Tarnopol is an
unincorporated community
An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...
in
Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan is a Provinces and territories of Canada, province in Western Canada. It is bordered on the west by Alberta, on the north by the Northwest Territories, on the east by Manitoba, to the northeast by Nunavut, and to the south by the ...
, Canada, located southwest of the city of
Melfort. It was settled mostly by
Ukrainian and
Polish
Polish may refer to:
* Anything from or related to Poland, a country in Europe
* Polish language
* Polish people, people from Poland or of Polish descent
* Polish chicken
* Polish brothers (Mark Polish and Michael Polish, born 1970), American twin ...
immigrants in the early 1900s. Tarnopol gets its name from
Ternopil
Ternopil, known until 1944 mostly as Tarnopol, is a city in western Ukraine, located on the banks of the Seret River. Ternopil is one of the major cities of Western Ukraine and the historical regions of Galicia and Podolia. The populatio ...
,
Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the List of European countries by area, second-largest country in Europe after Russia, which Russia–Ukraine border, borders it to the east and northeast. Ukraine also borders Belarus to the nor ...
, which was formerly known as Tarnopol
[Russell, E.T. (1973) ''What's in a Name?'', p. 317, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan: Western Producer Book Service, ] when that district was part of the
Imperial Austrian province of
Galicia.
See also
*
List of communities in Saskatchewan
Communities in the province of Saskatchewan, Canada, include Incorporation (municipal government), incorporated municipalities, Unincorporated area#Canada, unincorporated communities and First Nations in Canada, First Nations communities.
Types ...
*
List of ghost towns in Saskatchewan
The following is a list of communities that no longer exist or former Villages/Towns that have become unincorporated hamlets in the province of Saskatchewan, Canada.
Ghost towns are towns that once had a considerable population, that have since ...
References
Unincorporated communities in Saskatchewan
Ghost towns in Saskatchewan
Invergordon No. 430, Saskatchewan
Polish-Canadian culture
Ukrainian-Canadian culture in Saskatchewan
Division No. 15, Saskatchewan
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