Leshniv

Leshniv (Ukrainian: Лешнів; Russian: Лешнев, romanized: Leshnev; Polish: Leszniów; Yiddish: לעשנעוו, romanized: Leshnev; Hebrew: לשניוב, romanized: Leshniuv) is a village (selo) in the Brodivskyi Raion, Lviv Oblast, in western Ukraine.

Leshniv
Village
Coat of arms
Country Ukraine
Oblast Lviv
RaionBrodivskyi
Area
1.65 km2 (0.64 sq mi)
Elevation
201 m (659 ft)
Population
1,148
  Density695/km2 (1,800/sq mi)

From 1918 to 1939 the village was in Tarnopol Voivodeship in Poland. It was established in 1471. In 1921 the village had 1472 inhabitants. It has two cemeteries, a church and a cafe. Its around 20 kilometers from Brody.

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