Solonka (Ukrainian: Солонка; Polish: Sołonka) is a village in Lviv Raion, Lviv Oblast, in western Ukraine. It is the capital of Solonka rural hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Its population is 7,476 (as of 2024).[1]

Solonka
Солонка
The Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Solonka
The Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Solonka
Coat of arms of Solonka
Solonka is located in Lviv Oblast
Solonka
Solonka
Location of Solonka in Lviv Oblast
Solonka is located in Ukraine
Solonka
Solonka
Location of Solonka in Ukraine
Coordinates: 49°44′24″N 24°01′48″E / 49.74000°N 24.03000°E / 49.74000; 24.03000
Country Ukraine
Oblast Lviv Oblast
Raion Lviv Raion
HromadaSolonka rural hromada
First mentioned15th century
Population
7,476

Overview

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Solonka was first mentioned in the 15th century. There was an anti-serfdom uprising led by peasants in the village during the 16th century. Following the Soviet annexation of Eastern Galicia and Volhynia in 1939, a sovkhoz was established in the village under the name "Victory".[2]

Solonka is home to multiple churches, belonging to both the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (such as the 2011 Church of the Holy Trinity)[3] and the Orthodox Church of Ukraine (including the 1939 Church of the Nativity of the Holy Virgin Mary).[4] One such Orthodox church in the village, the Church of the Transfiguration of the Lord, was consecrated by Metropolitan Epiphanius I in 2022.[5]

Notable people

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References

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  1. ^ "Солонківська громада" [Solonka hromada]. gromada.info (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 23 August 2024.
  2. ^ "Солонка, Пустомитівський район, Львівська область" [Solonka, Pustomyty Raion, Lviv Oblast]. History of Cities and Villages of the Ukrainian SSR (in Ukrainian). 28 February 2017. Retrieved 23 August 2024.
  3. ^ "Церква Пресвятої Трійці" [Church of the Holy Trinity]. Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 23 August 2024.
  4. ^ "Церква Різдва Пресвятої Богородиці" [Church of the Nativity of the Holy Virgin Mary]. Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 23 August 2024.
  5. ^ "Храм у Солонці освятив Митрополит Епіфаній і ще 100 священнослужителів" [Church in Solonka consecrated by Metropolitan Epiphanius and 100 other priests]. DailyLviv.com (in Ukrainian). 9 August 2022. Retrieved 23 August 2024.