Sokilnyky, Lviv Oblast

Village in Lviv Oblast, Ukraine

Sokilnyky Сокільники
village

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49°46′37″N 23°57′41″E / 49.77694°N 23.96139°E / 49.77694; 23.96139
Country	Ukraine
Oblast	Lviv Oblast
Raion	Lviv Raion
Hromada	Sokilnyky rural hromada
First mentioned	1397
Population	7,618

Sokilnyky (Ukrainian: Сокільники; Polish: Sokolniki) is a village in Lviv Raion, Lviv Oblast, in western Ukraine. It is the administrative centre of Sokilnyky rural hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Its population is 7,618 (as of 2024).^[1]

History

Sokilnyky was first mentioned in 1397.^[2] A Sokilnyky Raion, of which Sokilnyky was the capital, briefly existed between the Soviet annexation of Eastern Galicia and Volhynia and Operation Barbarossa.^[3]

The village has been a de facto suburb of the city of Lviv since the 1970s, and many people travel between Sokilnyky and Lviv for work purposes. The village's transition from communism to capitalism in the 1990s has been described as "exemplary" by the left-wing Ukrainian media portal Commons.^[4] A logistics centre for the Epicentr K chain of stores was under construction in the village as of December 2020.^[5]

Notable people

Andrii Dyhdalovych [uk], activist, one of the Maidan casualties.
Roman Krokhmalnyi [uk], soldier of the Armed Forces of Ukraine killed during the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Stepan Rodak [uk], canoeist.
Vitalii Sapylo, lieutenant of the Armed Forces of Ukraine killed during the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Ivan Voshchyna, musician.

References

^ "Сокільницька громада" [Sokilnyky hromada]. gromada.info (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 25 August 2024.
^ "Сокільники, Пустомитівський район, Львівська область" [Sokilnyky, Pustomyty Raion, Lviv Oblast]. History of Cities and Villages of the Ukrainian SSR (in Ukrainian). 28 February 2017. Retrieved 25 August 2024.
^ Chornovol, Ihor (3 June 2017). "Як село Сокільники було районним центром Львівської області" [How the village of Sokilnyky became a Raion centre of Lviv Oblast]. Forpost (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 25 August 2024.
^ Lozynskyi, Roman (20 March 2019). "Хаос і нерівність у львівському передмісті" [Chaos and inequality in the Lviv suburbs]. Commons (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 25 August 2024.
^ Shyian, Orysia (2 December 2020). "У Сокільниках збудують величезний логістичний комплекс «Епіцентр»" [Large Epicentr logistics complex under construction in Sokilnyky]. Zaxid.net (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 25 August 2024.