Solotvyn
Encyclopedia
Solotvyn is an urban settlement
in the Bohorodchanskyi Raion
of Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast
, 40 km from Ivano-Frankivsk
.
Solotvin is situated on the Bystrytsia
of Solotvyn (a tributary of the Dniester
), at the foot of the Carpathian Mountains
. In the seventeenth century it was named Krasnopol.
Urban settlement
Urban settlement may refer to:*Urban area, area with high density of human-created structures*Municipal urban settlement, a type of municipal formation in Russia*Urban settlement, a synonym for urban localities in Russia...
in the Bohorodchanskyi Raion
Bohorodchanskyi Raion
The Bohorodchany raion is a district of the Ivano-Frankivsk Region in Ukraine. A town of Bohorodchany is the administrative center of the district.-Geography:...
of Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast
Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast
Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast is an oblast in western Ukraine. Its administrative center is the city of Ivano-Frankivsk. As is the case with most other oblasts of Ukraine this region has the same name as its administrative center – which was renamed by the Soviets after the Ukrainian writer, nationalist...
, 40 km from Ivano-Frankivsk
Ivano-Frankivsk
Ivano-Frankivsk is a historic city located in the western Ukraine. It is the administrative centre of the Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast , and is designated as its own separate raion within the oblast, municipality....
.
Solotvin is situated on the Bystrytsia
Bystrytsia River
The Bystrytsia is a river, a right tributary of the Dniester which flows through Ukraine. The upper half of the Bystrytsia river is divided into two parts: Bystrytsia-Solotvynska and Bystrytsia-Nadvirnyanska...
of Solotvyn (a tributary of the Dniester
Dniester
The Dniester is a river in Eastern Europe. It runs through Ukraine and Moldova and separates most of Moldova's territory from the breakaway de facto state of Transnistria.-Names:...
), at the foot of the Carpathian Mountains
Carpathian Mountains
The Carpathian Mountains or Carpathians are a range of mountains forming an arc roughly long across Central and Eastern Europe, making them the second-longest mountain range in Europe...
. In the seventeenth century it was named Krasnopol.