| Sokal Raion Сокальський район |
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| Coordinates: 50°23′08″N 24°06′14″E / 50.38556°N 24.10389°ECoordinates: 50°23′08″N 24°06′14″E / 50.38556°N 24.10389°E | |||
| Country |  Ukraine |
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| Oblast |  Lviv Oblast |
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| Established | 1939 | ||
| Admin. center | Sokal | ||
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| • Governor | Mykola Mysak[1] | ||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 1,573 km2 (607 sq mi) | ||
| Population | |||
| • Total | 94,500 | ||
| • Density | 60/km2 (160/sq mi) | ||
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) | ||
| Postal index | 80000—80086 | ||
| Area code | 380-3257- | ||
| Website | www.sokal-rda.gov.ua | ||
Sokal Raion (Ukrainian: Сокальський район, Sokal’s’kyi raion) is a raion (district) of Lviv Oblast (province) in western Ukraine. Its administrative center is the city of Sokal. It has a population of 98,123 as of the 2001 Ukrainian Census.[2]
The Sokal Raion has a total of 106 populated settlements: four are cities subordinate to the raion administration, including Belz, Velyki Mosty, Sokal, and Uhniv; one urban-type settlement, Zhvyrka; and 101 villages.[2]
The raion borders Poland to the west, Volyn Oblast to the north, and Lviv Oblast's Radekhiv Raion to the east, and the Kamianka-Buzka and Zhovkva Raions to the south.
The raion was established in 1939[2] with the annexation of Western Ukraine to the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic. In 1951, the raion's administration was expanded to include territories ceded from the Lublin Voivodeship of the People's Republic of Poland during the 1951 Polish–Soviet territorial exchange. During the transfer, the cities of Bełz, Uhnów, Krystynopol, and Waręż were transferred to Ukraine.[3]
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St. Nicholas Greek Catholic Church in Belz.
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Holy Spirit Church in Chervonohrad, ca. 1750s.
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The city hall in Sokal.
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St. Mark's Church in Variazh.
See also [link]
- Bieszczady County, Poland, which acquired the Ukrainian territories during the 1951 exchange
References [link]
- ^ "Leadership" (in Ukrainian). Sokal Raion State Administration. https://www.sokal-rda.gov.ua/text-rda_kerivnytstvo.html. Retrieved 16 February 2012.
- ^ a b c "Sokal Raion, Lviv Oblast" (in Ukrainian). Regions of Ukraine and their Structure. Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. https://w1.c1.rada.gov.ua/pls/z7502/A005?rdat1=16.02.2012&rf7571=20975. Retrieved 16 February 2012.
- ^ Sylwester Fertacz, Krojenie mapy Polski: Bolesna granica. Alfa. Retrieved from the Internet Archive on 14 November 2011
External links [link]
Media related to Category:Sokal Raion at Wikimedia Commons- "Main" (in Ukrainian). Sokal Raion State Administration. https://www.sokal-rda.gov.ua. Retrieved 16 February 2012.
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Sokal
Sokal (Ukrainian: Сокаль, translit. Sokal’) is a city located on the banks of the Bug River in Lviv Oblast of western Ukraine. It serves as the administrative center of Sokal Raion (district). Population: 21,386 (2013 est.).
Until 1951 the town was located in Poland, and then transferred to the Soviet Union in the framework of 1951 Polish–Soviet territorial exchange.
History
First written mention of Sokal comes from 1377. In 1424, it received Magdeburg rights from prince of Mazovia Ziemowit, and in 1462, the town became part of Belz Voivodeship, Lesser Poland Province of the Polish Crown. On August 2, 1519, a Polish - Lithuanian army under Hetman Konstanty Ostrogski lost here a battle with Crimean Tatars, after which the town was completely burned by the invaders. Mikolaj Sep-Szarzynski later dedicated one of his poems to this battle.
The town remained in Poland until the first partition of Poland, when it was annexed by the Habsburg Empire, as part of Galicia. It was the capital of the Sokal district, one of the 78 Bezirkshauptmannschaften in Austrian Galicia province (Crown land) in 1900. After World War One, the fate of this province was disputed between Poland and Soviet Russia, until the Peace of Riga in 1921, attributing Eastern Galicia to Poland. In the Second Polish Republic, Sokal was the seat of a county in Lwow Voivodeship.
Sokal (song)
"Sokal" (Belarusian: Сокал, English: Falcon) is a song by Belarusian singer Nadezhda Misyakova. It represented Belarus at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2014 in Marsa, Malta, placing 7th with 71 points."
The song is based on the Belarusian fairytale "Finis, the Fine Falcon."
Music Video
The music video for "Sokal" was mostly shot in a cornfield, in early summer 2014.
Plot
The video begins with a young girl visiting an art museum. The girl then finds a painting on the walled consisting of Misyakova. The painting then comes to life, which leads to the beginning of the song. The scenes shift between the forests and a wheat field throughout the video. Once the song ends, the scene then shifts back to the museum. This is where we learn that the girl in the beginning was actually Misyakova herself.
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Sokal (disambiguation)
Sokal is a city in the Ukraine.
Sokal may also refer to:
