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Ivan Yakovych Franko ( ) was a Ukrainian poet , ___MASK5___ , social and literary critic , journalist , interpreter , economist , political activist , doctor of philosophy , ethnographer , the author of the first detective novels and modern poetry in the Ukrainian language . Western ___MASK90___ or West ___MASK90___ is a geographical and historical relative term used in reference to the western territories of ___MASK90___ . Important cities are Buchach , Chernivtsi , Drohobych , Halych ( hence - Halychyna ), Ivano - Frankivsk , Khotyn , Lutsk , Lviv , Mukacheve , Rivne , Ternopil , Uzhhorod and others . Western ___MASK90___ is not an administrative category within ___MASK90___ . It is defined mainly in the context of European history pertaining to the 20th century wars and the ensuing period of annexations . The current oblast administration borders are almost perfectly aligned with the administrative divisions of the Second Polish Republic from before the 1939 invasion of Poland by the Soviet Union . At the onset of World War II the region was incorporated into the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic (  ), following mock elections which manufactured public consent for the transfer of land from occupied Poland to the Soviet Union as of October 22 , 1939 . Its historical background makes Western ___MASK90___ uniquely different from the rest of the country , and contributes to its distinctive character of today . Ivano - Frankivsk (; formerly " Stanyslaviv ", " Stanislau ", or " Stanisawów "; see below ) is a historic city located in western ___MASK90___ . It is the administrative centre of the Ivano - Frankivsk Oblast . Administratively , it is designated as a city of regional significance within the oblast , and together with a number of rural localities , is incorporated as Ivano - Frankivsk Municipality . Population : . Chernivtsi (, ; " Tschernowitz "; see also ) is a city in western ___MASK90___ , situated on the upper course of the River Prut . Chernivtsi is the administrative center of Chernivtsi Oblast ( province )  the northern , Ukrainian part of the historical Moldavian region of Bukovina . At the time of the 2001 Ukrainian Census , the population of the city was 240 , 600 . ___MASK90___ ( tr . ) is a sovereign state in Eastern Europe , bordered by Russia to the east and northeast , Belarus to the northwest , Poland and Slovakia to the west , Hungary , Romania , and Moldova to the southwest , and the Black Sea and Sea of Azov to the south and southeast , respectively . ___MASK90___ is currently in territorial dispute with Russia over the Crimean Peninsula which Russia annexed in 2014 but which ___MASK90___ and most of the international community recognise as Ukrainian . Including Crimea , ___MASK90___ has an area of , making it the largest country entirely within Europe and the 46th largest country in the world . It has a population of about 44 . 5 million , making it the 32nd most populous country in the world . Ivano - Frankivsk Oblast ( translit . " Ivano - Frankivs  ka oblast "; also referred to as Prykarpattia  ' or formerly as Stanislavshchyna or Stanislavivshchyna "'  " Ukrainian ": "  " or "  ") is an oblast ( region ) in western ___MASK90___ . Its administrative center is the city of Ivano - Frankivsk . As is the case with most other oblasts of ___MASK90___ this region has the same name as its administrative center  which was renamed by the Soviets after the Ukrainian writer , nationalist and socialist Ivan Franko on November 9 , 1962 . Population : . Prykarpattia ( literally means " Ciscarpathia ") is the Ukrainian geographical term for the Subcarpathian historical region of Central Europe , at the foot of the Carpathian mountains , in modern ___MASK90___ , consisting of today ' s Ivano - Frankivsk Oblast ( translit . " Ivano - Frankivs  ka oblast "). It forms part of the larger historic region of Galicia , was the main body of the historic region of eastern Halychyna ; which in the 13th century was a part of the Kingdom of Rus and the Halych - Volyn Principality ( see Kingdom of Galicia  Volhynia ). Along with the Lviv and Ternopil regions " Prykarpattia " is a component of the Carpathian Euroregion . Pokuttya or Pokuttia (, ) is a historical area of East - Central Europe , between upper Prut and Cheremosh rivers , in modern ___MASK90___ . Historically it was a culturally distinct area inhabited by Ukrainians and Romanians on the previously unpopulated borderlands between the lands of Lviv and Halych . Although the historical centre of the area was Kolomyia , the name itself is derived from the name of the town of Kuty and literally means " by Kuty " (" Kut " by itself means " corner "). Presently , the region is inhabited by Ukrainians . Oleksiy Rodevych ( Ukrainian :    ; born 11 August 1988 in Kolomyia , Ivano - Frankivsk Oblast , Ukrainian SSR ) is a professional Ukrainian football midfielder . He is the product of the Karpaty Lviv Youth School System . Kolomyia or Kolomyya , formerly known as Kolomea (, , , ), is a city located on the Prut River in the Ivano - Frankivsk Oblast ( province ), in western ___MASK90___ . It is administratively incorporated as a town of oblast significance and serves as the administrative centre of the surrounding Kolomyia Raion ( district ), which it is administratively not a part of .. The city rests approximately halfway between Ivano - Frankivsk and Chernivtsi , in the center of the historical region of Pokuttya , with which it shares much of its history . Population : .