Krohulets ( uk, Крогулець, pl, Krogulec) 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
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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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Vasylkivtsi rural hromada.
History
On 3 March 1578, King
Stephen Báthory granted Stanislav Kopychynetskyi the privilege of founding a town under German (Teutonic) law on his own land, simply called Krohulets, located on the Nichlava River and near the Visiencha Forest.
Since 24 July 2015, Krohulets has been a member of the
Vasylkivtsi rural hromada.
[ВВРУ, 2016, № 8, s. 19.]
Religion
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Saint Paraskeva church with a bell tower (18th century, OCU; wooden; reconstructed; architectural monuments of national importance)
* Saint Volodymyr church (2008; UGCC)
People
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Omelian Hlibovytskyi (1857–1905), Ukrainian Greek Catholic priest, novelist, publicist, public figure
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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 ...
(1872–1941), Ukrainian writer, poet, scholar, public figure, and artist
References
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{{Vasylkivtsi rural hromada
Vasylkivtsi rural hromada
Villages in Chortkiv Raion