Kosiv

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Kosiv (Ukrainian: Косiв, Polish: Kosów, Romanian: Cosău) is a city located in the Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, in western Ukraine. It is the administrative center of the Kosivsky Raion (district).

Initially a small Hutsul settlement with a remnants of a small castle destroyed by the Turks. It was founded at Rybnica River. After the Great War the area returned to Poland and was turned into a powiat seat within the Stanisławów Voivodship. As a result of the Molotov Ribbentrop Pact, the region was incorporated into the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic in 1939.

Contents 1 Nearby towns 2 References 3 See also 4 External links

[edit] Nearby towns

• Stari Kuty
• Kobaky
• Yabluniv
• Kosmach
• Kuty
• Verkhovyna
• Kolomyia
• Zabolotiv

[edit] References

[edit] See also

• Kosovo (disambiguation) for places with similar names.
• Kosov for places with similar names.

[edit] External links

• Kosiv in the Encyclopedia of Ukraine

Administrative divisions of Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, Ukraine Administrative center:  Ivano-Frankivsk Raions Bohorodchany · Dolyna · Halych · Horodenka · Kalush · Kolomyia · Kosivskyi · Nadvirna · Rohatyn · Rozhniativ · Sniatyn · Tlumach · Tysmenytsia · Verkhovyna Cities Bolekhiv · Burshtyn · Dolyna · Halych · Horodenka · Ivano-Frankivsk · Kalush · Kolomyia · Kosiv · Nadvirna · Rohatyn · Sniatyn · Tlumach · Tysmenytsia · Yaremche Urban-type settlements Bohorodchany · Delatyn · Kuty · Pechenizhyn · Rozhniativ · Verkhovyna · Voynyliv · Vorokhta · Zabolotiv · more... Villages Bukachivtsi · Bukovel · Cherche · Cheremkhiv · Dzhurkiv · Lisnyi Khlibychyn · Lypivka · Marinopol · more...

Coordinates: 48°18′54″N 25°05′43″E / 48.315°N 25.09528°E / 48.315; 25.09528

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