Turka, Ukraine, the Glossary
Turka (Turka, Turka nad Stryjem (old), טורקא) is a city located at the confluence of the Stryi River and the Yablunka River in Sambir Raion, Lviv Oblast, western Ukraine.[1]
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- Cities in Lviv Oblast
Abba Hushi
Abba Hushi (Also: Aba Khoushy; אבא חושי; born Abba Schneller; 1898 – 24 March 1969) was an Israeli politician who served as mayor of Haifa for eighteen years between 1951 and 1969.
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Administrative divisions of Lviv Oblast
Lviv Oblast is subdivided into districts (raions) which are subdivided into municipalities (hromadas).
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Aircraft
An aircraft (aircraft) is a vehicle that is able to fly by gaining support from the air.
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Aircraft pilot
An aircraft pilot or aviator is a person who controls the flight of an aircraft by operating its directional flight controls.
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Alpine climbing
Alpine climbing (Alpinklettern) is a type of mountaineering that involves using any of a broad range of advanced climbing skills, including rock climbing, ice climbing, and/or mixed climbing, to summit typically large routes (e.g. multi-pitch or big wall) in an alpine environment.
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Ancestor
An ancestor, also known as a forefather, fore-elder, or a forebear, is a parent or (recursively) the parent of an antecedent (i.e., a grandparent, great-grandparent, great-great-grandparent and so forth).
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Artist
An artist is a person engaged in an activity related to creating art, practicing the arts, or demonstrating an art.
Aurochs
The aurochs (Bos primigenius) is an extinct cattle species, considered to be the wild ancestor of modern domestic cattle.
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Balkans
The Balkans, corresponding partially with the Balkan Peninsula, is a geographical area in southeastern Europe with various geographical and historical definitions.
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Bank
A bank is a financial institution that accepts deposits from the public and creates a demand deposit while simultaneously making loans.
Carpathian Mountains
The Carpathian Mountains or Carpathians are a range of mountains forming an arc across Central Europe and Southeast Europe.
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Catholic Church
The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.28 to 1.39 billion baptized Catholics worldwide as of 2024.
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Cattle
Cattle (Bos taurus) are large, domesticated, bovid ungulates widely kept as livestock. They are prominent modern members of the subfamily Bovinae and the most widespread species of the genus Bos. Mature female cattle are called cows and mature male cattle are bulls. Young female cattle are called heifers, young male cattle are oxen or bullocks, and castrated male cattle are known as steers.
Champion
A champion (from the late Latin campio) is the victor in a challenge, contest or competition.
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Chess
Chess is a board game for two players.
Choir
A choir (also known as a chorale or chorus) is a musical ensemble of singers.
City
A city is a human settlement of a notable size.
Conducting
Conducting is the art of directing a musical performance, such as an orchestral or choral concert.
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Crown of the Kingdom of Poland
The Crown of the Kingdom of Poland (Korona Królestwa Polskiego; Corona Regni Poloniae) was a political and legal idea formed in the 14th century, assuming unity, indivisibility and continuity of the state.
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Decentralisation in Ukraine
Decentralisation in Ukraine is a series of reforms to give additional power and resources to local authorities.
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Designer
A designer is a person who plans the form or structure of something before it is made, by preparing drawings or plans.
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Dramaturge
A dramaturge or dramaturg is a literary adviser or editor in a theatre, opera, or film company who researches, selects, adapts, edits, and interprets scripts, libretti, texts, and printed programmes (or helps others with these tasks), consults authors, and does public relations work.
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Drohobych
Drohobych (Дрогобич,; Drohobycz; drohobitsh) is a city in the south of Lviv Oblast, Ukraine. Turka, Ukraine and Drohobych are cities in Lviv Oblast, historic Jewish communities in Ukraine, Holocaust locations in Ukraine and Lwów Voivodeship.
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Engineer
Engineers, as practitioners of engineering, are professionals who invent, design, analyze, build and test machines, complex systems, structures, gadgets and materials to fulfill functional objectives and requirements while considering the limitations imposed by practicality, regulation, safety and cost.
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Essay
An essay is, generally, a piece of writing that gives the author's own argument, but the definition is vague, overlapping with those of a letter, a paper, an article, a pamphlet, and a short story.
