Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast

Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast (, translit. Ivano-Frankivs’ka oblast’; referred tae as Prykarpattia an aw) is an oblast (region) in wastren Ukraine. Its admeenistrative centre is the ceety o Ivano-Frankivsk. As is the case wi maist ither oblasts o Ukraine this region haes the same name as its admeenistrative centre – whilk wis renamit bi the Soviets efter the Ukrainian writer, naitionalist an socialist Ivan Franko on 9 November 1962. Ivano-Frankivsk is kent tae Ukrainians bi a deep-ruitit alternative name an aw : Prykarpattia. This oblast, thegither wi Lviv an Ternopil regions, wis the main body o the historic region o eastren Halychyna; whilk in the 13t century wis a pairt o the Kinrick o Rus an the Halych-Volyn Principality. Alang wi the Lviv an Ternopil regions Prykarpattia is a component o the Carpathie Euroregion.

In the past the aurie wis kent as Stanisławów Voivodship (1918–1939) an Stanislav Oblast (1939–1962). Till the 20t century the major centre o the region wis the ceety o Kolomyia (whilk is a major cultural centre o Pokuttie).

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Freemit airtins
 Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast offeecial steid 
 Oblast cooncil offeecial steid  
 "JewishGalicia.net" – Jewish history in the Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast 
 Handbook on history o Communist Pairty an Soviet Union
 History o the region 
 Передати Виноградську  сільраду  Тлумацького району до складу Коломийського району.
 History o admeenistrative territorial diveesion o the region syne 18t century 


Category:Oblasts o Ukraine
Category:Galicie (Eastren Europe)
Category:States an territories established in 1939