# Sheptytskyi > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Sheptytskyi > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Sheptytskyi.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheptytskyi > Source revision: 1354382738 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{For|the surname|Szeptycki}} {{Infobox settlement | name = Sheptytskyi | native_name = {{lang|uk|Шептицький}} | other_name = | settlement_type = [City](/source/City_status_in_Ukraine) | imagesize = | image_skyline = {{Photomontage|position=center | photo1a = Костел Св.Духа3.jpg | photo2a = CzerwonogrodPalacPotockich.JPG | photo2b = Храм Св.Йосафата.jpg | photo3a = Панорама монастиря Юра. Червоноград.jpg | size = 270 | spacing = 2 | color = #FFFFFF | border = 0 }} | image_caption = {{hlist|Clockwise from top: Church of the Holy Spirit|Saint Josaphat Church|Saint George Monastery|Potocki Palace}} | image_flag = Flag of Sheptytskyi.svg | image_shield = Coat of Arms of Sheptytskyi.svg | nickname = | motto = | image_map = | map_caption = Location of Sheptytskyi within Ukraine. | pushpin_map = Ukraine Lviv Oblast#Ukraine | pushpin_label_position = | pushpin_map_caption = Location of Sheptytskyi in Ukraine | pushpin_relief = 1 | coordinates = {{coord|50|23|12|N|24|13|44|E|region:UA|display=inline,title}} | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{UKR}} | subdivision_type1 = [Oblast](/source/Oblasts_of_Ukraine) | subdivision_name1 = [Lviv Oblast](/source/Lviv_Oblast) | subdivision_type2 = [Raion](/source/Raions_of_Ukraine) | subdivision_name2 = [Sheptytskyi Raion](/source/Sheptytskyi_Raion) | subdivision_type3 = [Hromada](/source/Hromada) | subdivision_name3 = [Sheptytskyi urban hromada](/source/Sheptytskyi_urban_hromada) | established_title = Founded | established_date = {{circa}} 1692 | leader_title = Mayor | leader_name = Andriy Zalivsky | total_type = | area_total_km2 = 37.6 | area_land_km2 = | area_water_km2 = | elevation_m = 150 | population_footnotes = | population_total = 64,297 | population_as_of = 2022 | population_density_km2 = auto | population_metro = | population_note = | timezone = [EET](/source/Eastern_European_Time) | utc_offset = +2 | timezone_DST = [EEST](/source/Eastern_European_Summer_Time) | utc_offset_DST = +3 | postal_code_type = [Postal code](/source/Postal_code) | postal_code = | area_code = | blank_name = [Sister cities](/source/Town_twinning) | blank_info = [Békéscsaba](/source/B%C3%A9k%C3%A9scsaba) | website = | footnotes = | official_name = | mapframe = yes | mapframe-zoom = 11 | mapframe-wikidata = yes | mapframe-marker = town }} '''Sheptytskyi''' ({{langx|uk|Шептицький}}, {{IPA|uk|ʃepˈtɪtsʲkɪj|ipa}}), formerly '''Chervonohrad''' ({{langx|uk|Червоноград}}, {{IPA|uk|tʃerwonoˈɦrɑd|pron|audio=Uk-Червоноград.ogg}}), historically '''Krystynopol''', is a historical [mining town](/source/mining_town) and the administrative center of [Sheptytskyi Raion](/source/Sheptytskyi_Raion), [Lviv Oblast](/source/Lviv_Oblast) of western [Ukraine](/source/Ukraine). It hosts the administration of [Sheptytskyi urban hromada](/source/Sheptytskyi_urban_hromada), one of the [hromada](/source/hromada)s of Ukraine.{{cite web |title=Червоноградська міська громада |url=https://gromada.info/gromada/chervonograd/ |publisher=Портал об'єднаних громад України |language=uk}} Sheptytskyi lies about 62 km north of [Lviv](/source/Lviv), 7 km from [Sokal](/source/Sokal), 28 km northeast of the town of [Voroniv](/source/Voroniv), and has a population of {{Ua-pop-est2022|64,297|.