Cherkavshchyna

Cherkavshchyna Черкавщина
Church of the Assumption
Cherkavshchyna Location in Ternopil Oblast
Coordinates: 49°0′5″N 25°41′29″E
Country	Ukraine
Oblast	Ternopil Oblast
Raion	Chortkiv Raion
Hromada	Nahirianka Hromada
First mentioned	1453
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code	48540

Cherkavshchyna (Ukrainian: Черкавщина) is a village in Nahirianka rural hromada, Chortkiv Raion, Ternopil Oblast, Ukraine.[1]

History

The first written mention dates from 1453.[2]

Religion

• Church of the Assumption (UGCC, 1732, wooden, moved in 1936 from Tudoriv, Chortkiv Raion)[2]
• Roman Catholic church[2]

People

• Yulian Nazarak (1893–1916), Ukrainian poet, soldier, and a chorunzhy of the Legion of Ukrainian Sich Riflemen. On 24 August 2014, a monument to him was unveiled in the village (initiated by Mykhailo Skrypnyk, a native of the village).[2]

References

1. Нагірянська територіальна громада, Децентралізація
2. (in Ukrainian) Мельничук Б., Уніят В., Федечко М., Черкавщина // Ternopil region. History of cities and villages: in 3 v. / Ternopil: "Terno-graph", 2014, V. 3: М—Ш, S. 518. — ISBN 978-966-457-246-7.