Купчинці () is a

village A village is a human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand. Although villages are often located in rural areas, the term urban v ...

in Kupchyntsi rural hromada,

Ternopil Raion Ternopil Raion () is a raion in Ternopil Oblast, western Ukraine. Its administrative center is Ternopil. It has a population of On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, the number of raions of Ternopil Oblast was reduced ...

Ternopil Oblast Ternopil Oblast (), also referred to as Ternopilshchyna () or Ternopillia (), is an Oblasts of Ukraine, oblast (province) of Ukraine. Its Capital (political), administrative center is Ternopil, through which flows the Seret (river), Seret, a tribu ...

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History

The first written mention dates back to 1312. In the village there was also a castle built in the 17th century, which has not survived to this day. After the liquidation of the

Kozova Raion Kozova Raion () was a raion (district) of Ternopil Oblast in western Ukraine. The administrative center was the town of Kozova. Its area was . The raion was abolished on 18 July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced ...

on 19 July 2020, the village became part of the Ternopil Raion.Постанова Верховної Ради України від 17 липня 2020 року № 807-IX
Про утворення та ліквідацію районів

Religion

* Church of the Presentation of Mary (1899, stone, UGCC)

Monuments

* Mass grave of the Fighters for the Freedom of Ukraine (1991) * monuments to

Ivan Franko Ivan Yakovych Franko (, ; 27 August 1856 – 28 May 1916) was a Ukrainian poet, writer, social and literary critic, journalist, translator, economist, political activist, doctor of philosophy, ethnographer, and the author of the first d ...

(1970, sculpted by Ivan Honchar), soldiers from the same village who died in the German-Soviet war (1970), Pavlo Dumka (1994, sculptor Ivan Muliarchuk) * memorial crosses in honor of the abolition of serfdom, the founding of the Brotherhood of Sobriety (1878) * a garden to the fallen participants of

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(2014, "Garden of the

Nebesna Sotnia Altogether, 108 civilian protesters and 13 police officers were killed in Ukraine's Revolution of Dignity (or the 'Maidan Revolution'), which was the culmination of the Euromaidan protest movement. The deaths occurred in January and February 20 ...

Notable residents

They were born in Kupchyntsi: * Ivan Blazhkevych (1881–1945), Ukrainian teacher, cultural and educational activist * Illia Blazhkevych (1894–1978), Ukrainian legal scholar * Ilko Blazhkevych (1873–1943), Ukrainian conductor, singer, musician * Oleksandr Vilchynskyi (b. 1963), Ukrainian writer, journalist * Kateryna Danylchyk (b. 1949), Ukrainian teacher, public and political activist * Hryhorii Dumka (1882–1951), Ukrainian agricultural scientist * Pavlo Dumka (1854–1918), Ukrainian poet, publicist, ambassador (1908–1914) to the Galician Sejm, public figure * Olha Zastavetska (1953–2017), Ukrainian geographer and teacher * Bohdan Kachun (pseudonyms "Orel," "Borkun," etc.; 1912–1951), Ukrainian participant in the national liberation struggle * Mykola Koval (1889–1982), Ukrainian teacher, amateur actor, director * Mykola Kosar (pseudonym – Y. Chornobryvyi, cryptic – Y. C.; 1897–1945), Ukrainian amateur poet * Mykhailo Kosar (1895–1972), Ukrainian public figure * Vasyl Krysa (1904–1969), Ukrainian publicist, poet, cultural and public figure *

Mike Mazurki Mike Mazurki (December 25, 1907 – December 9, 1990, born Markiian Yulianovych Mazurkevych) was a Ukrainian-American actor and professional wrestler who appeared in more than 142 films. Although educated as an attorney, his hulking 6 ft 5 ...

(, Mykhailo (Markiian) Mazurkevych; 1907–1990), American film actor and athlete * Oleksa Oliinyk (1888–1971), Ukrainian military officer, lawyer, public and political figure * Yaroslav Oliinyk (b. 1953), Ukrainian a scientist in the field of economic and social geography * Yosyf Paratsii (pseudonym "Petryk"; 1900–1956), Ukrainian military officer, amateur actor and musician * Bohdan Pastukh (1924–2009), Ukrainian literary critic, artist, teacher, public figure * Ihor Pochynok (b. 1949), Ukrainian athlete, coach (biathlon, cross-country skiing) * Boryslav (Borys) Skopivskyi (1931–2007), Ukrainian journalist, editor, writer, teacher, local historian, public figure * Ivan Stadnyk (1888–1979), Ukrainian lawyer, publicist * Mykola Stadnyk (1879–1947), Ukrainian lawyer, publicist, cultural and educational activist * Mykhailo Tsybulko (b. 1949), Ukrainian artist, scholar, teacher * Nestor Chornyi (b. 1922), Ukrainian teacher, engineer, local historian, publicist * Mykhailo Shkilnyi (b. 1968), Ukrainian economist, public figure * Illia Yakymyshyn (1891–1937), Ukrainian lawyer Ivan Franko visited the village.

In literature

In 2000, Volodymyr Khoma published a book about the village called "Starovynni Kupchyntsi".

References

Sources

* * Kupchyntsi rural hromada Villages in Ternopil Raion Kupchyntsi, Ternopil Oblast {{TernopilRaion-geo-stub