Drohobych district

Drohobych district is located in the southwestern part of Lviv region, in the foothills and mountainous Carpathians. The district is bordered by Mykolaiv and Stryi districts in the east, Sambir and Horodok districts in the north, Turka and Skole districts in the south, and Starosambir district in the west. Eight village councils in Drohobych have the status of mountainous. The district center is the city of regional subordination Drohobych. In addition, two other cities of regional subordination (Boryslav and Truskavets) are located within the district. The largest villages in the Drohobych district are the urban-type settlements of Medenychi and Pidbuzh. The rivers Stryi, Tysmenytsia, Bystrytsia, Bar, and Kolodnytsia Solonytsia flow through the territory of Drohobych district.

The history of the Drohobych region goes back to ancient times. In particular, the first mention of the city of Drohobych dates back to 1387, but according to indirect evidence, it is much older and was one of the centers of salt production in Kyivan and later Galician-Volynian Rus. Many historical events took place directly in the cities of Drohobych and Boryslav, which are not administratively part of the Drohobych district.

The district has two historical and cultural monuments of national importance and 72 of local importance. The State Register includes 11 architectural monuments located in the district. These are mainly buildings of sacred architecture.

There are also 14 archaeological sites in Drohobych district.

Monuments and wooden churches

Drohobych region is known not only in Ukraine but also abroad as the birthplace of the famous Ukrainian writer, poet, and public figure Ivan Franko. In Kamenyar's native village of Nahuyevychi, there is a museum-estate and a literary museum of Ivan Franko, and a literary trail with wooden sculptures of the characters of his works was created in Franko's grove.