Europe
Europe is a continent located entirely in the Northern Hemisphere and mostly in the Eastern Hemisphere.
Film criticism
Film criticism is the analysis and evaluation of films and the film medium.
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First Partition of Poland
The First Partition of Poland took place in 1772 as the first of three partitions that eventually ended the existence of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth by 1795.
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Galicia (Eastern Europe)
Galicia (. Collins English Dictionary Galicja,; translit,; Galitsye) is a historical and geographic region spanning what is now southeastern Poland and western Ukraine, long part of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.
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Gate
A gate or gateway is a point of entry to or from a space enclosed by walls.
Geographical Dictionary of the Kingdom of Poland
The Geographical Dictionary of the Kingdom of Poland and other Slavic Countries (Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich) is a monumental Polish gazetteer, published 1880–1902 in Warsaw by Filip Sulimierski, Bronisław Chlebowski, Władysław Walewski and others.
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Germans
Germans are the natives or inhabitants of Germany, or sometimes more broadly any people who are of German descent or native speakers of the German language.
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Graphic designer
A graphic designer is a professional who practices the discipline of graphic design, either within companies or organizations or independently.
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Greek Catholic Church
Greek Catholic Church may refer to.
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Haifa
Haifa (Ḥēyfā,; Ḥayfā) is the third-largest city in Israel—after Jerusalem and Tel Aviv—with a population of in.
Health
Health has a variety of definitions, which have been used for different purposes over time.
Height above mean sea level
Height above mean sea level is a measure of a location's vertical distance (height, elevation or altitude) in reference to a vertical datum based on a historic mean sea level.
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Hromada
A hromada (translit) is a basic unit of administrative division in Ukraine, similar to a municipality.
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Invasion of Poland
The Invasion of Poland, also known as the September Campaign, Polish Campaign, War of Poland of 1939, and Polish Defensive War of 1939 (1 September – 6 October 1939), was a joint attack on the Republic of Poland by Nazi Germany, the Slovak Republic, and the Soviet Union, which marked the beginning of World War II.
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Jews
The Jews (יְהוּדִים) or Jewish people are an ethnoreligious group and nation originating from the Israelites of the ancient Near East, and whose traditional religion is Judaism.
Leadership
Leadership, both as a research area and as a practical skill, encompasses the ability of an individual, group, or organization to "", influence, or guide other individuals, teams, or entire organizations.
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Lesser Poland Province, Crown of the Kingdom of Poland
Lesser Poland Province (Prowincja małopolska, Polonia Minor) was an administrative division of the Crown of the Kingdom of Poland from 1569 until 1795 and the biggest province of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.
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List of cities in Ukraine
There are 461 populated places in Ukraine that have been officially granted city status (misto) by the Verkhovna Rada, the country's parliament, as of 1 January 2022.
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List of sovereign states
The following is a list providing an overview of sovereign states around the world with information on their status and recognition of their sovereignty.
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Literature
Literature is any collection of written work, but it is also used more narrowly for writings specifically considered to be an art form, especially novels, plays, and poems.
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Lviv
Lviv (Львів; see below for other names) is the largest city in western Ukraine, as well as the sixth-largest city in Ukraine, with a population of It serves as the administrative centre of Lviv Oblast and Lviv Raion, and is one of the main cultural centres of Ukraine. Turka, Ukraine and Lviv are cities in Lviv Oblast and Holocaust locations in Ukraine.
Lviv Oblast
Lviv Oblast (translit), also referred to as Lvivshchyna (Львівщина), is an oblast in western Ukraine.
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Lwów Voivodeship
Lwów Voivodeship (Województwo lwowskie) was an administrative unit of interwar Poland (1918–1939).
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Magazine
A magazine is a periodical publication, generally published on a regular schedule (often weekly or monthly), containing a variety of content.
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Magdeburg rights
Magdeburg rights (Magdeburger Recht, Prawo magdeburskie, Magdeburgo teisė; also called Magdeburg Law) were a set of town privileges first developed by Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor (936–973) and based on the Flemish Law, which regulated the degree of internal autonomy within cities and villages granted by the local ruler.
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Mayor
In many countries, a mayor is the highest-ranking official in a municipal government such as that of a city or a town.
Medicine
Medicine is the science and practice of caring for patients, managing the diagnosis, prognosis, prevention, treatment, palliation of their injury or disease, and promoting their health.
