Kupchyntsi, Ternopil Oblast
Kupchyntsi
Купчинці | |
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.jpg) Church of the Presentation of Mary in Kupchyntsi | |
  Kupchyntsi Location in Ternopil Oblast | |
| Coordinates: 49°26′54″N 25°21′21″E / 49.44833°N 25.35583°E | |
| Country |  Ukraine |
| Oblast | Ternopil Oblast |
| Raion | Ternopil Raion |
| Hromada | Kupchyntsi rural hromada |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Postal code | 47662 |
Купчинці (Ukrainian: Kupchyntsi) is a village in Kupchyntsi rural hromada, Ternopil Raion, Ternopil Oblast, Ukraine.[1]
History[edit]
The first written mention dates back to 1312.[2]
In the village there was also a castle built in the 17th century, which has not survived to this day.[2]
Religion[edit]
- Church of the Presentation of Mary (1899, stone, UGCC)[2]
Monuments[edit]
- Mass grave of the Fighters for the Freedom of Ukraine (1991)[2]
- monuments to Ivan Franko (1970, sculpted by Ivan Honchar), soldiers from the same village who died in the German-Soviet war (1970), Pavlo Dumka (1994, sculptor Ivan Muliarchuk)[2]
- memorial crosses in honor of the abolition of serfdom, the founding of the Brotherhood of Sobriety (1878)[2]
- a garden to the fallen participants of Euromaidan (2014, "Garden of the Nebesna Sotnia")[2]
Notable residents[edit]
They were born in Kupchyntsi:[2]
- Ivan Blazhkevych (1881–1945), Ukrainian teacher, cultural and educational activist
- Illia Blazhkevych (1894–1978), Ukrainian legal scholar
- Ilko Blazhkevych (1873–1943), Ukrainian conductor, singer, musician
- Oleksandr Vilchynskyi (b. 1963), Ukrainian writer, journalist
- Kateryna Danylchyk (b. 1949), Ukrainian teacher, public and political activist
- Hryhorii Dumka (1882–1951), Ukrainian agricultural scientist
- Pavlo Dumka (1854–1918), Ukrainian poet, publicist, ambassador (1908–1914) to the Galician Sejm, public figure
- Olha Zastavetska (1953–2017), Ukrainian geographer and teacher
- Bohdan Kachun (pseudonyms "Orel," "Borkun," etc.; 1912–1951), Ukrainian participant in the national liberation struggle
- Mykola Koval (1889–1982), Ukrainian teacher, amateur actor, director
- Mykola Kosar (pseudonym – Y. Chornobryvyi, cryptic – Y. C.; 1897–1945), Ukrainian amateur poet
- Mykhailo Kosar (1895–1972), Ukrainian public figure
- Vasyl Krysa (1904–1969), Ukrainian publicist, poet, cultural and public figure
- Mike Mazurki (|Mykhailo (Markiian) Mazurkevych; 1907–1990), American film actor and athlete
- Oleksa Oliinyk (1888–1971), Ukrainian military officer, lawyer, public and political figure
- Yaroslav Oliinyk (b. 1953), Ukrainian a scientist in the field of economic and social geography
- Yosyf Paratsii (pseudonym "Petryk"; 1900–1956), Ukrainian military officer, amateur actor and musician
- Bohdan Pastukh (1924–2009), Ukrainian literary critic, artist, teacher, public figure
- Ihor Pochynok (b. 1949), Ukrainian athlete, coach (biathlon, cross-country skiing)
- Boryslav (Borys) Skopivskyi (1931–2007), Ukrainian journalist, editor, writer, teacher, local historian, public figure
- Ivan Stadnyk (1888–1979), Ukrainian lawyer, publicist
- Mykola Stadnyk (1879–1947), Ukrainian lawyer, publicist, cultural and educational activist
- Mykhailo Tsybulko (b. 1949), Ukrainian artist, scholar, teacher
- Nestor Chornyi (b. 1922), Ukrainian teacher, engineer, local historian, publicist
- Mykhailo Shkilnyi (b. 1968), Ukrainian economist, public figure
- Illia Yakymyshyn (1891–1937), Ukrainian lawyer
Ivan Franko visited the village.[2]
In literature[edit]
In 2000, Volodymyr Khoma published a book about the village called "Starovynni Kupchyntsi".[2]
References[edit]
- ^ Купчинецька територіальна громада, Децентралізація
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j (in Ukrainian) М. Косар, В. Хома, М. Федечко, Купчинці // Ternopil region. History of cities and villages: in 3 v. / Ternopil: "Terno-graph", 2014, V. 2: Г—Л, S. 471–473. — ISBN 978-966-457-228-3.
Sources[edit]
- (in Ukrainian) Гоцул В., Хома В., Купчинці // Ternopil Encyclopedic Dictionary: in 4 v. / editorial board: H. Yavorskyi and other, Ternopil: "Zbruch", 2005, V. 2: К—О, S. 285—286. — ISBN 966-528-199-2.
- "Kupczyńce, z przys. Józefówka, pow. tarnopolski". Geographical Dictionary of the Kingdom of Poland (in Polish). 4. Warszawa: Kasa im. Józefa Mianowskiego. 1883. p. 884.
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