Ulucz
Encyclopedia
Ulucz ' is a village
in the administrative district of Gmina Dydnia
, within Brzozów County
, Subcarpathian Voivodeship
, in south-eastern Poland. The village has a population of 150. It lies approximately 9 kilometres (6 mi) east of Dydnia
, 20 km (12 mi) east of Brzozów
, and 44 km (27 mi) south-east of the regional capital Rzeszów
.
The Boyko
population of the area used to call the village Ulicz, before being expelled during Operation Vistula. Before that, the main population of the village was Ukrainian
. The village suffered considerable damage in the Second World War, and today it only consists of a few dozen houses.
. It has survived because of its strategic location, overlooking the San River
. Ukrainian Orthodox Church. Fathers founded a school of wooden architecture
in Ulucz, which taught woodcarvers how to make iconostasis
and other religious artefacts. The church nowadays is a museum.
Village
A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet with the population ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand , Though often located in rural areas, the term urban village is also applied to certain urban neighbourhoods, such as the West Village in Manhattan, New...
in the administrative district of Gmina Dydnia
Gmina Dydnia
Gmina Dydnia is a rural gmina in Brzozów County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland. Its seat is the village of Dydnia, which lies approximately east of Brzozów and south of the regional capital Rzeszów....
, within Brzozów County
Brzozów County
Brzozów County is a unit of territorial administration and local government in Subcarpathian Voivodeship, south-eastern Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998. Its administrative seat and only town is Brzozów, which lies ...
, Subcarpathian Voivodeship
Subcarpathian Voivodeship
Podkarpackie Voivodeship , or Subcarpathian Voivodeship, is a voivodeship, or province, in extreme-southeastern Poland. Its administrative capital and largest city is Rzeszów...
, in south-eastern Poland. The village has a population of 150. It lies approximately 9 kilometres (6 mi) east of Dydnia
Dydnia
Dydnia is a village in Brzozów County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina called Gmina Dydnia. It lies approximately east of Brzozów and south of the regional capital Rzeszów....
, 20 km (12 mi) east of Brzozów
Brzozów
Brzozów is a town in south-eastern Poland, with 7,677 inhabitants . It is situated in Subcarpathian Voivodeship and is the seat of both Brzozów County and the smaller administrative district of Gmina Brzozów...
, and 44 km (27 mi) south-east of the regional capital Rzeszów
Rzeszów
Rzeszów is a city in southeastern Poland with a population of 179,455 in 2010. It is located on both sides of the Wisłok River, in the heartland of the Sandomierska Valley...
.
The Boyko
Boyko
Boyko or Boiko are a distinctive group of Ukrainian highlanders or mountain-dwellers of the Carpathian highlands. The Boykos inhabited the central and the western half of the Carpathians in Ukraine, including the Dolynskyi and a part of the Rozhniativskyi Raions in the Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast ,...
population of the area used to call the village Ulicz, before being expelled during Operation Vistula. Before that, the main population of the village was Ukrainian
Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...
. The village suffered considerable damage in the Second World War, and today it only consists of a few dozen houses.
Church of Ascension of our Lord
Ulucz is the location of the oldest wooden cerkiew in Poland. It was built by BoykoBoyko
Boyko or Boiko are a distinctive group of Ukrainian highlanders or mountain-dwellers of the Carpathian highlands. The Boykos inhabited the central and the western half of the Carpathians in Ukraine, including the Dolynskyi and a part of the Rozhniativskyi Raions in the Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast ,...
. It has survived because of its strategic location, overlooking the San River
San River
The San is a river in southeastern Poland and western Ukraine, a tributary of the Vistula River, with a length of 433 km and a basin area of 16,861 km2...
. Ukrainian Orthodox Church. Fathers founded a school of wooden architecture
Architecture
Architecture is both the process and product of planning, designing and construction. Architectural works, in the material form of buildings, are often perceived as cultural and political symbols and as works of art...
in Ulucz, which taught woodcarvers how to make iconostasis
Iconostasis
In Eastern Christianity an iconostasis is a wall of icons and religious paintings, separating the nave from the sanctuary in a church. Iconostasis also refers to a portable icon stand that can be placed anywhere within a church...
and other religious artefacts. The church nowadays is a museum.