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Velesniv

Coordinates: 49°1′40″N 25°10′46″E / 49.02778°N 25.17944°E / 49.02778; 25.17944
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Velesniv
Велеснів
Museum of Volodymyr Hnatiuk in Velesniv
Museum of Volodymyr Hnatiuk in Velesniv
Velesniv is located in Ukraine
Velesniv
Velesniv
Location in Ternopil Oblast
Velesniv is located in Ternopil Oblast
Velesniv
Velesniv
Velesniv (Ternopil Oblast)
Coordinates: 49°1′40″N 25°10′46″E / 49.02778°N 25.17944°E / 49.02778; 25.17944
Country Ukraine
Oblast Ternopil Oblast
RaionChortkiv Raion
HromadaMonastyryska Hromada
Time zoneUTC 2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC 3 (EEST)
Postal code
48351

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

History

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The first written mention is from 1454.[2]

Religion

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

People

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

References

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  1. ^ Монастириська територіальна громада, Децентралізація
  2. ^ a b c (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.