Radekhiv
Encyclopedia
Radekhiv is a city in Lviv Oblast
(province
) of Ukraine
. It is administrative center of the Radekhiv Raion
. Population is 9,230 (2001).
Ed Stelmach
, the current premier of the Canadian province of Alberta
, is descended from immigrants who arrived in Canada from Radekhiv.http://www.ukrweekly.com/Archive/1997/179709.shtml
Lviv Oblast
Lviv Oblast is an oblast in western Ukraine. The administrative center of the oblast is the city of Lviv.-History:The oblast was created as part of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic on December 4, 1939...
(province
Oblast
Oblast is a type of administrative division in Slavic countries, including some countries of the former Soviet Union. The word "oblast" is a loanword in English, but it is nevertheless often translated as "area", "zone", "province", or "region"...
) of Ukraine
Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...
. It is administrative center of the Radekhiv Raion
Radekhiv Raion
Radekhiv Raion is a raion in Lviv Oblast in western Ukraine. Its administrative center is Radekhiv. It has a population of 52 439.It was established in 1965.-External links:* *...
. Population is 9,230 (2001).
Ed Stelmach
Ed Stelmach
Edward Michael "Ed" Stelmach, MLA is a Canadian politician and served as the 13th Premier of Alberta, Canada, from 2006 to 2011. The grandson of Ukrainian immigrants, Stelmach was born and raised on a farm near Lamont and speaks fluent Ukrainian. He spent his entire pre-political adult life as a...
, the current premier of the Canadian province of Alberta
Alberta
Alberta is a province of Canada. It had an estimated population of 3.7 million in 2010 making it the most populous of Canada's three prairie provinces...
, is descended from immigrants who arrived in Canada from Radekhiv.http://www.ukrweekly.com/Archive/1997/179709.shtml