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Rohatyn () is a
city located on the
Hnyla Lypa River in the
Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, in western
Ukraine. It is the
administrative center of the
Rohatynsky Raion (
district).
The current estimated population is around 8,800 (as of
2001).
History
It was first mentioned in historical documents in the 12th century. Its name seems to be derived from
Ruthenia, name of the region of location. In
1415, under
Polish rule, it was granted the
Magdeburg rights, and subsequently developed into an important trading and manufacturing town. In
1520 Roxolana, a native of Rohatyn, was captured there by the
Tatars and sold to the
Turkish sultan. In the 16th century a renowned school of
icon painting arose in Rohatyn, and in the 1580s an Orthodox brotherhood was founded obtaining the stauropegion (a monastery exempt from the control of the local bishop) status. After the
First Partition of Poland in
1772, Rohatyn was annexed by
Austria, and became a county center. A Ukrainian gymnasium was established there in 1909, and a minor theological seminary in 1931. During the
interwar period the town was under Polish rule. In 1939 it became part of
Soviet Ukraine and was grated city status. Today it's an important highway junction; 26 percent of its inhabitants work in the transportation industry.
Monuments
- stone Church of the Nativity of the Theotokos (end of the 14th century)
- remnants of the town walls and gate from the 13th and 14th centuries
- wooden Church of the Holy Spirit (1644–5) with a magnificent iconostasis (1647–50)
- the ruins of the Dominican monastery (1614)
- Roman Catholic Saint Nicholas’s Church in the Renaissance style (1666)
- wooden Saint Nicholas's Church (1729).
Gallery
Image:P7080422.JPG|Nativity of Blessed Virgin Mary Ukrainian Catholic Church
Image:Rohatyn_Holy_Spirit_church.jpg|Holy Spirit church
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