}} ==History== thumb|Potocki Palace thumb|Basilian Monastery In May 1685, the [Crown hetman](/source/Hetmans_of_the_Polish%E2%80%93Lithuanian_Commonwealth) and [Kraków](/source/Krak%C3%B3w) [Voivode](/source/Voivode) [Feliks Kazimierz Potocki](/source/Feliks_Kazimierz_Potocki) purchased land along the [Bug River](/source/Bug_River). In 1692, he founded a city on the lands of the village Novyi Dvir ({{Literal translation|New Garden}}, {{Langx|pl|Nowy Dwór|links=no}}) and named it "Krystynopol" after his wife [Krystyna Lubomirska](/source/Krystyna_Lubomirska_(d._1669)) (the [suffix](/source/suffix) "-pol" derives from [Greek](/source/Greek_language) "[polis](/source/polis)"{{cite book|last1=Karpluk|first1=Maria|title=Mowa naszych przodków: podstawowe wiadomości z historii języka polskiego do końca XVIII w|date=1993|publisher=TMJP|page=46|language=pl}}). Potocki made the city his family center. He died here on 22 September 1702. His grandson [Franciszek Salezy Potocki](/source/Franciszek_Salezy_Potocki) built a palace and in 1763 founded a [Krystopil monastery](/source/Sheptytskyi_Monastery) of [Basilians](/source/Order_of_Saint_Basil_the_Great) (barocco church of Saint George; prior to 1946 – a place of miracles with wondrous icon of the [Mother of God](/source/Mother_of_God)).{{Cite journal|last=Syrtsov|first=Oleksandr|date=June 2013|title=The Donbas of Halychyna|url=https://i.tyzhden.ua/content/photoalbum/2013/june/16/book%2011_2.pdf|journal=The Ukrainian Week|volume=11|issue=53 |pages=34–35|via=Tyzhden}} Among the landmarks of the city is Count Potocki's palace, constructed by the order of Feliks Kazimierz Potocki after 1692. The city, as Krystynopol, was part of the [Polish Kingdom](/source/Crown_of_the_Kingdom_of_Poland) in the [Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth](/source/Polish%E2%80%93Lithuanian_Commonwealth) until 1772, when it was incorporated into the [Habsburg Empire](/source/Habsburg_monarchy). thumb|The Church of the Holy Spirit (built in the 1750s) In the 19th century, the [Apostolus Christinopolitanus](/source/Apostolus_Christinopolitanus) and the chronicle from 1763 to 1779 were kept in the city. The Catholic order of [Myrrh-Bearing Sisters](/source/Myrrh-Bearing_Sisters) was founded by Fr. Yulian Datsii in 1910, with the purpose of gathering funds to build a home for orphans and the poor. The first members of the congregation vowed to build two buildings: one for the people and one for the congregation. In 1913, the first convent arose, where 15 sisters lived. During [World War II](/source/World_War_II), the town was occupied by [Nazi Germany](/source/Nazi_Germany) from 1939 to 1944. After [World War II](/source/World_War_II) ended, the town was initially given back to Poland by the [Soviet Union](/source/Soviet_Union). During the [interwar period](/source/interwar_period), it belonged to the [Second Polish Republic](/source/Second_Polish_Republic), and between 1945 and 1951 was part of the [Polish People's Republic](/source/Polish_People's_Republic). It passed from Poland to the [Ukrainian SSR](/source/Ukrainian_SSR) of the Soviet Union after the [territorial exchange in 1951](/source/1951_Polish%E2%80%93Soviet_territorial_exchange) and had its name changed from Krystynopil ({{Lang|uk|Кристинопіль}}) to Chervonohrad, after the color red ({{Langx|uk|червоний|links=no|translit=chervonyi}}). A local newspaper is published in the city since June 1962.No. 2942. «Новости Прибужья» = «Новини Прибужжя» // Летопись периодических и продолжающихся изданий СССР 1986 - 1990. Часть 2. Газеты. М., «Книжная палата», 1994. стр.386 On 1 August 1990, Chervonohrad became the first city in the [Soviet Union](/source/Soviet_Union) where a monument to [Vladimir Lenin](/source/Vladimir_Lenin) was removed.