoy-bogorodytsi-s-solonka-lvivska-oblast |access-date=23 August 2024 |website=Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church |language=uk}} One such Orthodox church in the village, the Church of the Transfiguration of the Lord, was consecrated by Metropolitan Epiphanius I in 2022.{{Cite news |date=9 August 2022 |title=Храм у Солонці освятив Митрополит Епіфаній і ще 100 священнослужителів |trans-title=Church in Solonka consecrated by Metropolitan Epiphanius and 100 other priests |url=https://dailylviv.com/news/kultura/khram-u-solontsi-osvyatyv-mytropolyt-epifanii-i-shche-100-svyashchennosluzhyteliv-101759 |access-date=23 August 2024 |work=DailyLviv.com |language=uk}}

Notable people

  • Yaroslav Kendzior, journalist, human rights activist, and politician.
  • {{ill|Stepan Kovalchuk|uk|Ковальчук Степан Іванович}}, botanist.

References