Mshanets (Ukrainian: Мшанець) is a village in Ukraine, part of the Strilky rural hromada in the Sambir district of the Lviv region. The first preserved written mention of the village dates back to 1446.

This village is the most researched in terms of historical and ethnographic dimensions not only in Ukraine but also in all of Central and Eastern Europe, mainly due to the efforts of Father Mykhailo Zubrytskyi. He served as a village priest and community activist from 1883 to 1914, combining his pastoral duties with extensive scholarly work on the history, culture, and lifestyle of the village and the surrounding region. Zubrytskyi engaged prominent figures like Ivan Franko, Volodymyr Hnatiuk, Ilarion Sventsitsky, Khvedir Vovk in these studies, and they visited Mshanets for field research. Historians Mykhailo Hrushevsky and Bohdan Barvinsky also mentioned Mshanets in their works.

History

As of 2022, the population is de facto 170 people (de jure 256 adults).

In July 2023, the implementation of the project "BoykoMandry: Tourist Routes of the Strilky Rural Hromada" began. The project envisages the creation of three (in the first stage) comprehensive historical and cultural routes to enhance the tourist attractiveness of mountain villages by updating, popularizing, and enriching the Boyko cultural heritage with new meanings. The routes will lead to historical and cultural tourist locations (such as the "Tower of Memory," insurgent hideouts, etc.), revealing unique "cases" of local history along the way for travelers. The project will also establish a system of informal education for local residents, who can potentially become guides or provide accompanying tourist services. The integration of the "BoykoMandry" routes into the network of joint Ukrainian-Polish tourist paths is planned, along with the promotion of Boyko cultural heritage in the Polish community. The project is funded by the Ukrainian Cultural Foundation and the Strilky Village Council.[1]

References

  1. ↑ "Strilky Territorial Community". Cities for Cities. Retrieved 2023-11-21.

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