Stanislavsk

Stanislavsk Ста́ніславск (Senian)
Village
Etymology: From Stanislav, a common male given name
Stanislavsk within Senia
Country	Senia
Rayon	Belia
Povet	Tersk
Founded	early 17th century
Population  (2015)
• Total	563

Stanislavsk (Senian: Ста́ніславск [ˈstanʲisɫɐfsk]) is a village in the povet of Tersk. It is situated on the road from Tersk to Starogrod via Topolsk, approximately 3 kilometres from the western edge of Tersk, between the villages of Kazimyersk and Kryzhy. As of 2015, Stanislavsk has a population of 563 people.

History

Stanislavsk was founded in the early 17th century by three families who moved out of Topolsk. A chapel was built in 1780 and was subsequently extended several times. After a fire in 1857, the current village church was built in its location. The village was extended to the east along the road to Kazimyersk in the 1940s. This development became known as Stanislavsk-Vybudovanie (Станіславск-Вибудоване, literally “Stanislavsk-extension”) and also includes the only prefabricated blocks housing multiple families that can be found in the village. A 1975 report stated that all residential buildings in Stanislavsk had access to running water and electricity.

Economy

Stanislavsk has several local businesses and residents can get most products of daily consumption within the village. Local businesses include a small supermarket, a bakery, a kiosk, a beauty salon and a delicacy shop. There is a masonry business adjacent to the cemetary that specialises in gravestones and floor tiles. The former local administration building is now shared by a restaurant and a pub.

Most residents commute out of Stanislavsk for work, most commonly to Tersk.

Utilities

Stanislavsk has connected to the national power grid since the 1930s, although it took several decades for all households to get electricity. Most of the energy consumed in the village is not produced locally, with local production mostly boiling down to private photovoltaic installations on rooftops.

Water is supplied to Stanislavsk from Tersk, although some residents also have private wells. There is no warm water supply to the village, necessitating water heaters in the individual buildings. Until the 2000s, wastewater treatment was done locally through cesspits. The city of Tersk’s waterworks have since taken on that job as well.

Transport

Roadways

Stanislavsk lies on a road that goes from Tersk to Starogrod. It crosses the village in east-west-direction and serves as the main street. Only few streets in the village are paved with asphalt, and of these, only the main street is well-maintained.

Public transportation

There are two bus stops in Stanislavsk: Stanislavsk (Станіславск) and Stanislavsk-Vybudovanie (Станіславск-Вибудоване). Stanislavsk is served by the bus lines 126 (Tieŕsk–Svaroniev), 127 (Tieŕsk–Kruč) and 128 (Tieŕsk–Lataje). The 126 runs every two hours and the 127 every hour, with both lines having some additional services in the morning and afternoon on schooldays, while the 128 runs every thirty minutes on weekdays and every hour on weekends. Additionally, there are two regional services running six times a day from Monday to Saturday (twice in the morning, twice in the afternoon and twice in the evening) on the routes 360 (Tieŕsk–Starogrod) and 356 (Tieŕsk–Mogiĺno).

Stanislavsk does not have a railway connection. The nearest train stations for regional rail are in Topolsk to the east and Svaronyev to the south. The nearest station for national and higher-speed services is in Tersk.

Demographics

Population development

As of 2015, Stanislavsk has a population of 563 people, up from 542 in 2005, making it one of seven villages in the povet of Tersk to have a population increase in that period.

Education

There are no schools in Stanislavsk itself. Primary school children from Stanislavsk mostly go to school in Topolsk or Svaronyev, with some going to school in Tersk instead. The majority of secondary schoolers from Stanislavsk go to school in Tersk, with some going to school in other cities, including Prushch, Mogilno and Starogrod. The same destinations are common for those residents of Stanislavsk going to vocational schools.

Almost all adult Stanislavsk residents have finished primary school, with 78% — significantly below the national average, but on par with most other rural communities — having finished secondary school.

Religion

According to census data, 84% of the population of Stanislavsk are religious, while 26% are irreligious. Almost all residents who are religious are Apostolic Perendists. The largest religious minority in Stanislavsk are Perendists who did not state their denomination in the census. There is one church in the village centre, where mass is held every Sunday as well as on most Perendist holidays.

Notable residents

• Viečyslav Stanislavski (1780–1832) a politician most known for being the mayor of Tersk between 1825 and 1829
• Goduslav Siekoŕski (1856–1898) a artist who painted landscape paintings of the broader Tersk region
• Adam Viĺmokovič (1923–1981) a Perendist theologist
• Katarina Jarovna (born 1973) a violinist
• Jeliena Sadovska (born 1987) a participant on the Tyrnican version of Wife Swap in 2007, who appeared on several other Channel 10 television shows in later years