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Ivano Frankivsk, a hidden city in Ukraine

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Welcome to Ivano

Ivano-Frankivsk , Rus. Ivano-Frankovsk, formerly Stanislav , city (1989 pop. 214,000), capital of Ivano-Frankivsk region, W Ukraine, on the Bystrytsya River. It is a rail junction and industrial center situated in a fertile agricultural zone of the Carpathian foothills. The city has diverse light industries such as woodworking, machinery and furniture making, and food processing.

An old Ukrainian settlement, the city was chartered in 1662 as the Polish town of Stanislawow. Despite Tatar and Turkish raids, it flourished as a trade center in the 17th and 18th cent. It became the bishopric of the Ukrainian Catholic (Uniate) Church in 1850. It passed to Austria in 1772 and to Poland in 1919 and was incorporated into Ukraine in 1939. The city and oblast were renamed in 1962 in honor of the Ukrainian poet and writer Ivan Franko. Landmarks include a wooden church (1601), a Catholic Uniate cathedral, and an 18th-century palace.

Recent History

From 1944, it was a part of the Soviet Union until Ukraine gained its independence in August 1991, after the fall of the Soviet Union. The Soviets forced most of the Polish population to leave the city, most of them settled in the Recovered Territories.

In 1962 the name changed to honor Ukrainian writer Ivan Franko. Five years later, Ivano-Frankivsk National Technical University of Oil and Gas was established.

In the early 1990s the city was a strong center of the Ukrainian independence movement.
Sports
Ivano-Frankivsk is home to a number of sports teams, most notably football club FC Spartak Ivano-Frankivsk. The club is currently disbanded. Its former president reorganized the local university ( University of Nafty i Hazu) team into new " FSK Prykarpattia". That team does currently plays in the Ukrainian First League. Also, in the interbellum period it was home to a popular soccer team.

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Ivano-Frankivsk National Technical University of Oil and Gas

Ivano-Frankivsk National Technical University of Oil and Gas. An institution of higher education in Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine. Since its establishment in 1967, the university's focus remains on preparing qualified and experienced specialists for the oil and gas industries. However, it has expanded to offer education in economics, management and law that is directly related to the needs of energy industry.

Ivano-Frankivsk Oil and Gas University has a two-pronged approach toward education of its students: in the classrooms and in the field. In the classroom, students are provided the theoretical knowledge. Then, by working at university "field-classrooms" or by holding internships with regional businesses and organizations, the future specialists gain practical experience.





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  • crushwb Aug 22, 2011 @ 4:17 pm | delete
    Always wanted to go there.....
  • dc64 Aug 12, 2011 @ 10:26 am | delete
    I loved looking at the photos. The town seems to have a haunting charm about it.
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