Vynnyky (, , ) is a small city in Lviv Raion, Lviv Oblast (region) of Ukraine. It belongs to Lviv urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Its population was estimated to be
History From the mid-14th century until the Partitions of Poland, Vynnyky (called Winniki in Polish) belonged to the Ruthenian Voivodeship of the Kingdom of Poland. From 1772 to 1918, it was part of Austrian Galicia, and in the interbellum period, the town returned to Poland, as part of the Lwow Voivodeship. In 1925 the city had 6,000 residents, out of which 3,300 were Polish, 2,150 Ruthenian (Ukrainian), 350 Jewish, and 200 German.
The first sculptural monument to Ukrainian national poet Taras Shevchenko was opened in Vynnyky on 28 September 1913, financed by the local Prosvita society. The unveiling ceremony was attended by prominent members of Galicia's Ukrainian community, including committee leader Volodymyr Levytsky, Austrian parliament member Yevhen Olesnytsky and poet Bohdan Lepky. The monument was destroyed in 1919 during the Polish-Ukrainian War.
During the 1950s Vynnyky served as a district centre of Lviv Oblast. From 1959 and until 18 July 2020, Vynnyky belonged to Lviv Municipality. The municipality was abolished in July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Lviv Oblast to seven. The area of Lviv Municipality was merged into the newly established Lviv Raion.
Economy A tobacco factory operates in the city.
Gallery
Notable people Andreas Bolek (1894–1945) – Austrian Nazi Lyubomyr Dmyterko (1911–1985) – Soviet and Ukrainian poet, writer, playwright Katrya Hrynevycheva (1875–1947) – Ukrainian writer and community leader Ivan Lypa (1865–1923) – Ukrainian author and politician Myron Markevych (born 1951) — Ukrainian football manager
International Relations
Twin towns – sister cities Vynnyky is twinned with: Dębica, Poland Milovice, Czech Republic
References
External links
Winniki (2.) (Vynnyky) in Geographical Dictionary of the Kingdom of Poland (1893) Jewish history of the town.