Zahvizdia

Zahvizdia (Загвіздя; Zagwoźdź) is a village in Ukraine, in the Ivano-Frankivsk Raion of Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast. It is the centre of the Zahvizdia rural hromada.

History
Zahvizdia was first mentioned by Władysław II Jagiełło in a 1394 letter granting Danylo Zaderevetskyi control over several villages in Galicia. According to a 1949 report by the Ministry of State Security of the Soviet Union, the Organisation of Ukrainian Nationalists was active in Zahvizdia.

Demographics
According to the 2001 Ukrainian census, 99.3% of Zahvizdia speaks Ukrainian, while another 0.5% of the population speaks Russian. 0.1% of the village additionally speaks Armenian.

Notable residents

 * Stepan Lenkavskyi, Organisation of Ukrainian Nationalists leader
 * Vasyl Striltsiv, Ukrainian Soviet dissident
 * Ivan Tsyperdiuk, Ukrainian poet