- Rohatyn
Infobox Settlement
English_name = Rohatyn
official_name = Rohatyn
native_name = Рогатин
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image_caption = Statue ofRoxolana in downtown Rohatyn
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subdivision_type = Country
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Raion
subdivision_name =Ukraine Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast Rohatynsky Raion
established_title = Founded
established_date =12th century
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population_as_of =2001
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population_total = 8800|population_footnotes=
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website = [http://rohatyn.ronet.com.ua/ www.rohatyn.ronet.com.ua]
footnotes =Rohatyn ( _uk. Рогатин, _pl. Rohatyn) is a
city located on theHnyla Lypa River in theIvano-Frankivsk Oblast , in westernUkraine . It is the administrative center of theRohatynsky Raion (district).The current estimated population is around 8,800 (as of
2001 ).History
It was first mentioned in historical documents in the 12th century. Its name seems to be derived from "Ruthenia", name of the region of location. In
1415 , under Polish rule, it was granted theMagdeburg rights , and subsequently developed into an important trading and manufacturing town. In1520 Roxolana , a native of Rohatyn, was captured there by theTatars and sold to the Turkishsultan . In the 16th century a renowned school oficon painting arose in Rohatyn, and in the 1580s an Orthodox brotherhood was founded obtaining the stauropegion (a monastery exempt from the control of the local bishop) status. After theFirst Partition of Poland in1772 , Rohatyn was annexed byAustria , and became a county center. A Ukrainian gymnasium was established there in 1909, and a minor theological seminary in 1931. During the interwar period the town was under Polish rule. In 1939 it became part ofSoviet Ukraine and was grated city status. Today it is an important highway junction; 26 percent of its inhabitants work in the transportation industry.Monuments
* stone Church of the Nativity of the
Theotokos (end of the 14th century)
* remnants of the town walls and gate from the 13th and 14th centuries
* wooden Church of the Holy Spirit (1644–5) with a magnificenticonostasis (1647–50)
* the ruins of the Dominican monastery (1614)
* Roman Catholic Saint Nicholas’s Church in the Renaissance style (1666)
* wooden Saint Nicholas's Church (1729).Gallery
External links
* [http://encyclopediaofukraine.com/display.asp?AddButton=pagesRORohatyn.htm Rohatyn] in the [http://encyclopediaofukraine.com Encyclopedia of Ukraine]
* [http://rohatyn.ronet.com.ua/ Website of Rohatyn]
* [http://www.shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/rohatyn/rohatyn.htm Jewish Rohatyn]
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