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PIDBERIZTSI TERRITORIAL COMMUNITY

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The Pidberiztsi territorial community is located in the Lviv district, Lviv region.

The total area of the territory: 12,455.1 ha
Population: 7,272 people
Men: 3,490 
Women: 3,782 
Children: 1,308 people
People of retirement age: 1,256
Internally displaced persons: 103

The community consists of 11 rural population centers with the administrative center in the village of Pidberiztsi.

History

The first written references to settlements on the territory of the Pidberiztsi village community date back to the late 13th – early 14th centuries. The proximity to the princely city of Lev had a significant impact on their development: the area was settled by representatives of different ethnicities (which determined and shaped the traditions of local residents with “interspersed” customs of other ethnicities), as well as different hierarchical affiliations (not only peasants, but also nobles).

The territories of the modern Pidberiztsi community are particularly interesting for archaeological research. Settlements of numerous cultures were found there, in particular, there is the first settlement of the Veneds (Zubrytska culture) in the administrative center of the community.

There are monuments of cultural heritage in the community. The pride of the community and its residents is the Church of Archangel Michael, the works by outstanding artists Ivan Levinskyi and Modest Sosenko. According to the testimony of the villagers, Modest Sosenko used 25 kg of gilding to paint the temple. The unique stained-glass windows of Jesus Christ and Mary Magdalene were also designed by Modest Sosenko and produced at a factory in Krakow. Instead of the usual church iconostasis, 12 figures of apostles brought from Rome were installed in the temple. In Soviet times, local residents had to hide them in the attic and paint over the artist’s signatures.

The church in Pidberiztsi is known as one of the model Ukrainian churches of Galicia, decorated in the national style. This is evidenced by the fact that the clergy and creative intelligentsia from Lviv liked to come to Pidberiztsi to see the temple paintings by Modest Sosenko. Andrey Sheptytskyi visited here in 1913, showing the temple to his foreign guest, Archduke Maximilian of Bavaria.

Church of Archangel Michael

Church of St. Wojciech in the village of Verkhnia Bilka

Church of the Exaltation of the Holy and Life-Giving Cross of the Lord, 1880

Economy and Welfare

The Pidberiztsi community has a favorable economic and geographical location: it borders the Lviv community and two important regional highways of international importance cross the territory of the community. Therefore, the community is attractive for entrepreneurs and there is also potential for the development of agriculture, transport, warehousing, and processing industry.

The system of social services to the population is actively developing in the community. There is an extensive network of preschool education institutions and six institutions of general secondary education. A stable increase in the number of students is being monitored. The village council is actively working to improve the condition of the buildings of educational institutions.

Pidberiztsi Lyceum

A network of health care facilities was created in the community: two dispensaries of general family medicine and three paramedics.

Dispensaries in the community

Dispensaries in the community

The village council actively works to ensure the well-being of residents and provide them with high-quality social services. For this purpose, they actively work on the cooperation with international partners. In particular, the community received a school bus from the Polish International Solidarity Fund (as part of the “School Buses for Ukraine” solidarity campaign with the financial support of the European Commission in cooperation with the Bank of the National Economy). And this is just one example of cooperation and support.

A school bus from a Polish foundation

A hot-dip galvanizing plant of the Ekran Company, one of the leading enterprises in the field of metal processing and the hot-dip galvanizing process which protects metal from corrosion, was launched in the community.

CLAAS Company

The warehouse logistics of the Levitrade Company is developing. The company has been operating since 2016 and has been successfully developing in the Ukrainian food market of imports from Europe.

Levitrade Company

Community and War

Since the beginning of the full-scale russian invasion of Ukraine, the Pidberiztsi Territorial Community, like most of the rear communities, received and supported internally displaced persons, organized humanitarian headquarters and support for military personnel and their families.

In the two-year period, the community has actively supported servicemen who defend Ukraine on the front line with the enemy. During this time, the village head and representatives of the village council visited the East of Ukraine several times, delivering humanitarian goods, aid, technical equipment and cars to our defenders. In total, the community, patrons, and residents have purchased and donated 35 vehicles since the beginning of the full-scale invasion.

Preparation of the trip of the head of the community to the East of Ukraine

Trips to the East of Ukraine (in total, the village head organized more than 7 large-scale trips to the front line with the transfer of humanitarian aid, including vehicles)

One of the most extreme trips to the front line (handover of three more vehicles and humanitarian aid)

Weaving camouflage nets for the military

Collection and transfer of humanitarian aid to communities of the Kharkiv region

A good friend of Ukraine and the Pidberiztsi community, Mr. Kees Stoppelenbur, was received as a guest. He, together with volunteers from the city of Schoonhoven (the Netherlands) has repeatedly delivered humanitarian aid since the beginning of the full-scale invasion.

Friends from the Netherlands on Ukrainian soil

People of the Community

The head of the Pidberiztsi community is Vasyl Koval. He has been leading the community since its formation in 2017 and is actively working on the implementation of development projects, attracting business, establishing cooperation with foreign and Ukrainian partners, working with youth and the public.

The head of the community and children at the commemoration

of the Heroes of the Heavenly Hundred “Angels of Memory”

During the last two years, various charity fairs, festivals and other events to raise funds for the support of the Armed Forces of Ukraine are often held in the Pidberiztsi community. Such events are also organized in schools, people’s houses, and the central squares of population centers. Children and adults, as well as regional authorities, participate in the organization of events.

Big hearts of little Ukrainians: the children of the community actively donated to the Armed Forces of Ukraine during the two years of the war

St. Nicholas Day

Participants of a charity concert in support of the Ukrainian army

Memorial service for the Heroes of the Heavenly Hundred (“Angels of Memory”)

The charity Christmas festival, Let’s carol to God – let’s bring Victory closer! was held in Verkhnia Bilka. Talented teams and performers of the Pidberiztsi community sang vibrant carols. Visitors had the opportunity to enjoy dishes at the fair.

Christmas festival Let's carol to God - let's bring Victory closer!

Christmas nativity scenes in the community

Residents of the population centers of the Pidberiztsi community, adults and young people caroled, held festive nativity scenes, thereby joining the raising of funds for the needs of soldiers-compatriots on the front lines.

Community children collect funds for the military

It has already become a good tradition in the community to organize a drawing competition and invite participants to a tour and award ceremony at the local self-government body. The children dedicated their works of art to our brave soldiers. Therefore, the head of the community, Vasyl KOVAL, handed over all the drawings to the military from the Pidberiztsi territorial community who are currently defending Ukraine on the front line.

Pidberiztsi community on Flag Day of Ukraine

Signing of a memorandum with the head of the Lviv Regional State Administration