Medvedivtsi, Buchach Raion

Medvedivtsi (Ukrainian: Медведівці) is a village in the Buchach Raion (district) of the Ternopil Oblast (province) in western Ukraine. Vil'khovets' River flows through of the village. In the village lived 1280 inhabitants in 2001, 1297 in 2003.

Medvedivtsi

Медведівці
Coordinates: 49°05′29″N 25°26′38″E
Country Ukraine
Oblast Ternopil Oblast
RaionBuchach Raion
Area
 • Total2.990 km2 (1.154 sq mi)
Population
 • Total1,280
 • Density428.09/km2 (1,108.7/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code
48414
Area code(s)+380 3544

History

The first written mention of Medvedivtsi is in the 17th century, when it belonged to the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. From 1772 until 1918 it was part of the Austro-Hungarian Habsburg Empire, as the Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria. In 1918-1919 it was part of the short-lived West Ukrainian People's Republic. After 1991 it belonged to newly independent Ukraine, having previously been part of the USSR, and before WWII it was a part of Poland. Reading room of Ukrainian society Prosvita operated in the village.

Attractions
  • Church of the Assumption (1827)
  • Chapel of St. Nicolas (1729)
  • Statue of Holy Virgin (2004)
  • Symbolic grave of fighters for freedom of Ukraine
  • Memorial cross in honor of the 3rd anniversary of Ukraine's independence and the revival of the UGCC (1993, project of Hankevych V., height 1.80, red stone)

References

    Sources
    • (in Ukrainian) М. Бігус, К. Вербицька, Н. Когут, Медведівці // Ternopil Encyclopedic Dictionary: in 4 v. / editorial board: H. Yavorskyi and other, Ternopil: "Zbruch", 2005, V. 2: К—О, S. 484-485. — ISBN 966-528-199-2.
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