Dobrovody, Ternopil Raion, Ternopil Oblast

Dobrovody (Ukrainian: Доброводи) is a village in the Zbarazh urban hromada of the Ternopil Raion of Ternopil Oblast in Ukraine.^[1]

Dobrovody Доброводи
Dobrovody Location in Ternopil Oblast
Coordinates: 49°43′17″N 25°37′55″E
Country	Ukraine
Oblast	Ternopil Oblast
Raion	Ternopil Raion
Hromada	Zbarazh urban hromada
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code	47341

History

The first written mention of the village was in 1463.^[2]

After the liquidation of the Zbarazh Raion on 19 July 2020, the village became part of the Ternopil Raion.^[3]

Religion

• Saint Paraskeva church (1794, brick).^[2]

Notable residents

• Oleksander Smakula (1900–1983), Ukrainian physicist known for the invention of anti-reflective lens coatings based on optical interference
• Andrii Pyshnyi (born 1974), Ukrainian banker and politician

The village was visited by writers Ivan Drach, Roman Ivanychuk, Dmytro Pavlychko, and Borys Kharchuk.^[2]

References

1. "Збаразька територіальна громада". Децентралізація.
2. (in Ukrainian) Уніят В., Діброва // Ternopil region. History of cities and villages: in 3 v. / Ternopil: "Terno-graph", 2014, V. 2: Г—Л, S. 255—257. — ISBN 978-966-457-228-3.
3. Постанова Верховної Ради України від 17 липня 2020 року № 807-IX "Про утворення та ліквідацію районів"

Sources

• (in Ukrainian) Пиріжо А., Уніят В., Доброводи // Ternopil Encyclopedic Dictionary: in 4 v. / editorial board: H. Yavorskyi and other, Ternopil: "Zbruch", 2004, V. 1: А—Й, S. 510—511. — ISBN 966-528-197-6.
• "Dobrowody 2.) D., wś, pow. zbaraski". Geographical Dictionary of the Kingdom of Poland (in Polish). 2. Warszawa: Kasa im. Józefa Mianowskiego. 1881. p. 80.

• Назар М. Добриводи: історичний нарис. — Збараж : Медобори, 1997. — 20 с.
• Назар М. Село Доброводи у пам'ятниках: історико-краєзнавчий нарис. — Тернопіль : Воля, 2008. — 32 с.