Strointsi, Vinnytsia Oblast

According to official data, Strointsi was founded in 1300, but the inhabitants claim that the village is older and was founded in 1263, exactly 100 years before the foundation of Vinnytsia.[2]

The original name of the village is Veselyy Yarok (Веселий Ярок). In the 18th century, Dzyhivka displaced people settled near the village and founded the village of Chepelivka. After connecting Chepelivka to Veselyy Yarok, the name of the village was changed to Strointsi, which refers to the building (ukr. строїти, read: stroity) of new buildings by the exiles. In 1744, the village, along with other Tyvriv suburbs, belonged to Zachariasz Jaroszyński. In 1763, a wooden Orthodox church was built in Strointsi,[3] which in Soviet times was transformed into a warehouse and then a local cinema. In the 1980s, as part of perestroika, the church was reopened for the needs of the Orthodox community.

As a result of the partitions, Strointsi became part of the Penkovka volost, in the Yampol uezd of the Podolia Governorate.[4]

Until 18 July 2020, Strointsi belonged to Tyvriv Raion. The raion was abolished in July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Vinnytsia Oblast to six. The area of Tyvriv Raion was merged into Vinnytsia Raion.[5][6]

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