Bodnariv

Bodnariv (Ukrainian: Боднарів, Polish: Bednarów) is a village in Kalush Raion, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, Ukraine.^[1]

Bodnariv Боднарів Bednarów
village
Coordinates: 49°01′47″N 24°32′15″E
Country	Ukraine
Oblast	Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast
Raion	Kalush

History

Bednarów was part of Austrian Galicia and had a Greek Catholic church in 1900.^[2] It was attacked by the Ukrainian Insurgent Army in 1944 during the Massacres of Poles in Volhynia and Eastern Galicia. 250 people were killed in the massacre [pl].^[3] The town's parish church was also burned down.^[4] Only 14 survived.^[5]

There is a monument in the town to Nazi collaborator Oleksandr Lutskyi,^[6] who was born in the village.^[7]: 62

Notable residents

• Celestyn Chołodecki
• Tomasz Chołodecki

References

1. "Mindat.org". www.mindat.org. Retrieved 2022-05-10.
2. "Gesher Galicia // Researching Jewish roots in the former Austro-Hungarian province of Galicia, now Poland and Ukraine". www.geshergalicia.org. Retrieved 2022-05-10.
3. Naleźniak, Paweł (2013-12-30). "Genocide in Volhynia and Eastern Galicia 1943–1944". The Person and the Challenges. The Journal of Theology, Education, Canon Law and Social Studies Inspired by Pope John Paul II. 3 (2): 29. doi:10.15633/pch.493. ISSN 2391-6559.
4. Redakcja (2022-03-07). "W nocy z 7 na 8 marca 1944 roku, banda Ukraińskiej Powstańczej Armii (UPA) dokonała zbrodnia 250 Polaków we wsi Bednarów » Historykon.pl". Historykon.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2022-05-10.
5. "KALENDARIUM LUDOBÓJSTWA MARZEC 1944". wolyn.org. Archived from the original on 2022-03-25. Retrieved 2022-05-10.
6. Golinkin, Lev (2021-01-27). "Nazi collaborator monuments around the world". The Forward. Retrieved 2022-05-10.
7. Літопис УПА