Hody-Dobrovidka

Hody-Dobrovidka (Ukrainian: Го́ди-Доброві́дка) is a village in Kolomyia Raion of Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast in Western Ukraine. The population of the village is around 967 inhabitants, and local government is administered by Hodo-Dobrovidska village council.[1]

Hody-Dobrovidka

Годи-Добровідка
The wooden church of St. George 1926
Hody-Dobrovidka
Ukraine Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast
Coordinates: 48°36′08″N 25°04′20″E
Country Ukraine
Province Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast
District Kolomyia Raion
Area
 • Total1,288 km2 (497 sq mi)
Elevation
335 m (1,099 ft)
Population
 • Total967
 • Density0.75/km2 (1.9/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code
78244
Area code+380 3433
Websiteсело Годи-Добровідка / райцентр Коломия / облцентр Івано-Франківськ (Ukrainian)

Geography

The village is in a flat terrain on the altitude of 335 metres (1,100 ft) above sea level and area of the village totals is 12.88 km2 (4.97 sq mi). It is at a distance 9 kilometres (5.6 mi) from the district center Kolomyia and 65 kilometres (40 mi) from the regional center of Ivano-Frankivsk.

History and Attractions

The village was established in 1939 from the two separate villages, Hody and Dobrovidka.[2] The first written record about Dobrovidka dates back to 1451, and Gody village mentioned in 1857.[3] The village has an architectural monument of local importance of Ivano-Frankivsk region. It is the Church of St. Dmitry 1923 (Wooden).[4] The church belongs to the architectural monuments of local importance.[5] There is also the Church of St. George 1926 (Wooden).[6]

Famous people
  • Melnychuk, Petro Dmytrovych[7] (1913-2004) – Candidate of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Associate Professor, Deputy Director for Science of Lviv State Medical Institute (1944-1961), known phytotherapeutist. He graduated from the Lviv University (1939), was twice sentenced to death, once by the Bolsheviks (1941) and once by the German occupiers (1944).

References
  1. Годи-Добровідська сільська рада (in Ukrainian)
  2. Hody-Dobrovidka
  3. Село Годи-Добровідка: карта вулиць (in Ukrainian)
  4. Годи-Добровідка Церква Св. Дмитра 1923 (in Ukrainian)
  5. Пам'ятки архітектури місцевого значення. Івано-Франківська область. / Частина 3 / 915, Церква Св. Дмитрія (дер.) 1852 р. (N 801) (in Ukrainian)
  6. Годи-Добровідка. Церква Св. Юрія 1926 (in Ukrainian)
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