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Shmankivtsi Castle
Shmankivtsi Castle ( uk, Шманьківський замок) is a lost defensive structure in the village of Shmankivtsi, Zavodske settlement hromada, Chortkiv District, Ternopil Oblast, Ukraine. The remains of the castle were discovered by archaeologist Volodymyr Dobrianskyi in the early 1990s during archeological excavations of antiquities in the Nichlava Nichlava (medieval name - Sarnik) is a river in Ukraine, within the Chortkiv Raion of Ternopil Oblast. Left tributary of the Dniester ( Black Sea basin). Description and location Length 83 km. The catchment area is 871 km. The slope of ... river basin. The castle site is included in the List of newly discovered cultural heritage sites (protection number 2088). History On November 26, 1624, the Dominican monks from Chortkiv, together with Pavel Kelpinsky ( pl, Paweł Kełpiński), a neighbor of the village of Shmankivtsi, decided to build a castle to defend against the Tatars,''Barącz S.'Rys dziejów zako ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ukraine
Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. Ukraine covers approximately . Prior to the ongoing Russian invasion, it was the eighth-most populous country in Europe, with a population of around 41 million people. It is also bordered by Belarus to the north; by Poland, Slovakia, and Hungary to the west; and by Romania and Moldova to the southwest; with a coastline along the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov to the south and southeast. Kyiv is the nation's capital and largest city. Ukraine's state language is Ukrainian; Russian is also widely spoken, especially in the east and south. During the Middle Ages, Ukraine was the site of early Slavic expansion and the area later became a key centre of East Slavic culture under the state of Kievan Rus', which emerged in the 9th century. The state eventually disintegrated into rival regional po ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tatar Invasions
This article lists conflicts in Europe during the invasions of and subsequent occupations by the Mongol Empire and its successor states. The Mongol invasion of Europe took place in the 13th century. This resulted in the occupation of much of Eastern Europe, and various raids, invasions, and conquests continued for another three centuries from the Late Middle Ages into the early modern period. The Turco-Mongols, a term referring to a mixture of Mongol and Turkic peoples, were often known historically by the terms ''Tatars'' or ''Tartars.'' Originally, the Tatars were a people from the Tatar confederation who were then subjugated by the Mongol Empire. Forces from a division of the Mongol Empire called the Golden Horde, led by Batu Khan, a grandson of Genghis Khan, began attacking Europe in 1223, starting with the Cumans, Volga Bulgaria and Kievan Rus. They destroyed many cities including Kiev, Vladimir and Moscow in the process. They originally planned to continue all the way to the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shmankivtsi
Shmankivtsi ( uk, Шманьківці, pl, Szmańkowce) is a village in Ukraine, Ternopil Oblast, Chortkiv Raion, Zavodske settlement hromada. It is the administrative center of the former Shmankivska village council. Shmankivtsi includes the hamlet of Strusivka, a former village. Geography It is located on the right bank of the river Nichlavka (right tributary of the Nichlava, Dniester basin), from the district center and from the nearest railway station Shmankivchyky. Its geographic coordinates are 48° 59' north latitude and 25° 55' east longitude. The average height above sea level is . The territory is . Yards - 268. Near the village flows the stream Samets, which flows into the river Nichlava. Toponymy Leading specialist in Ukrainian onomastics, Doctor of Philology, Professor of Lviv University in his monograph "Origin of Ukrainian Carpathian and Carpathian names of settlements (anthroponymic formations)" noted that the original meaning was ''Shmaykivtsi'', meanin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zavodske Settlement Hromada
Zavodske settlement hromada ( uk, Заводська селищна територіальна громада, translit=Zavodska selyshchna terytorialna hromada is a hromada in Ukraine, in Chortkiv Raion of Ternopil Oblast. The administrative center is the urban-type settlement of Zavodske. Its population is History It was formed on 11 August 2015 by merging Zavodske Village Council and Uhryn Village Council of Chortkiv Raion. On 27 November 2020, Zalisianska, Shvaikivska, Shmankivska and Shmankivchytska village councils of Chortkiv Raion became part of the community. Settlements The community consists of 1 urban-type settlement ( Zavodske) and 5 villages:Лист Тернопільської ОДА від 16 грудня 2020 року № 04-8690/42 * Zalissia * Uhryn * Shvaikivtsi * Shmankivtsi * Shmankivchyky Shmankivchyky village in Ukraine, Ternopil Oblast, Chortkiv Raion, Zavodske settlement hromada. Administrative center of the former Shmankivchyky village counci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chortkiv Raion
