Pechenizhyn

Pechenizhyn

(Also Pechenezhin, Peczenizyn, or Peczeniezyn) Cyrillic: Печеніжин

Geographic Coordinates 48.52°N 24.88°E

Population in 2001 Census: 5,324

Shtetl in the Kolomyia raion (administrative district), within the Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast (province) of Ukraine.

Birthplace of Oleksa Dovbush [http://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B1%D1%83%D1%88_%D0%9E%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%81%D0%B0] , the "Ukrainian Robin Hood."


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