Kamianky, Ternopil Oblast

Kamianky
Кам'янки
Kamianky
Location in Ternopil Oblast
Coordinates: 49°32′37″N 26°1′32″E / 49.54361°N 26.02556°E / 49.54361; 26.02556
Country Ukraine
OblastTernopil Oblast
RaionTernopil Raion
HromadaPidvolochysk settlement hromada
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code
47840

Kamianky (Ukrainian: Кам'янки) is a village in Pidvolochysk settlement hromada, Ternopil Raion, Ternopil Oblast, Ukraine.[1]

History

The first written mention of the village was in 1541.[2]

After the liquidation of the Pidvolochysk Raion on 19 July 2020, the village became part of the Ternopil Raion.[3]

Religion

  • St. Nicholas church (1846, brick, OCU),[2]
  • St. Michael chapel (2000, UGCC).[2]

Notable residents

Yaroslav Stetsko, a politician, ideologist of Ukrainian nationalism and publicist, lived in the village. The poet Dmytro Pavlychko, political and public figures Leonid Kuchma, Oleksandr Moroz, and Viktor Yushchenko also visited the village.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Підволочиська територіальна громада". Децентралізація.
  2. ^ a b c d (in Ukrainian) Мельничук Б., Петраш Б., Уніят В., Кам'янки // Ternopil Oblast. History of cities and villages: in 3 v. / Ternopil: "Terno-graph", 2014, V. 3: М—Ш, S. 114–116. — ISBN 978-966-457-246-7.
  3. ^ Постанова Верховної Ради України від 17 липня 2020 року № 807-IX "Про утворення та ліквідацію районів"

Sources

  • (in Ukrainian) Клименко О., Мельничук Б., Кам'янки // Ternopil Encyclopedic Dictionary: in 4 v. / editorial board: H. Yavorskyi and other, Ternopil: "Zbruch", 2005, V. 2: К—О, S. 24–25. — ISBN 966-528-199-2.