Sniatyn

Sniatyn is a district center in Pokuttya in the southeast of Ivano-FrankivskOblast, 92 km from Ivano-Frankivsk, on the left bank of the Prut River, on the border with Bukovyna. The Lviv-Chernivtsi railway line runs 5 km south of the town.

The first historical mention of Sniatyn dates back to 1158 in the Ipatiev Chronicle. The name of the city comes from the name of its owner, voivode Kostiantyn (Kosniatyn) Sirooslavovych, a boyar at the court of Galician Prince Yaroslav Osmomysl.

In 1448, the town received Magdeburg rights and gradually turned into an important trade center with annual fairs. Sniatyn was located on the border with Moldova, so the main customs office operated on this route. The development of crafts was facilitated by the Armenians who began to settle the town in 1628, and the development of agriculture was facilitated by the Germans who arrived from Bavaria, Baden, Württemberg, and Nassau in 1777-1787. In the 16th and 17th centuries, Sniatyn repeatedly suffered from Tatar raids.

Historical and cultural monuments

• Thetown hall inSniatyn is one of the tallest in Ukraine (the tower is 50 meters high). Its construction began in 1861 and lasted almost 40 years;
• Rusivka Literary and Memorial Museum of Vasyl Stefanyk (opened in 1941);
• Monument to Vasyl Stefanyk (the writer lived most of his life in Rusiv village, Sniatyn district);
• Mark Cheremshyna Literary and Memorial Museum in the house where he lived and worked in 1912-1927 (opened in 1949);
• Mark Cheremshyna's grave at the local cemetery;
• Monument to Mark Cheremshyna;
• Vasyl Kasiyan Art and Memorial Museum;
• Monument to Vasyl Kasiyan;
• Monument to Stepan Bandera;
• Monument to Mykhailo Bazhansky;
• Museum of Culture and Books of Pokuttya, opened in 2012;
• TheHoly Ascension Church of the eighteenth century, built in 1838;
• Church of the Holy Trinity of 1903;
• Roman Catholic Church of Our Lady of the Holy Scapular;
• St. Michael's Church of 1880 with a bell tower;
• Old Chapel in Sniatyn;
• The Armenian Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary of the 18th century;
• House of the Sokil Society, late nineteenth century;
• The building of the county council of the second half of the nineteenth century.