Volovets

According to legend, the name of the village comes from the Volivchyk stream, where shepherds used to water their oxen grazing on the grass-rich meadows.

In 1645, the Transylvanian prince Derd II Rakoczy, who was actively fighting to expand his possessions, added Volovets to them. The settlement at that time was small, with several dozen families living there. The locals were mainly engaged in animal husbandry. In the early sixteenth century, the peasants were completely enslaved. Feudal wars and strife repeatedly led to the ruin of Volovets. For example, in 1657 Polish troops led by voivode Lubomirski attacked the possessions of this prince. Many villages, including Volovets, were destroyed and devastated. After the suppression of the Hungarian liberation war of 1703-1711, all the possessions of its leader Ferenc II Rákóczi were confiscated and in 1728 passed to Count Karl Schönborn. Volovets became a part of the Mukachevo-Czynadziwska dominion. The first half of the nineteenth century was characterized by the expansion of the landlord's economy at the expense of serfs' allotments and increased exploitation. The oppressed peasants did not put up with the serfdom and repeatedly opposed the exploiters. In 1761-1762, 33 residents of Volovets were imprisoned for disobeying the administration of the dominion. In the summer of 1831, a new peasant uprising broke out in Zakarpattia, in which the villagers also took part. As a result of the revolution of 1848-1849, serfdom was abolished.

In the second half of the nineteenth century Volovets was a relatively large village in Verkhovyna. In 1870 it was home to 600 people. In the 1830s, a semi-artisanal enterprise for the production of tiles and bricks began operating in Volovets. In 1872, Italian industrialists started building a railroad.

In the early twentieth century a sawmill was built. In 1906 one of the Budapest firms installed a steam sawmill in Volovets, which produced building materials. The three-story house belonged to the wealthy Grimberg. In 1882, the first educational institution, a public elementary school, was opened in Volovets. In 1900, only 346 residents could read and write. In 1944, an elementary school was opened, and in 1945, a secondary school was opened on its basis. Archaeological findings show that the area of modern Volovets was inhabited already in the Bronze Age. In 1930, two treasures were found here, consisting of 23 bronze and 5 gold items, which confirm the existence of a settlement here in the late second millennium BC.

• Volovets District Council 30 Nezalezhnosti St. +38 (03136) 2-22-66
• Volovets village council 7 Pushkina str. +38 (03136) 2-25-33
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