Zavadiv, Stryi Raion, Lviv Oblast

Zavadiv (Ukrainian: Зава́дів) – village (selo) in the Stryi Raion, Lviv Oblast (province) of Western Ukraine. It belongs to Stryi urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.^[1] The first written mention dates back to the year 1504.^[2] Local government is administered by Zavadivska village council.^[3] The population of the village is just about 1197 people.

Zavadiv Завадів
village
Zavadiv
Coordinates: 49°15′12″N 23°25′54″E
Country	Ukraine
Province	Lviv Oblast
District	Stryi Raion
Established	1504
Area
• Total	1,589 km2 (614 sq mi)
Elevation /(average value of)	304 m (997 ft)
Population
• Total	1,197
• Density	7,533/km2 (19,510/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code	82433
Area code	+380 3245
Website	село Завадів (Ukrainian)

Geography

The village Zavadiv is located in the Stryiskyi district (Stryi Raion) at a distance 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) from the district center Stryi, 78 kilometres (48 mi) from the regional center of Lviv and 27 kilometres (17 mi) from the City of regional significance Drohobych. It is located near the village Holobutiv.

Personalities and sights

The village has of monumental art sights of local importance.^[4]

• Taras Shevchenko monument (stone, 1914 – 1916) (N864).^[5]
• Ostap Nyzhankivsky monument (marble chips, bronze, 1989) (N1719)
• Ivan Franko monument (marble chips, bronze, 1989) (N1721)
• Taras Shevchenko monument (marble chips, bronze, 1989) (N1723)

Ostap Nyzhankivsky lived for a time in the village Zavadiv. He was initiator the construction and opening of the monument to Taras Shevchenko.^[6] Taras Shevchenko monument built in the village in 1916.^[7] It is the oldest monument to Taras Shevchenko, where the poet is depicted in the full size.^[8]

Gallery

• 
  Church of St. Archangel Michael
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  Church of St. Archangel Michael
• 
  One of the oldest monuments to Taras Shevchenko
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  Ostap Nyzhankivsky (Ukrainian writer, composer and priest)