Kostilnyky

Kostilnyky (Ukrainian: Кості́льники) is a Ukrainian village in the Zolotyi Potik settlement hromada, in the Chortkiv Raion of the Ternopil Oblast. It is located on the Dniester River.

1650 Map of the Buchach Region/Dniester River Valley

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Coordinates: 48°59′03″N 25°35′51″E
Country	Ukraine
Oblast	Ternopil Oblast
Raion	Chortkiv Raion
Hromada	Zolotyi Potik settlement hromada
Area
• Total	1.63 km2 (0.63 sq mi)
Population  (2001 census)
• Total	1,037
• Density	628.83/km2 (1,628.7/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code	48454
Area code	+380 3544

In accordance with the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine, the village became part of the Zolotyi Potik settlement hromada in 2020.^[1]

It is located 25 km from the nearest railway station in Buchach. It had a population of 1,037 as of 2003.

History

Archeological sites from the Paleolithic era were discovered near the village.

The town was first mentioned in the 16th century.

Rittmeister Andrzej Potocki [uk], along with his brothers and stepfather owned the village of Kostilniki in the Ruthenian Voivodeship of Galicia, along with Sokoliv and Unizh [uk].^[2]

Josyf Gavrilo Sheptytsky (1806-1855), member of the Sejm of the Estates, son of Jan Baptist Sheptutsky (1770-1831), Lawyer of the Emperor's Subcommittee [uk],^[3] Stryjko Count Ivan Kantiy Sheptytskyi [uk],^[4] and Josyf's brother Peter Pavel Leopold (1808-1843) inherited in equal parts the estate in the villages of Kostilniki, Prylbychi, Tulkovichi, and Hankovychi [uk].

The Prosvita cooperative operated in the village.

References

1. Order of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine dated June 12, 2020 No. 724-p "On the definition of administrative centers and the approval of the territories of territorial communities of the Ternopil region"
2. Plewczyński M. Potocki Andrzej h. Pilawa (zm. 1575) // Polski Słownik Biograficzny. — Wrocław — Warszawa — Kraków — Gdańsk — Łódź : Zakład Narodowy Imienia Ossolińskich, Wydawnictwo Polskiej Akademii Nauk, 1983. — T. XXVII/4. — Zeszyt 115. — S. 768—769
3. Stępień S. Szeptycki Józef Gabriel (1806—1855) // Polski Słownik Biograficzny. — Warszawa — Kraków : Polska Akademia Nauk, 2012. — T. XLVIII/2, zeszyt 197. — S. 238. — ISBN 978-83-86301-01-0 całość, ISBN 978-83-88909-95-5
4. Nowak M. i Stępień S. Szeptycki Jan Kanty Remigiusz (1836—1912) // Polski Słownik Biograficzny. — Warszawa — Kraków : Polska Akademia Nauk, 2012. — T. XLVIII/2, zeszyt 197. — S. 236. — ISBN 978-83-86301-01-0 całość, ISBN 978-83-88909-95-5.