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About Ivano-Frankivsk

Ivano-Frankivsk - the administrative center of Ivano-Frankivsk region, strong economic and cultural center in Ukraine yugozapade. Until 1962 called Stanislavov.

Emblem of Ivano-Frankivsk


History: The city was founded in 1662 the Polish Crown getmanom Andrzej Potocki (from a known type of Polish magnates), and named
Stanislavov (polsk. Stanisławów) in honor of his father, a Polish hetman Stanisław Crown «Revery» Potocki. The city was founded as a fortress to protect against attacks of Crimean Tatars and point Polish magnates Potocki in Galicia and received Magdeburg Law.

Population - 270 000 people. (2004 year.)

Main kinds of the mass transport:

Transport
Fare
Route taxi
1,50 uah.
Trolleybus
0,75 uah.
Bus
0,75 uah.

 

Main sights:

Ratusha

(City hall)

Kafedralniy pokrovskiy sobor

(Pokrovskiy Kathedral)

Kafedralniy sobor Sv.Voskreseniya

(Cathedral St.Voskreseniya)

Ratusha  (City hall)

Kafedralniy pokrovskiy sobor  (Pokrovskiy Kathedral)

Kafedralniy sobor Sv.Voskreseniya  (Cathedral St.Voskreseniya)

Kostel

(Church)

Tserkov Sv.Yosipha

(St.Joseph Church)

Kostel presvyatoy devi Marii

(Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary)

Kostel  (Church)

Tserkov Sv.Yosipha  (St.Joseph Church)

Kostel presvyatoy devi Marii  (Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary)

Pamyatnik presvyatoy devi Marii

(A monument to the Blessed Virgin Mary)

Ploschad-rinok

(Market square)

Fontan v tsentre

(Fontain in city center)

Pamyatnik presvyatoy devi Marii  (A monument to the Blessed Virgin Mary)

Ploschad-rinok  (Market square)

Fontan v tsentre  (Fontain in city center)