Kostilnyky ( uk, Кості́льники) is a Ukrainian village in the

Zolotyi Potik settlement hromada Zolotyi Potik settlement territorial hromada ( uk, Золотопотіцька селищна територіальна громада, translit=Zolotopotitska selyshchna terytorialna hromada) is a Ukrainian hromada in the Chortkiv Raion of ...

, in the

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 Ukrain ...

of the

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 ...

. It is located on the

Dniester River The Dniester, ; rus, Дне́стр, links=1, Dnéstr, ˈdⁿʲestr; ro, Nistru; grc, Τύρᾱς, Tyrās, ; la, Tyrās, la, Danaster, label=none, ) ( ,) is a transboundary river in Eastern Europe. It runs first through Ukraine and th ...

In accordance with the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine, the village became part of the Zolotyi Potik settlement hromada in 2020. It is located 25 km from the nearest railway station in

Buchach Buchach ( uk, Бучач; pl, Buczacz; yi, בעטשאָטש, Betshotsh or (Bitshotsh); he, בוצ'אץ' ''Buch'ach''; german: Butschatsch; tr, Bucaş) is a city located on the Strypa River (a tributary of the Dniester) in Chortkiv Raion of Te ...

. It had a population of 1,037 as of 2003.

History

Archeological sites from the

Paleolithic era The Paleolithic or Palaeolithic (), also called the Old Stone Age (from Greek: παλαιός ''palaios'', "old" and λίθος ''lithos'', "stone"), is a period in human prehistory that is distinguished by the original development of stone tool ...

were discovered near the village. The town was first mentioned in the 16th century. Rittmeister , along with his brothers and stepfather owned the village of Kostilniki in the

Ruthenian Voivodeship The Ruthenian Voivodeship (Latin: ''Palatinatus russiae'', Polish: ''Województwo ruskie'', Ukrainian: ''Руське воєводство'', romanized: ''Ruske voievodstvo''), also called Rus’ voivodeship, was a voivodeship of the Crown of ...

of Galicia, along with Sokoliv and . Josyf Gavrilo Sheptytsky (1806-1855), member of the

Sejm of the Estates The Sejm of the Estates ( pl, sejm stanowy) or Estates of Galicia ( pl, stany galicyjskie) were the parliament in the first half of the 19th century Galicia region in Austrian Empire. The body existed from 1775 to 1845. In the history of the Po ...

, son of Jan Baptist Sheptutsky (1770-1831), , Stryjko Count ,''Nowak M. i Stępień S.'' Szeptycki Jan Kanty Remigiusz (1836—1912) // Polski Słownik Biograficzny. — Warszawa — Kraków : Polska Akademia Nauk, 2012. — T. XLVIII/2, zeszyt 197. — S. 236. — całość, . and Josyf's brother Peter Pavel Leopold (1808-1843) inherited in equal parts the estate in the villages of Kostilniki,

Prylbychi Prylbychi ( uk, При́лбичі, pl, Przyłbice) is a village (''selo'') in Yavoriv Raion, Lviv Oblast, in southwest Ukraine. It belongs to Novoiavorivsk urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. The village is at a distance of from ...

, Tulkovichi, and . The Prosvita cooperative operated in the village.

References

{{Authority control Populated places on the Dniester Populated places on the Dniester River in Ukraine Dniester basin Villages in Chortkiv Raion Zolotyi Potik settlement hromada