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Ivano-Frankivsk

Also known as Stanislaviv, Stanisławów

Ivano-Frankivsk is a city in western Ukraine at the foot of the Carpathians. It was founded in 1662 by the Polish noble Andrzej Potocki as the fortress town of Stanisławów, and passed to Austria with Galicia in 1772. Under the name Stanislaviv it was the capital of the West Ukrainian People's Republic in the first half of 1919. It was renamed in 1962 after the writer Ivan Franko.

Ivano-Frankivsk
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West Ukrainian People's Republic

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APA
The Epoch Institute. (2026). Ivano-Frankivsk. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/ivano-frankivsk
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“Ivano-Frankivsk.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia, The Epoch Institute, 2026, https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/ivano-frankivsk. Accessed .
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The Epoch Institute. “Ivano-Frankivsk.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. 2026. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/ivano-frankivsk.
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The Epoch Institute (2026) ‘Ivano-Frankivsk’, The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. Available at: https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/ivano-frankivsk (Accessed: ).

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