Stari Bohorodchany
{{short description|Village in Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, Ukraine}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2023}}
{{Infobox settlement
| official_name = Stari Bohorodchany
| native_name = {{lang|uk|Старі Богородчани}}
| settlement_type = village
| image_skyline = Церква Різдва Пресвятої Богородиці, Старі Богородчани.jpg
| image_caption = Church of the Nativity of the Theotokos in Stari Bohorodchany
| pushpin_map = Ukraine Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast#Ukraine
| pushpin_map_caption = Location of Stari Bohorodchany in Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast##Location of Stari Bohorodchany in Ukraine
| coordinates = {{coord|48|49|50|N|24|31|12|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 = Ivano-Frankivsk Raion
| established_title = First mentioned
| established_date = 16 January 1441
}}
Stari Bohorodchany ({{langx|uk|Старі Богородчани}}; {{langx|pl|Bohorodczany Stare}}) is a village in Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, Ukraine, located in Ivano-Frankivsk Raion. It is the administrative centre of Stari Bohorodchany rural hromada.{{Cite web |title=Старобогородчанська територіальна громада |trans-title=Stari Bohorodchany territorial hromada |url=https://decentralization.gov.ua/newgromada/4020 |access-date=16 July 2023 |website=decentralization.gov.ua |language=uk |archive-date=16 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210816160509/https://decentralization.gov.ua/newgromada/4020 |url-status=live }}
History
The first mention of Stari Bohorodchany is in a Polish government act dating to 16 January 1441, in which it was referred to as being owned by "Ivan of Buchach".{{Cite web |title=Історична довідка с. Старі Богородчани |trans-title=Historical references to the village of Stari Bohorodchany |url=https://st-bogorodchany-gromada.gov.ua/stari-bogorodchani-01-38-54-04-07-2016/ |access-date=16 July 2023 |website=Stari Bohorodchany rural hromada |language=uk |archive-date=17 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230717022321/https://st-bogorodchany-gromada.gov.ua/stari-bogorodchani-01-38-54-04-07-2016/ |url-status=live }} Under the Second Polish Republic, the village was seat of {{ill|Gmina Bohorodczany Stare|pl|Bohorodczany Stare (gmina)}}.{{Cite web |last=Czernicki |first=Karol |last2=Szulc |first2=Stefan |last3=Szturm de Sztrem |first3=Edward |title=Skorowidz gmin Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej : ludność i budynki : na podstawie tymczasowych wyników drugiego Powszechnego Spisu Ludności z dn. 9.XII 1931 r. oraz Powierzchnia ogólna. Cz. 3a. Województwa południowe |trans-title=List of gminas in the Polish Republic: population and buildings, based on the provisional results of the second general population census of 1931 as well as the general area. Part 3a: The Southern Departments |url=http://www.pbc.rzeszow.pl/dlibra/doccontent?id=2293&dirids=1 |access-date=16 July 2023 |website=Podkarpacka Digital Library |language=pl |archive-date=6 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131006172446/http://www.pbc.rzeszow.pl/dlibra/doccontent?id=2293&dirids=1 |url-status=live }}
On 24 December 1945, Ukrainian Insurgent Army troops commanded by {{ill|Pavlo Vatsyk|uk|Вацик Павло Іванович}} destroyed an Internal Troops garrison in the village.{{Cite news |last=Kmetiuk |first=Ivan |date=26 July 2017 |title=Відважний змаг норовистого «Прута» |language=uk |trans-title=The constant struggle of the rogue "Prut" |work=Halychyna |url=https://www.galychyna.if.ua/publication/ukrainism/vidvazhnii-zmag-norovistogo-pruta |url-status=dead |access-date=16 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180806195731/http://www.galychyna.if.ua/publication/ukrainism/vidvazhnii-zmag-norovistogo-pruta |archive-date=6 August 2018}}
Notable residents
- {{ill|Viktor Starozhynskyi|uk|Віктор Старожинський}}, Ukrainian Basilian monk
- {{ill|Bohdan Mostytskyi|uk|Мостицький Богдан Іванович}}, Ukrainian Insurgent Army commander
- {{ill|Mykhailo Zarichnyi|uk|Зарічний Михайло Михайлович}}, Ukrainian mathematician
- {{ill|Yaroslav Harasym|uk|Гарасим Ярослав Іванович}}, Ukrainian folklorist and philologist