Chortkiv Raion ( uk, Чортківський район) is a raion in Ternopil Oblast in western Ukraine. Its administrative center is the city of Chortkiv. It has a population of On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, the number of raions of Ternopil Oblast was reduced to three, and the area of Chortkiv Raion was significantly expanded. Five abolished raions, Borshchiv, Buchach, Husiatyn, Monastyryska, and Zalishchyky Raions, as well as the city of Chortkiv, which was previously incorporated as a city of oblast significance and did not belong to the raion, were merged into Chortkiv Raion. The January 2020 estimate of the raion population was Subdivisions Current After the reform in July 2020, the raion consisted of 22 hromadas: * Bilche-Zolote rural hromada with the administration in the selo of Bilche-Zolote, transferred from Borshchiv Raion; * Bilobozhnytsia rural hromada with the administration in the selo of Bilobozhnytsia, retained ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ternopil Oblast
Ternopil Oblast ( uk, Тернопі́льська о́бласть, translit=Ternopilska oblast; also referred to as Ternopilshchyna, uk, Терно́пільщина, label=none, or Ternopillia, uk, Тернопілля, label=none) is an oblast (province) of Ukraine. Its administrative center is Ternopil, through which flows the Seret, a tributary of the Dniester. Population: One of the natural wonders of the region are its cave complexes.Tell about Ukraine. Ternopil Oblast 24 Kanal (youtube). Although Ternopil Oblast is among the smallest regions in Ukraine, over 100 caves have been discovered there. Scientists believe these are only 20% of all possible caves in the region. The biggest cave is |
Volodymyr Dobrianskyi
Volodymyr Dobrianskyi ( uk, Володимир Добрянський, born December 12, 1966, in Horodok) is a Ukrainian scientist, archaeologist, historian, speleologist, and researcher of antiquities, fortifications and toponymy. He became a member of the Ukrainian Society for the Protection of Historical and Cultural Monuments in 1981, the Shevchenko Scientific Society in 2000, and the National Union of Journalists of Ukraine from 2016 to 2020. He also co-founded the NGO "Alternative-Chortkiv". He also participated in liquidating the Chernobyl accident of the second category. Dobrianskyi comes from an ancient family of the Polish nobility with the coat of arms of Sas. Biography Dobrianskyi graduated from the Faculty of History of Yuri Fedkovych Chernivtsi State University in (1994), then worked as a history teacher in the Chortkiv region, and was secretary of the Historical and Educational Society "Memorial", a researcher at the Ternopil Regional Museum of Local ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nichlava
Nichlava (medieval name - Sarnik) is a river in Ukraine, within the Chortkiv Raion of Ternopil Oblast. Left tributary of the Dniester ( Black Sea basin). Description and location Length 83 km. The catchment area is 871 km. The slope of the river is 2.1 m / km. River waters are used for technical water supply. Nichlava originates from the tract "Nichlava", located in the village Krogulets. The origin of the name of the tract is unknown. From the beginning of the source in the village it forms three ponds, and then flows past the village of Chagari. It flows within the Podolsk Upland mainly to the south. It flows into the Dniester near the village of Ustya, Chortkiv Raion. Nichlava has the main right (western) tributary - Nichlava, the source of which is located near the village of Yabluniv, Chortkiv district. The confluence of the Nichlavka and Nichlava rivers is located between the villages of Kolyndyany and Davydkivtsi. At the confluence of the tributary is flooded th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chortkiv
Chortkiv ( uk, Чортків; pl, Czortków; yi, ''Chortkov'') is a city in Chortkiv Raion, Ternopil Oblast (province) in western Ukraine. It is the administrative center of the Chortkiv Raion (district), housing the district's local administration buildings. Chortkiv hosts the administration of Chortkiv urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Population: Chortkiv is located in the northern part of the historic region of Galician Podolia on the banks of the Seret River. In the past Chortkiv was the home of many Hasidic Jews; it was a notable shtetl and had a significant number of Jews residing there prior to the Holocaust. Today, Chortkiv is a regional commercial and small-scale manufacturing center. Among its architectural monuments is a fortress built in the 16th and 17th centuries as well as historic wooden churches of the 17th and 18th centuries. History The first historical mention of Chortkiv dates to 1522, when Polish King Sigismund I the Old granted an ow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
