Velesniv

Velesniv (Ukrainian: Велеснів) is a village in Ukraine, Ternopil Oblast, Chortkiv Raion, Monastyryska urban hromada.[1]

Velesniv
Велеснів
Museum of Volodymyr Hnatiuk in Velesniv
Museum of Volodymyr Hnatiuk in Velesniv
Velesniv is located in Ternopil Oblast
Velesniv
Velesniv
Location in Ternopil Oblast
Coordinates: 49°1′40″N 25°10′46″E
Country Ukraine
Oblast Ternopil Oblast
RaionChortkiv Raion
HromadaMonastyryska Hromada
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code
48351

History

The first written mention is from 1454.[2]

Religion
  • Saint Nicholas church (1864; brick, restored 1992; renovated 1999, artist M. Dovhan, extension 2003)[2]
  • Roman Catholic chapel (1928)[3]

People
  • Volodymyr Hnatiuk (1871–1926), writer, literary scholar, translator, and journalist, and was one of the most influential and notable Ukrainian ethnographers[2]

References
  1. Монастириська територіальна громада, Децентралізація
  2. (in Ukrainian) Б. Мельничук, І. Федечко, О. Черемшинський, Р. Черемшинська, Велеснів // Ternopil region. History of cities and villages: in 3 v. / Ternopil: "Terno-graph", 2014, V. 3: М—Ш, S. 30—32. — ISBN 978-966-457-246-7.
  3. Велеснів. Колишня каплиця без титулу Archived 2021-10-07 at the Wayback Machine, Костели і каплиці України.
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