Luzhany

Luzhany (Ukrainian: Лужани, Romanian: Lujeni, Yiddish: לוזשאן‎) is an urban-type settlement in Chernivtsi Raion (district) of Chernivtsi Oblast (province) in western Ukraine. It belongs to Mamaivtsi rural hromada, one of the amalgamated hromadas of Ukraine.[2]

Luzhany Лужани
Urban-type settlement
Luzhany Voznesenska church
Luzhany Location of Luzhany in Ukraine Luzhany Luzhany (Chernivtsi Oblast)
Coordinates: 48°21′47″N 25°45′43″E
Country	Ukraine
Province	Chernivtsi Oblast
District	Chernivtsi Raion
First mentioned	1452
UTS status	1968
Government
• Town Head	Nataliya Katriuk
Elevation [1]	179 m (587 ft)
Population  (2001)
• Total	4,744
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code	59342
Area code	+380 3736
Website	http://rada.gov.ua/

The settlement lies on the banks of the Prut River, about 13 km (8.1 mi) northwest of the regional capital Chernivtsi. As of the 2001 census, the town's population is 4,744.[3] Current population: 4,859 (2020 est.)[4]

History

First mentioned in a 1452 deed, Luzhany belonged to the Danubian Principality of Moldavia until 1774/75, when upon the Russo-Turkish War its northwestern parts (the Bukovina) were ceded to the Habsburg Monarchy. Incorporated into the Austrian Duchy of Bukovina from 1849, the area fell to Greater Romania after World War I. In 1940, the Romanian state agreed to cede Northern Bukovina to the Soviet Union, as provided for by the Molotov-Ribbentrop pact. Luzhany became part of independent Ukraine in 1991.

Until 18 July 2020, Luzhany belonged to Kitsman Raion. The raion was abolished in July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Chernivtsi Oblast to three. The area of Kitsman Raion was split between Chernivtsi Raion and Vyzhnytsia Raion, with Luzhany being transferred to Chernivtsi Raion.[5][6]

People from Luzhany

• Vladimir Katriuk (1921 – 2015), Canadian man of Ukrainian ancestry, accused of war crimes
• Yuriy Shelepnytskyi (born 1965), Ukrainian professional football coach and former player for FC Bukovyna Chernivtsi.[7]

See also

• FC Luzhany (Chernivtsi Oblast)

References

1. "Luzhany (Chernivtsi Oblast, Kitsman Raion)". weather.in.ua (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 20 January 2012.
2. "Мамаевская громада" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.
3. "Luzhany, Chernivtsi Oblast, Kitsman Raion". Regions of Ukraine and their Structure (in Ukrainian). Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 20 January 2012.
4. "Чисельність наявного населення України (Actual population of Ukraine)" (PDF) (in Ukrainian). State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
5. "Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ". Голос України (in Ukrainian). 2020-07-18. Retrieved 2020-10-03.
6. "Нові райони: карти + склад" (in Ukrainian). Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України.
7. "Shelepnytskyi, Yuriy". National-Football-Teams.com. Retrieved 20 January 2012.

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