Hvizdets
Hvizdets (, , ) is an urban-type settlement in Kolomyia Raion (district) of Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast (region), Ukraine. It is located ENE of Kolomyia, SE of Ivano-Frankivsk and WSW of Kyiv. Hvizdets hosts the administration of Hvizdets settlement hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Population: . The town was the site of the Battle of Gwoździec in 1531, during the Polish-Moldavian wars. Prior to World War II the town was located in Poland. It is the birthplace of Polish film director Jerzy Kawalerowicz. Alternate names. Hvizdets was formerly known as "Gvozdets" (Russian), "Gwoździec" (Polish), "Gvozdetz" or "Gvodzitz" or "גוואזדזיעץ