Vasylkivtsi, Ternopil Oblast

Vasylkivtsi (Ukrainian: Васильківці) is a village in Vasylkivtsi rural hromada, Chortkiv Raion, Ternopil Oblast, Ukraine.^[1]

Vasylkivtsi Васильківці
Church of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary, former Roman Catholic church
Flag Coat of arms
Vasylkivtsi Location in Ternopil Oblast
Coordinates: 49°5′40″N 26°4′18″E
Country	Ukraine
Oblast	Ternopil Oblast
Raion	Chortkiv Raion
Hromada	Vasylkivtsi Hromada
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code	48257

History

The first written mention is from 1573.^[2]

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

Religion

• Church of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary (mid-nineteenth century, brick, converted from a Roman Catholic church, OCU)^[2]
• Church of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary (1936, brick, UGCC)^[2]

People

• Ivan Guta (born 1956), Ukrainian agricultural entrepreneur, Hero of Ukraine^[2]
• Mykola Kuchmii (born 1946), poet, local historian, publicist, bard, amateur artist^[2]

References

1. Васильковецька територіальна громада, Децентралізація
2. (in Ukrainian) Л. Лесик, В. Уніят, В. Щавінський, Васильківці // Ternopil region. History of cities and villages: in 3 v. / Ternopil: "Terno-graph", 2014, V. 2: Г—Л, S. 39—42. — ISBN 978-966-457-228-3.
3. Постанова Верховної Ради України від 17 липня 2020 року № 807-IX "Про утворення та ліквідацію районів"