Yizhivtsi

Village in Chernivtsi Oblast, Ukraine

Yizhivtsi Їжівці Igești
Village
48°02′14″N 25°39′10″E / 48.03722°N 25.65278°E / 48.03722; 25.65278
Country	Ukraine
Oblast	Chernivtsi Oblast
Raion	Chernivtsi
Hromada	Chudei rural hromada

Yizhivtsi (Ukrainian: Їжівці; Romanian: Igești) is a village in Chernivtsi Raion, Chernivtsi Oblast, Ukraine. It belongs to Chudei rural hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.^[1] Yizhivtsi is known for being the birthplace of infamous serial killer Georgiy (Ghitsa) Darichesku.

Until 18 July 2020, Yizhivtsi belonged to Storozhynets Raion. The raion was abolished in July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Chernivtsi Oblast to three. The area of Storozhynets Raion was merged into Chernivtsi Raion.^[2]^[3]

Natives

Eugenia de Reuss Ianculescu (1866–1938), Romanian teacher, writer, and women's rights activist

References

^ "Чудейская громада" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.
^ "Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ". Голос України (in Ukrainian). 2020-07-18. Retrieved 2020-10-03.
^ "Нові райони: карти + склад" (in Ukrainian). Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України.