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Medvedivtsi, Buchach Raion

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Country
  
Ukraine

Raion
  
Buchach Raion

Postal code
  
48414

Area
  
2.99 km²

Oblast
  
Ternopil Oblast

Time zone
  
EET (UTC+2)

Area code(s)
  
+380 3544

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.

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Map of Medvedivtsi, Ternopil Oblast, Ukraine

History

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.

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

    Medvedivtsi, Buchach Raion Wikipedia
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