Velesniv ( uk, Велеснів) 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 ...
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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Monastyryska urban hromada.
History
The first written mention is from 1454.
Religion
* Saint Nicholas church (1864; brick, restored 1992; renovated 1999, artist M. Dovhan, extension 2003)
* Roman Catholic chapel (1928)
Велеснів. Колишня каплиця без титулу
, Костели і каплиці України.
People
* Volodymyr Hnatiuk
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(1871–1926), writer, literary scholar, translator, and journalist, and was one of the most influential and notable Ukrainian ethnographers
References
Monastyryska urban hromada
Villages in Chortkiv Raion
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