{{in lang|uk}} [https://m.gazeta.ua/articles/politics/_pershij-lenin-vpav-1990-roku-yak-skidali-idola-komunizmu/873618 The first Lenin fell in 1990: how the idol of communism was dropped], [Gazeta.ua](/source/Gazeta.ua) (8 December 2018) Until 18 July 2020, Chervonohrad was designated as a [city of oblast significance](/source/City_of_regional_significance_(Ukraine)) and belonged to [Chervonohrad Municipality](/source/Chervonohrad_Municipality). As part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Lviv Oblast to seven, Chervonohrad Municipality was merged into newly established Chervonohrad Raion.{{Cite news|title=Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ.|url=http://www.golos.com.ua/article/333466|access-date=2020-10-03|date=2020-07-18|website=Голос України|language=uk}}{{cite web |title=Нові райони: карти + склад |url=https://www.minregion.gov.ua/press/news/novi-rajony-karty-sklad/ |publisher=Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України |language=uk}} Before being abolished, Chervonohrad Municipality also included the city of [Sosnivka](/source/Sosnivka) (until 2019) and the urban type settlement of [Hirnyk](/source/Hirnyk%2C_Lviv_Oblast). In August 2023, [Ukrainian Institute of National Memory](/source/Ukrainian_Institute_of_National_Memory) decided that the name of the city did not meet the law "[On the Condemnation and Prohibition of Propaganda of Russian Imperial Policy in Ukraine and the Decolonization of Toponymy](/source/On_the_Condemnation_and_Prohibition_of_Propaganda_of_Russian_Imperial_Policy_in_Ukraine_and_the_Decolonization_of_Toponymy)", meaning that Chervonohrad will be renamed.{{Cite web |last=Bohdaniok |first=Olena |date=2023-08-03 |title= |script-title=uk:Деколонізація: УІНП підготував перелік населених пунктів, які варто перейменувати |trans-title=Decolonization: UINM prepared the list of populated places that need to be renamed |url=https://suspilne.media/543519-dekolonizacia-uinp-pidgotuvav-perelik-naselenih-punktiv-aki-varto-perejmenuvati/ |website=[Suspilne](/source/Suspilne)}} On 20 March 2024, the Committee of the [Verkhovna Rada](/source/Verkhovna_Rada) on issues of organization of state power, local self-government, regional development and urban planning decided to propose the name Sheptytskyi,{{Cite web |last=Braslavskyi |first=Dmytro |date=2024-03-20 |title= |script-title=uk:Червоноград, Павлоград і Бровари перейменують. У Раді визначилися з новими назвами |trans-title=Chervonohrad, Pavlohrad and Brovary will be renamed. The Rada decided on the new names |url=https://www.rbc.ua/rus/news/chervonograd-pavlograd-i-brovari-pereymenuyut-1710949647.html |website=[RBC-Ukraine](/source/RBC-Ukraine)}} in the name of [Andrey Sheptytsky](/source/Andrey_Sheptytsky), a metropolitan archbishop who taught in the local monastery. On 19 September 2024, the Verkhovna Rada voted to rename Chervonohrad to Sheptytskyi.