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Moldova
Moldova, officially the Republic of Moldova (Republica Moldova), is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, on the northeastern corner of the Balkans.
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Mountain
A mountain is an elevated portion of the Earth's crust, generally with steep sides that show significant exposed bedrock.
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Mykhailo Melnyk
Mykhailo Spyrydonovych Melnyk (Миха́йло Спиридо́нович Ме́льник; 14 March 1944 – 10 March 1979) was a Ukrainian historian, poet, human rights activist, dissident and member of the Ukrainian Helsinki Group.
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Nomad
Nomads are communities without fixed habitation who regularly move to and from areas.
North America
North America is a continent in the Northern and Western Hemispheres.
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Novelist
A novelist is an author or writer of novels, though often novelists also write in other genres of both fiction and non-fiction.
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Oblasts of Ukraine
An oblast (oblast) in Ukraine, sometimes translated as region or province, is the main type of first-level administrative division of the country.
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Orchestra
An orchestra is a large instrumental ensemble typical of classical music, which combines instruments from different families.
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Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city of France.
Pathology
Pathology is the study of disease and injury.
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Physician
A physician, medical practitioner (British English), medical doctor, or simply doctor is a health professional who practices medicine, which is concerned with promoting, maintaining or restoring health through the study, diagnosis, prognosis and treatment of disease, injury, and other physical and mental impairments.
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Poet
A poet is a person who studies and creates poetry.
Poland
Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe.
Polish Armed Forces
The Armed Forces of the Republic of Poland (Siły Zbrojne Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej,; abbreviated SZ RP), also called the Polish Armed Forces and popularly called Wojsko Polskie in Poland (roughly the "Polish Military"—abbreviated WP) are the national armed forces of the Republic of Poland.
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Polish people
Polish people, or Poles, are a West Slavic ethnic group and nation who share a common history, culture, the Polish language and are identified with the country of Poland in Central Europe.
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Politician
A politician is a person who has political power in the government of a state, a person active in party politics, or a person holding or seeking an elected office in government.
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Population
Population is the term typically used to refer to the number of people in a single area.
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Priest
A priest is a religious leader authorized to perform the sacred rituals of a religion, especially as a mediatory agent between humans and one or more deities.
Professor
Professor (commonly abbreviated as Prof.) is an academic rank at universities and other post-secondary education and research institutions in most countries.
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Przemyśl Land
Przemyśl Land (Ziemia przemyska, Перемишльська земля) was an administrative unit of Kyivan Rus, Kingdom of Poland and Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.
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Raions of Ukraine
A raion (raion), often translated as district, is the second-level administrative division in Ukraine.
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Recovered Territories
The Recovered Territories or Regained Lands (Ziemie Odzyskane), also known as the Western Borderlands (Kresy Zachodnie), and previously as the Western and Northern Territories (Ziemie Zachodnie i Północne), Postulated Territories (Ziemie Postulowane) and Returning Territories (Ziemie Powracające), are the former eastern territories of Germany and the Free City of Danzig that became part of Poland after World War II, at which time most of their German inhabitants were forcibly deported.
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Rusyns
Rusyns, also known as Carpatho-Rusyns, Ruthenians, or Rusnaks, are an East Slavic ethnic group from the Eastern Carpathians in Central Europe.
Ruthenian Voivodeship
The Ruthenian Voivodeship (Palatinatus russiae; Województwo ruskie; Ruske voievodstvo) was a voivodeship of the Crown of the Kingdom of Poland from 1434 until the First Partition of Poland in 1772, with its center in the city of Lwów (now Lviv).
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Sambir Raion
Sambir Raion (Самбірський район) is a raion (district) in Lviv Oblast in western Ukraine.
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Second Polish Republic
The Second Polish Republic, at the time officially known as the Republic of Poland, was a country in Central and Eastern Europe that existed between 7 October 1918 and 6 October 1939.
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Sigismund I the Old
Sigismund I the Old (Zygmunt I Stary, Žygimantas II Senasis; 1 January 1467 – 1 April 1548) was King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1506 until his death in 1548.
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Soviet Union
The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), commonly known as the Soviet Union, was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991.
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Starosta
Starosta or starost (Cyrillic: старост/а, Latin: capitaneus, Starost, Hauptmann) is a community elder in some Slavic lands.
