Kosiv

<<<

>>>

Image - A church in Kosiv, Ivano-Frankivsk oblast.

Image - A street in Kosiv, Ivano-Frankivsk oblast.

Kosiv. Map: V-6. Town (2017 pop 8,627) and raion center in Ivano-Frankivsk oblast. It was first mentioned in 1424. From 1869 to 1939 it was a county town and the administrative and commercial center of the Hutsul region. In the past its main industry was salt extraction; today it is sawmilling, woodworking, and furniture making. Because of its mild climate, Kosiv is a popular health resort. The city has long been known for its artistic handicrafts. Before the Second World War its most important handicraft manufacturers were the Hutsulske Mystetstvo kilim mill and the Hutsulshchyna co-operative. Today the Hutsulshchyna artistic crafts association produces finely carved and inlaid wood, metal, and leather objects, kilims, other woven and embroidered articles, and ceramic wares. Artisans are trained at a tekhnikum of applied folk handicrafts. A branch of the Kolomyia Museum of Hutsul Folk Art and the literary memorial museum dedicated to Mykhailo Pavlyk are located in Kosiv.

[This article originally appeared in the Encyclopedia of Ukraine, vol. 2 (1988).]

Image - A stand with traditional Hutsul crafts manufactured by the Hutsulshchyna company.

Image - Stands with Hutsul crafts at the Kosiv market.

List of related links from Encyclopedia of Ukraine pointing to Kosiv entry:

1 Art education 2 Carpathian Mountains 3 Ceramics 4 Cheremshyna, Marko 5 Chernivtsi oblast 6 Dombchevsky, Roman 7 Embroidery 8 Hoverlia (4th) Group of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army 9 Hutsul Beskyd 10 Hutsul region 11 Hutsuls 12 Hutsulshchyna National Nature Park 13 Ivano-Frankivsk oblast 14 Khotkevych, Hnat 15 Kilim weaving 16 Kolomyia Museum of Hutsul Folk Art 17 Korpaniuk 18 Krushelnytska, Lidiia 19 Levytsky, Yaroslav 20 Literary criticism

A referral to this page is found in 32 entries.