Horodok, Ternopil Oblast
Horodok
Городок | |
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 Skyline of Horodok | |
 Coat of arms | |
  Horodok Location in Ternopil Oblast | |
| Coordinates: 48°37′45″N 25°51′23″E / 48.62917°N 25.85639°E | |
| Country |  Ukraine |
| Oblast | Ternopil Oblast |
| Raion | Chortkiv Raion |
| Hromada | Zalishchyky Hromada |
| Postal code | 48605 |
Horodok (Ukrainian: Городок) is a village in Zalishchyky urban hromada, Chortkiv Raion, Ternopil Oblast, Ukraine.[1] It is located at the confluence of Seret and Dniester rivers.[2]
History
Settlements of Trypillian culture, as well as graves from Scythian and Kyivan Rus periods were discovered near the villageAs a result of archeological excavations were led by Adam Kirkor (1878), Gottfryd Ossowski (1890) and Tadeusz Sulimirski (1934).[2]
The first written mention dates from 1418.[3] During Soviet times the village belonged to Zalishchyky Raion.[2]
Monuments
- The lost Horodok Castle
- Kyrnychky Cave
Religion
- Saint Michael's Church (with the miraculous image of the Virgin Mary, 1777)[3]
Notable residents
- Volodymyr Dobrianskyi (born 1966), Ukrainian scientist, archaeologist, historian, speleologist, and researcher of antiquities, fortifications and toponymy[4]
- Leszek Dunin-Borkowski (1811–1896), Polish poet and translator[3]
References
- ↑ Заліщицька територіальна громада, Децентралізація
- 1 2 3 Енциклопедія українознавства. Словникова частина (ЕУ-II). Vol. 2. 1993. pp. 416–419.
- 1 2 3 (in Ukrainian) О. Безгубенко, В. Бойко, Н. Мизак, В. Олійник, Городок // Ternopil Oblast. History of cities and villages: in 3 v. / Ternopil: "Terno-graph", 2014, V. 2: Г—Л, S. 165–166. — ISBN 978-966-457-228-3.
- ↑ Тамта Ґуґушвілі. Володимир Добрянський: "Любов до археології та історії – це сенс мого життя", Вільне життя, 05.02.2022.