Pisochna

Pisochna (Ukrainian: Пісочна) is a village in the Rozvadiv rural hromada of the Stryi Raion of Lviv Oblast in Ukraine.^[1]

Pisochna Пісочна
Pisochna Location in Lviv Oblast Show map of Ukraine Pisochna Pisochna (Lviv Oblast) Show map of Lviv Oblast
Coordinates: 49°26′45″N 23°58′10″E
Country	Ukraine
Oblast	Lviv Oblast
Raion	Stryi Raion
Hromada	Rozvadiv rural hromada
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code	81640

History

This village has been known from the seventh century.^[2]

After the liquidation of the Mykolaiv Raion on 19 July 2020, the village became part of the Stryi Raion.^[3]

Religion

• Church of the Dormition (1893, wooden, UGCC; it was the place where Mykhailo Havrylko and Olena from Hordiievskyi got married^[4][5]).

Monuments

• Memorial Cross of Freedom of Ukraine (1917, consecrated by Metropolitan Andrei Sheptytskyi; restored in 2017).^[6]

Notable residents

• Vasyl Shved (born 1971), Ukrainian footballer