Rai, Ternopil Oblast

Rai Рай
Rai Location in Ternopil Oblast
Coordinates: 49°25′50″N 24°54′34″E
Country	Ukraine
Oblast	Ternopil Oblast
Raion	Ternopil Raion
Hromada	Berezhany urban hromada
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code	47506

Rai (Ukrainian: Рай) is a village in Berezhany urban hromada, Ternopil Raion, Ternopil Oblast, Ukraine.[1]

The village has a park and a palace.[2]

History

It has been known from 1540 as the hunting chambers of the nobleman A. Syniavskyi.[2]

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

Religion

• Church of the Intercession (1878, brick, UGCC),
• Monastery of the Blessed Martyr Mykola Charnetskyi (UGCC).

References

1. Бережанська територіальна громада, Децентралізація
2. (in Ukrainian) Лугова О., Мельничук Б., Рай // Ternopil region. History of cities and villages: in 3 v. / Ternopil: "Terno-graph", 2014, V. 1: А—В, S. 427—428. — ISBN 978-966-457-228-3.
3. Постанова Верховної Ради України від 17 липня 2020 року № 807-IX "Про утворення та ліквідацію районів"

Sources

• (in Ukrainian) Хаварівський Б., Рай // Ternopil Encyclopedic Dictionary: in 4 v. / editorial board: H. Yavorskyi and other, Ternopil: "Zbruch", 2008, V. 3: П—Я, S. 167. — ISBN 978-966-528-279-2.
• "Raj". Geographical Dictionary of the Kingdom of Poland (in Polish). 9. Warszawa: Kasa im. Józefa Mianowskiego. 1888. p. 492.