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Biliavyntsi

Coordinates: 49°09′01″N 25°22′2″E / 49.15028°N 25.36722°E / 49.15028; 25.36722
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Biliavyntsi
Білявинці
Coordinates: 49°09′01″N 25°22′2″E / 49.15028°N 25.36722°E / 49.15028; 25.36722
Country Ukraine
Oblast Ternopil Oblast
RaionBuchach Raion
Area
 • Total2,068 km2 (798 sq mi)
Population
 • Total624
 • Density30,174/km2 (78,150/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code
48413
Area code+380 3544

Biliavyntsi (Ukrainian: Біля́винці) is a village in Buchach Raion (district) of Ternopil Oblast (province) in western Ukraine. The Strypa River flows through of the village. The population of the village was 624 in 2001.

History

First written mention comes from the 17th century. Then belonged to the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, from 1772 until 1918 to Austrian (Habsburg Monarchy, Austrian Empire, Austria-Hungary) empires, in 1918-1919 to West Ukrainian People's Republic. From 1991 belonged to Ukraine.

Reading room of Ukrainian society Prosvita operated in the village.

Solomiya Krushelnytska, one of the brightest soprano opera stars of the first half of the 20th century, was born in the village.

Attractions

Wooden bell tower
  • Church of St. Trinity (1909)
  • Chapel (1849)
  • Bell tower, wooden


Sources

  • (in Ukrainian) Б. Волинський, Білявинці // Ternopil Encyclopedic Dictionary: in 4 v. / editorial board: H. Yavorskyi and other, Ternopil: "Zbruch", 2004, V. 1: А—Й, S. 139. — ISBN 966-528-197-6.