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to the West. Having crossed the border
near Turka, they got into the German
occupational zone. During two weeks,
the Voznyaks stayed in the village of
Benyova, at the house of priest Ivan
Tymchuk, from where the family moved
to Balyhorod, where they worked at
different positions before the beginning
of the Soviet-German war. Later, the
family moved to Cracow, where Luba
met Mykola Lemyk; in 1933, in Lviv, he
shot Maylov, an employee of the USSR’s
Consulate (also, the representative of the
NKVD) at the OUN’s order – that was
an act of revenge for the Holodomor in
Ukraine. In the autumn of 1940, they
got married. In the October of 1941,
Lemyk – who was the head of the OUN’s
mobile group (the one that followed the
front line and established the Ukrainian
power at the lands, liberated from
bolshevicks) – was shot by Gestapo
agents in Myrgorod (Poltava Oblast). In
1947, Luba was arrested by the NKVD
in Dashava; till the year 1964, she was
imprisoned in the Soviet camps of
Mordovia.
In the summer of 1940, Maria
Voznyak got married to Vasyl Bandera,
the brother of the OUN’s leader.
However, their family happiness did
not last for long since in September,
1942, he was tortured to death in the
concentration camp of Auschwitz,
where he was prisoner No 49721. In
September, 1941, priest Voznyak again
requested the Consistory to give him
the parish of Rozdil but his request was
not satisfied.
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Dubrova
The village is located in the
picturesque valley on the both banks of
the Kolodnytsya river, among low but
steep hills. Its population amounts to 431
people. The local government body is
Stilsko Village Council.
Ancient settlement. Along the main
street of Dubrova, there are several
blocks of rocks, which are considered by
scientists to be part of Stilsko settlement.
At some rocks, located at the northern
outskirt of the village one can see manmade hollows and kerfs. Most likely, they
served as a support for wooden structures – towers and walls of the settlement as
well as those of guard towers.
Diryavets stone
The northern outskirt of the village
is dominated by the rock, called the
Diryavets Stone. It got that name (which
can be translated as “the rock with a
hole”) since there is a through opening,
via which a man can pass.
The other name of the rock is the
Table Stone – for its top is as smooth
as the surface of a table. According to
scientists, the rock was topped with an
idol. Also, sometimes, the rock is called
the Sanctuary of the Sun.
The Diryavets is adjacent to the block
of rocks that have rock hewn caves,
which, most likely, were used as rooms
where pagan priests dwelled.
Also, one can see rock cut steps
and longitudinal vertical slots (it is yet
not clear for which purpose they were
made).