Kryvorivnia
Криворівня
Village
Kryvorivnia is located in Ukraine
Kryvorivnia
Kryvorivnia
Kryvorivnia is located in Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast
Kryvorivnia
Kryvorivnia
Coordinates: 48°10′31″N 24°53′48″E / 48.17528°N 24.89667°E / 48.17528; 24.89667
Country Ukraine
RegionIvano-Frankivsk Oblast
Time zoneUTC+02:00 (EET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Area code?

Kryvorivnia (Ukrainian: Криворі́вня) is a village in the Verkhovyna Raion of the Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast of Ukraine. It is considered both the traditional summer and the winter capital of the Hutsul people.[1][2] Kryvorivnia belongs to Verkhovyna settlement hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.[3][4]

Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors

The film Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors by Sergei Parajanov was filmed in the village. The house where the filming took place is now a museum.[5][6]

Notable residents

  • Andriy Burachynsky Ukrainian colonel, military doctor of medicine, head of the UGA medical service.
  • Tit-Yevhen Burachynsky Ukrainian physician and public figure
  • Yaroslav Chuperchuk, Ukrainian folklorist, choreographer
  • Kekilia Gardetska (1898-1961) Ukrainian writer, journalist, and public figure.
  • Mykola Potyak (1930-2019) Ukrainian physician and public figure
  • Oleksa Volianskyi (1862–1947), Ukrainian priest, ethnographer, cultural and educational activist

References

  1. "Entry Display Web Page".
  2. "In search of the Hutsul koliady of Kryvorivnia (01/30/05)". www.ukrweekly.com. Archived from the original on 2008-08-30.
  3. "Верховинская громада" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.
  4. "Kryvorivnia. Hutsul Koliada in Spite of the Bans • Ukraїner". 24 December 2019.
  5. "Ukrainian Program: At the Movies | U-M LSA Slavic Languages and Literatures".
  6. "Kryvorivnya: Journey to Origins".
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