Kalush (also spelled Kalish) is a city located in Ivano-Frankivsk region of Ukraine, at the foothills of the Carpathian Mountains.
Kalush history
The first mentioning of the settlement was in 1437. That time it was called Halychyna.
The town was a part of the Polish-Lithuanian state, the Austria-Hungary Empire and Poland.
In 1940, after capturing the eastern part of Poland, the Soviets forcefully moved Polish people from the town to Siberia.
Kalush had large Jewish community from the 16th century until 1941, when Germans almost completely eliminated it.
Kalush places of interest
- The second hand market - the largest in Western Ukraine - is open here. Convenient location of the city is one of its main advantages.
- Thanks to well developed transportation net, the city is connected with Central and Eastern Europe via air, railway and highways.
- Boundaries with Poland, Hungary, Romania, and Slovakia are at the distance of about 300 km.
- The territory of Kalush consists mainly of lowland which is surrounded by thick forests, 1/10 of the city itself is covered with forests.
Among the main places of interest are:
St.Mikhail Rome-Catholic church;
St.Valentine Rome-Catholic Polish church;
All Saints cathedral of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, Kiev patriarchy.
Kalush city council in 2010
Note: Percentage indicates correlation to the total number of seats in the city council which is 50. The results of election were taken from kalush.net where they were published on 4 November 2010.[9][10] Election was half and half, one (25 seats) by the "majority rule", another (25 seats) – by "party-list". There were 15 non-affiliated members, all of which associated themselves with the Ukrainian Party (2006).
