Biliavyntsi

Biliavyntsi Білявинці
Coordinates: 49°09′01″N 25°22′2″E
Country	Ukraine
Oblast	Ternopil Oblast
Raion	Buchach Raion
Area
• Total	2,068 km2 (798 sq mi)
Population  (2001 census)
• Total	624
• Density	30,174/km2 (78,150/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+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.

External links

• Media related to Biliavyntsi at Wikimedia Commons