The Wealthy in Uhnow

Uhniv had several philanthropists that contributed to the community. Learning about them helps me understand a little about the community that Andrzej and his brothers left behind. These improvements happened after they lived there. We know his mother was alive and still living when he married in Tomaszow Lubelski and probably there were siblings there too. Stepan and Pelagia Zhukovsky became wealthy in the cattle and lumber trades. A local priest suggested they support various causes. They expanded and remodeled the local church in 1855 to 1857. In 1872 they built a dormitory for “Ruthenian Students” for the boys of Uhniv., a chapel at the cemetery. They left part of their property to the church when they died in 1875 (Stepan) and 1879 (Pelagia.) After World War 1, in 1924, the dormitory was converted into a convent for Ukrainian Catholic nuns. Maxim Lysiak’s estate went to the construction of a church belfry. Flisovsky built a house for people who were indigent. https://www.historiaregionu.org/uhnow Theodore Reshetylo "Welfare Foundations in Uhniv" Photo credit: https://www.historiaregionu.org/uhnow?lightbox=dataItem-ipd0jfe7