Kosiv

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Kosiv (Template:Lang-ua, Polish Kosów) is a town in Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, Ukraine, located at Template:Coor dms. Population: 8,300 (2001).

Initially a small Hutsul settlement with a remnants of a small castle destroyed by the Turks. It was founded at Rybnica River. In 19th century it was one of the hottest places in Central Europe and doctor Tarnawski founded a notable spa there. After the Great War the area returned to Poland and was turned into a powiat seat within the Stanisławów Voivodship. Reunited with the rest of Ukraine in 1939.

People

• Avraham Yeshayahu Karelitz

Nearby towns

• Stari Kuty
• Kobaky
• Yabluniv
• Kosmach
• Kuty
• Verkhovyna
• Kolomyia
• Zabolotiv

See also

• Kosovo (disambiguation) for places with similar names

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