Cherkavshchyna
Черкавщина
Church of the Assumption
Church of the Assumption
Cherkavshchyna is located in Ternopil Oblast
Cherkavshchyna
Cherkavshchyna
Location in Ternopil Oblast
Coordinates: 49°0′5″N 25°41′29″E / 49.00139°N 25.69139°E / 49.00139; 25.69139
Country Ukraine
Oblast Ternopil Oblast
RaionChortkiv Raion
HromadaNahirianka Hromada
First mentioned1453
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code
48540

Cherkavshchyna (Ukrainian: Черкавщина) is a village in Nahirianka rural hromada, Chortkiv Raion, Ternopil Oblast, Ukraine.[1]

History

The first written mention dates from 1453.[2]

Religion

  • Church of the Assumption (UGCC, 1732, wooden, moved in 1936 from Tudoriv, Chortkiv Raion)[2]
  • Roman Catholic church[2]

People

  • Yulian Nazarak (1893–1916), Ukrainian poet, soldier, and a chorunzhy of the Legion of Ukrainian Sich Riflemen. On 24 August 2014, a monument to him was unveiled in the village (initiated by Mykhailo Skrypnyk, a native of the village).[2]

References

  1. ↑ Нагірянська територіальна громада, Децентралізація
  2. 1 2 3 4 (in Ukrainian) Мельничук Б., Уніят В., Федечко М., Черкавщина // Ternopil region. History of cities and villages: in 3 v. / Ternopil: "Terno-graph", 2014, V. 3: М—Ш, S. 518. — ISBN 978-966-457-246-7.


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