Biloberizka (Ukrainian: Білоберізка; German: Biloberiska; Polish: Białoberezka) is a village in Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, Ukraine, located in Verkhovyna Raion. It is the capital and largest settlement of the Biloberizka rural hromada.[1]
Biloberizka
Білоберізка Białoberezka | |
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![The wooden Church of the Intercession of the Virgin Mary [uk] in Biloberizka](/wiki/File:%D0%91%D1%96%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B1%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%96%D0%B7%D0%BA%D0%B0_-_%D0%9F%D0%BE%D0%BA%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2%D1%81%D1%8C%D0%BA%D0%B0_%D1%86%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BA%D0%B2%D0%B0_3.jpg) The wooden Church of the Intercession of the Virgin Mary in Biloberizka | |
  Biloberizka Location of Biloberizka in Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast .svg) Biloberizka Location of Biloberizka in Ukraine | |
| Coordinates: 48°9′56″N 25°2′49″E / 48.16556°N 25.04694°E | |
| Country |  Ukraine |
| Oblast |  Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast |
| Raion | Verkhovyna Raion |
| Area | |
• Total | 20 km2 (8 sq mi) |
Information
editBiloberizka, like many other neighbouring villages in Verkhovyna Raion, is inhabited by Hutsuls, an East Slavic ethnic group commonly regarded as a subgroup of Ukrainians. The community of the village, along with other Hutsul villages, successfully sought the inclusion of Hutsul caroling onto the National Intangible Cultural Heritage of Ukraine list in 2020.[2]
Geographically, Biloberizka is located on the left bank of the Cheremosh river. It is located 33 km (21 mi) from Verkhovyna, and 25 km (16 mi) from Vyzhnytsia railway station.[3]
Wooden Church
editOriginally built in the 17th century and later expanded from 1844 to 1851,[4] the Church of the Intercession of the Virgin Mary is a Wooden church currently used by the Orthodox Church of Ukraine. It is an example of Hutsul Secession architecture, and was renovated during the 1980s and 1990s. It is recognised as an Architectural Monument of Cultural Heritage of Ukraine.[5]
Demographics
editAccording to the 2001 Ukrainian census, Biloberizka has a population of 1,231. This is a decline from the 1,411 recorded in the 1989 Soviet census. According to the 2001 Ukrainian census, 99.76% of the village population speaks Ukrainian, with the remaining population speaking Russian (0.16%) and Belarusian (0.08%).[6]
Notable inhabitants
edit- Volodymyr Kobrynskyi (1873–1958), Ukrainian Hutsul ethnographer
References
edit- ^ "Білоберізька територіальна громада" [Biloberizka territorial hromada]. decentralization.gov.ua (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 31 May 2023.
- ^ "Гуцульська коляда Верховинщини стала нематеріальною культурною спадщиною" [Hutsul carols of Verkhovynshchyna recognised as immaterial cultural heritage]. Ukrinform (in Ukrainian). 13 January 2020. Retrieved 31 May 2023.
- ^ "с. Білоберізка Верховинський р-н Івано-Франківська обл" [v. Biloberizka, Verkhovyna Rn., Ivano-Frankivsk Obl.]. ikc.if.ua (in Ukrainian).
- ^ "Храм Покрови Пресвятої Богородиці с. Білоберізка" [Church of the Intercession of the Virgin Mary, v. Biloberizka]. Kolomyia Eparchy (Orthodox Church of Ukraine) (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on 20 September 2019. Retrieved 31 May 2023.
- ^ "Білоберізка" [Biloberizka]. Wooden Churches of Western Ukraine (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on 11 January 2021. Retrieved 31 May 2023.
- ^ "Перепис населення" [Census]. State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Archived from the original on 31 July 2014. Retrieved 31 May 2023.