Biliavyntsi
Biliavyntsi (Ukrainian: Біля́винці) is a village in Chortkiv Raion (district) of Ternopil Oblast (province) in western Ukraine. It belongs to Buchach urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.[1] The Strypa River flows through of the village. The population of the village was 624 in 2001.
Biliavyntsi Білявинці | |
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Church of the Holy Spirit | |
Biliavyntsi Biliavyntsi | |
| Coordinates: 49°09′01″N 25°22′2″E / 49.15028°N 25.36722°E | |
| Country | Ukraine |
| Oblast | Ternopil Oblast |
| Raion | Chortkiv Raion |
| Area | |
| • Total | 2,068 km2 (798 sq mi) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 624 |
| • Density | 30,174/km2 (78,150/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Postal code | 48413 |
| Area code | +380 3544 |
History edit
First written mention comes from the 17th century. Then belonged to the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, from 1772 until 1918 to Austrian (Habsburg monarchy, Austrian Empire, Austria-Hungary) empires, in 1918-1919 to West Ukrainian People's Republic. From 1991 belonged to Ukraine.
Reading room of Ukrainian society Prosvita operated in the village.
Solomiya Krushelnytska, one of the brightest soprano opera stars of the first half of the 20th century, was born in the village.
Until 18 July 2020, Biliavyntsi belonged to Buchach Raion. The raion was abolished in July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Ternopil Oblast to three. The area of Buchach Raion was merged into Chortkiv Raion.[2][3]
Attractions edit
- Church of St. Trinity (1909)
- Chapel (1849)
- Bell tower, wooden
References edit
Notes edit
- ^ "Бучацька міська громада" (in Ukrainian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.
- ^ "Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ". Голос України (in Ukrainian). 2020-07-18. Retrieved 2020-10-03.
- ^ "Нові райони: карти + склад" (in Ukrainian). Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України.
Sources edit
- (in Ukrainian) Б. Волинський, Білявинці // Ternopil Encyclopedic Dictionary: in 4 v. / editorial board: H. Yavorskyi and other, Ternopil: "Zbruch", 2004, V. 1: А—Й, S. 139. — ISBN 966-528-197-6.
External links edit
- Media related to Biliavyntsi at Wikimedia Commons