Butsniv
Butsniv
Буцнів | |
|---|---|
 A view of Butsniv from the southeast | |
  Butsniv Location in Ternopil Oblast | |
| Coordinates: 49°28′42″N 25°33′58″E / 49.47833°N 25.56611°E | |
| Country |  Ukraine |
| Oblast |  Ternopil Oblast |
| Raion | Ternopil Raion |
| Hromada | Velyka Berezovytsia Hromada |
| Postal code | 47730 |
Butsniv (Ukrainian: Буцнів) is a village in Velyka Berezovytsia settlement hromada, Ternopil Raion, Ternopil Oblast, Ukraine.[1]
History[edit]
The first written mention is from 1464.[2]
Religion[edit]
- Church of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary (UGCC; 1744, brick, painted by K. Ustianovych in the 1880s; architectural monument of national importance), the church houses the miraculous Butsniv Icon of the Blessed Virgin Mary (18th century, restored in 2005)[2]
- Church of Saints Peter and Paul (OCU, former church, 1888, brick, architect Julian Zakharevych)[2]
Notable residents[edit]
- Bohdan Novosiadlyi (born 1956), Ukrainian journalist, publicist, local historian, editor[2]
The village was visited by writer, teacher, and folklorist Ivanna Blazhkevych, astronomer Ivan Klymyshyn, UGCC Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky, and others.[2]
In literature[edit]
Bohdan Novosyadlyi published two books: Butsniv – selo nad Seretom (1998) and Butsniv. Ekskurs u mynule na khvyliakh liubovi (2006).[2]
References[edit]
- ^ Великоберезовицька територіальна громада, Децентралізація
- ^ a b c d e f (in Ukrainian) Н. Новосядла, Б. Новосядлий, В. Уніят-Карпович, Буцнів // Ternopil region. History of cities and villages: in 3 v. / Ternopil: "Terno-graph", 2014, V. 3: М—Ш, S. 356–358. — ISBN 978-966-457-246-7.
Sources[edit]
- "Bucniów". Geographical Dictionary of the Kingdom of Poland (in Polish). 1. Warszawa: Kasa im. Józefa Mianowskiego. 1880. p. 433.
- "Bucniów". Geographical Dictionary of the Kingdom of Poland (in Polish). p. 254.