Voloshchyna, Ternopil Oblast

Voloshchyna Волощина
Voloshchyna Location in Ternopil Oblast
Coordinates: 49°18′40″N 25°0′35″E
Country	Ukraine
Oblast	Ternopil Oblast
Raion	Ternopil Raion
Hromada	Saranchuky rural hromada
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code	47535

Voloshchyna (Ukrainian: Волощина) is a village in Saranchuky rural hromada, Ternopil Raion, Ternopil Oblast, Ukraine.[1]

History

The first written mention of the village was in 1420.[2]

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

Religion

Two churches: the Church of the Laying of the Robe of the Blessed Virgin Mary (1826, wooden) and St. Paraskevia (2005, brick).[2]

References

1. "Саранчуківська територіальна громада". Децентралізація.
2. (in Ukrainian) Савчук В., Федечко М., Волощина // Ternopil region. History of cities and villages: in 3 v. / Ternopil: "Terno-graph", 2014, V. 1: А—В, S. 375—376. — 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) Дем'янова І., Волощина // Ternopil Encyclopedic Dictionary: in 4 v. / editorial board: H. Yavorskyi and other, Ternopil: "Zbruch", 2004, V. 1: А—Й, S. 302. — ISBN 966-528-197-6.
• "Wołoszczyzna (pow. podhajecki)". Geographical Dictionary of the Kingdom of Poland (in Polish). 13. Warszawa: Kasa im. Józefa Mianowskiego. 1893. p. 897.