{{Cite web |title= |script-title=uk:Проект Постанови про перейменування окремих населених пунктів та районів |trans-title=Draft resolution on renaming individual populated places and raions |url=https://itd.rada.gov.ua/billInfo/Bills/Card/44913 |access-date=2024-09-19}} ==Krystynopol Jews== {{Unreferenced section|date=September 2024}} Presently,{{when|date=September 2024}} there are 11–100 [Jews](/source/Jews) residing in Sheptytskyi. The earliest known Jewish community dates back to 1740. In 1931 the Jewish population was 2,200. The Jewish cemetery dates from 18th century with the last known [Hasidic](/source/Hasidic) burial in 1941. Krystynopol Jews were deported to the [Belzec extermination camp](/source/Belzec_extermination_camp) in September, 1942. The Jewish surname and rabbinical family [Kristinopoler](/source/Kristinopoler) / [Kristianpoller](/source/Kristianpoller) stem from the city's former name, Krystynopol. Jewish immigrants to America from this city founded the [Krystenopoler Synagogue](/source/Krystenopoler_Synagogue) and First Krystenopoler Sick Benevolent Association Brith Isaac in New York. The Jewish cemetery is located in the town center, in Shevska Street. ==Economics== thumb|The interior of St. Volodymyr Church (built in the 1770s). Since 1951 the city became the center of newly emerged coal mining basin. Other enterprises, besides the mining works, include:{{citation needed|date=October 2022}} * Iron-Beton Foundry * Wood Processing Plant * Tailoring Factory * Stockings Factory * Mines * Dairy ===Sheptytskyi Coal Mines=== Sheptytskyi was started as a coal mining town. Currently, there are still many functional coal mines on the outskirts around the city: * Chervonohradska * Velykomostivska * Mezhyrichanska * Nadiia * Stepova * Lisova * Vidrodzhennia * Zarichna * Vizeiska ==Education== * Branch of [Lviv National Polytechnic University](/source/Lviv_Polytechnic) * Mining College ==Population== The population of Sheptytskyi has increased significantly since 1939. * 1939 — {{formatnum:3000}}{{citation needed|date=October 2022}} * 1959 — {{formatnum:19000}}{{citation needed|date=October 2022}} * 1970 — {{formatnum:54000}} * 1974 — {{formatnum:61000}} * 1981 — {{formatnum:78000}} * 1989 — {{formatnum:89000}} * 2001 — {{formatnum:85500}} * 2005 — {{formatnum:83400}} * 2010 — {{formatnum:82900}}{{cite web|url=http://world-gazetteer.com/wg.php?x%3D%26men%3Dgpro%26lng%3Den%26des%3Dwg%26geo%3D-3730%26srt%3Dnpan%26col%3Dabcdefghinoq%26msz%3D1500%26pt%3Dc%26va%3D%26geo%3D505388423 |access-date=2010-12-01 }}{{dead link|date=July 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}{{Cite web |url=http://populstat.info/Europe/ukrainet.htm |title=UKRAINE : Urban population |access-date=2010-12-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150317174727/http://populstat.info/Europe/ukrainet.htm |archive-date=2015-03-17 |url-status=dead }} * 2024 — 57,799 (5790 displaced persons){{Cite web| title=Стратегія розвитку Червоноградської територіальної громади до 2027 року | language=uk | trans-title=Development Strategy of the Chervonohrad Territorial Community until 2027 | url=https://chervonograd.golos.net.ua/files/pdf/2139.pdf | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250405101819/https://chervonograd.golos.net.ua/files/pdf/2139.pdf | archive-date=2025-04-05}} ===Ethnic groups=== {{bar box|title=2001 census|titlebar=#ddd|left1=|right1=percent|bars={{bar percent|[Ukrainians](/source/Ukrainians)|dodgerblue|92.31}} {{bar percent|[Russians](/source/Russians_in_Ukraine)|purple|6.44}} {{bar percent|[Belarusians](/source/Belarusians)|red|0.55}} {{bar percent|[Poles](/source/Polish_people)|yellow|0.19}} {{bar percent|[Germans](/source/Germans)|darkblue|0.09}} {{bar percent|[Tatars](/source/Tatars)|olive|0.06}} {{bar percent|[Moldovans](/source/Moldovans)|pink|0.04}} {{bar percent|[Armenians](/source/Armenians)|brown|0.04}}}} {{Cite web |title=Національний склад міст |url=https://datatowel.in.ua/pop-composition/ethnic-cities |access-date=2024-06-01 |website=Datatowel.in.ua |language=uk}} == Notable people == [[File:Stanisław Szczęsny Potocki.jpg|thumb|upright|Painting of [Stanisław Szczęsny Potocki](/source/Stanis%C5%82aw_Szcz%C4%99sny_Potocki) from 1790]] * [Janina Hurynowicz](/source/Janina_Hurynowicz) (1894–1967), a Polish doctor, neurophysiologist and neurologist. * [MamaRika](/source/MamaRika) (born 1989), a Ukrainian singer and actress. * [Franciszek Salezy Potocki](/source/Franciszek_Salezy_Potocki) (1700–1772), a Polish nobleman, diplomat and politician. * [Stanisław Szczęsny Potocki](/source/Stanis%C5%82aw_Szcz%C4%99sny_Potocki) (1751–1805), a member of the Polish nobility and a military commander.{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Potocki, Stanislaw Felix | volume= 22 |last= Bain |first= Robert Nisbet |author-link= Robert Nisbet Bain| pages = 208–209 |short= 1}} * [Frank Taffel](/source/Frank_Taffel) (1877–1947), a journalist, a founder of the [Congregation Beth Jacob (Atlanta)](/source/Congregation_Beth_Jacob_(Atlanta)) * [Volodymyr Tykhyi](/source/Volodymyr_Tykhyi) (born 1970), a Ukrainian film director, screenwriter and film producer of documentaries and feature films. === Sport === * [Volodymyr Dykyi](/source/Volodymyr_Dykyi) (1962–2021), a Soviet and Ukrainian footballer with over 500 club caps * [Roman Hnativ](/source/Roman_Hnativ) (born 1973), a former Soviet and Ukrainian footballer with 354 club caps * [Tetyana Klimchenko](/source/Tetyana_Klimchenko) (born 1994), a Ukrainian professional racing cyclist * [Nazar Kulchytskyy](/source/Nazar_Kulchytskyy) (born 1992), a Ukrainian-American retired freestyle and [folkstyle wrestler](/source/Collegiate_wrestling) * [Mykola Morozyuk](/source/Mykola_Morozyuk) (born 1988), a Ukrainian footballer with over 330 club caps ==Postal codes== 80100-80110 ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== * {{commons category-inline}} * [http://krystynopol.info/ History of Krystynopol-Chervonohrad] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20170205013211/http://krystynopil.info/ Inform Agency «KRYSTYNOPIL.INFO»] * [http://www.4ervonograd.at.ua/ Chervonohrad Night] * [https://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/chervonograd/krystynopolindex.html An extensive history of Jewish Krystynopol] * [http://www.castles.com.ua/index.php?id=krystynopol History and pictures of Chervonohrad] * [http://ua.spiritus-sanctus.org.ua/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=140&Itemid=75 Short history of Rome Catholic Church in Cherwonograd (Krystynopil)] * [http://ua.spiritus-sanctus.org.ua/ Holy Spirit Roman Catholic Church in Chervonohrad] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20060927100152/http://www.chervonograd.com.ua/ Chervonohrad Online] * [http://www.chervonograd.biz Business of Chervonohrad] {{Lviv Oblast}} {{Authority control}} Category:Sheptytskyi Category:Cities in Lviv Oblast Category:Mining cities and regions in Ukraine Category:Cities of regional significance in Ukraine Category:1690s establishments in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth Category:Holocaust locations in Ukraine Category:Socialist planned cities --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Sheptytskyi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheptytskyi) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheptytskyi?action=history)). 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