Denysiv ( uk, Денисів) is a

village A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town (although the word is often used to describe both hamlets and smaller towns), with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to ...

in Kupchyntsi rural hromada, Ternopil Raion,

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 obl ...

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 inv ...

History

The first mention of the village was recorded in the second half of the XVI century.

Religion

* Saint Nicholas Church (1887; architect Rotter, painted in 1889-1890 by Kornylo Ustiyanovych; restored in 1990)

Notable residents

* Ivanna Blazhkevych (1886–1977), Ukrainian writer, educator, publicist, ethnographer, folklorist, and public figure *

Illia Kuziv Illia (Ilko) Stepanovych Kuziv ( uk, Ілля Степанович Кузів; 25 July 1874, Denysiv, now Ternopil Raion, Ternopil Oblast – 14 November 1916, Northampton, Pennsylvania, US) was a Ukrainian Greek Catholic priest, writer, translato ...

(1874–1916), Ukrainian Greek Catholic priest, writer, translator, publicist, and folkloristКузів Ілля Степанович
Б. М. Савак, Енциклопедія Сучасної України �лектронний ресурс Редкол.: І. М. Дзюба, А. І. Жуковський, М. Г. Железняк �а ін.; НАН України, НТШ, К. : Інститут енциклопедичних досліджень НАН України, 2014. The village was home to the conductor Fr. Yosyp Vitoshynskyi, and was also home to writers Tymotei Borduliak,

Iryna Vilde Daryna Dmytrivna Polotniuk ( née Makohon; uk, Дарина Дмитрівна Полотнюк (Макогон); 5 May 1907 – 30 October 1982), better known by her pen name Iryna Vilde ( uk, Ірина Вільде), was a Ukrainian and Sovi ...

, Volodymyr Hzhytskyi,

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, Olha Duchymynska,

Bohdan Lepky Bohdan Teodor Nestor Lepky, ( uk, Богдан Теодор Нестор Лепкий, November 9, 1872, Krehulets, Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria, Austria-Hungary – July 21, 1941, Kraków, General Government, Nazi Germany) was a Ukrain ...

i, Osyp Makovei, Mykhailo Pavlyk,

Vasyl Stefanyk Vasyl Semenovych Stefanyk ( uk, Васи́ль Семе́нович Стефа́ник; May 14, 1871 – December 7, 1936) was an influential Ukrainian modernist writer and political activist. He was a member of the Austrian parliament from 1 ...

, Ivan Franko, Andrii Chaikovskyi, Czech ethnographer and folklorist František Řehoř (1897), and other famous figures.

References

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