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Stepan Popel
Stepan (Stefan, Stephan, Stephen) Popel (Popiel) (15 August 1909 – 27 December 1987) was a multiple chess champion of Lviv, Paris, and eventually of the Ukrainians in North America (USA and Canada).
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Stryi (river)
The Stryi (Стрий) is a river in western Ukraine.
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Surgeon
In medicine, a surgeon is a medical doctor who performs surgery.
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The Holocaust
The Holocaust was the genocide of European Jews during World War II.
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Tower
A tower is a tall structure, taller than it is wide, often by a significant factor.
Trade
Trade involves the transfer of goods and services from one person or entity to another, often in exchange for money.
Trade route
A trade route is a logistical network identified as a series of pathways and stoppages used for the commercial transport of cargo.
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Translation
Translation is the communication of the meaning of a source-language text by means of an equivalent target-language text.
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Turka Raion
Turka Raion (Турківський район) was a raion (district) in Lviv Oblast in western Ukraine.
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Turkish people
Turkish people or Turks (Türkler) are the largest Turkic people who speak various dialects of the Turkish language and form a majority in Turkey and Northern Cyprus.
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Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe.
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Ukrainian Sich Riflemen
Legion of Ukrainian Sich Riflemen (Ukrainische Sitschower Schützen; translit) was a Ukrainian unit within the Austro-Hungarian Army during the First World War.
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Ukrainians
Ukrainians (ukraintsi) are a civic nation and an ethnic group native to Ukraine.
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Uzhhorod
Uzhhorod (Ужгород) is a city and municipality on the Uzh River in western Ukraine, at the border with Slovakia and near the border with Hungary. Turka, Ukraine and Uzhhorod are historic Jewish communities in Ukraine.
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Władysław II Jagiełło
Jogaila (1 June 1434), later Władysław II Jagiełło,He is known under a number of names: Jogaila Algirdaitis; Władysław II Jagiełło; Jahajła (Ягайла).
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Władysław III of Poland
Władysław III of Poland (31 October 1424 – 10 November 1444), also known as Ladislaus of Varna, was King of Poland and Supreme Duke of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania from 1434 as well as King of Hungary and Croatia from 1440 until his death at the Battle of Varna.
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Wehrmacht
The Wehrmacht were the unified armed forces of Nazi Germany from 1935 to 1945.
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Western Europe
Western Europe is the western region of Europe.
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World War II
World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.
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Wrocław Medical University
Wrocław Medical University (Polish: Uniwersytet Medyczny we Wrocławiu, Latin: Universitas Medicus Vratislaviensis) is an institution of higher medical education in Wrocław, Poland.
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Yuriy Tarnawsky
Yuriy Tarnawsky (born February 3, 1934) is a Ukrainian-American writer and linguist, one of the founding members of the New York Group of Poets, a group of avant-garde Ukrainian diaspora writers, and co-founder and co-editor of the journal New Poetry, as well as member of the US innovative writers' collaborative Fiction Collective.
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See also
Cities in Lviv Oblast
- Belz
- Bibrka
- Boryslav
- Brody
- Busk, Ukraine
- Chervonohrad
- Dobromyl
- Drohobych
- Dubliany, Lviv Raion, Lviv Oblast
- Hlyniany
- Horodok, Lviv Oblast
- Kamianka-Buzka
- Khodoriv
- Khyriv
- Komarno, Ukraine
- List of cities in Lviv Oblast
- Lviv
- Morshyn
- Mostyska
- Mykolaiv, Lviv Oblast
- Novoiavorivsk
- Novyi Kalyniv
- Novyi Rozdil
- Peremyshliany
- Pustomyty
- Radekhiv
- Rava-Ruska
- Rudky
- Sambir
- Skole
- Sokal
- Sosnivka
- Staryi Sambir
- Stebnyk
- Stryi
- Sudova Vyshnia
- Truskavets
- Turka, Ukraine
- Uhniv
- Velyki Mosty
- Vynnyky
- Yavoriv
- Zhovkva
- Zhydachiv
- Zolochiv, Lviv Oblast
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turka,_Ukraine
Also known as History of Turka, Ukraine, List of people from Turka, Ukraine, Turka, Lviv Oblast.
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