Kachanivka, Ternopil Oblast
Kachanivka (Ukrainian: Качанівка) is a village in Pidvolochysk settlement hromada, Ternopil Raion, Ternopil Oblast, Ukraine.
History
The first written mention of the village was in 1546.
After the liquidation of the Pidvolochysk Raion on 19 July 2020, the village became part of the Ternopil Raion.
Religion
- St. Michael church (1863, brick, OCU and UGCC),
- St. Michael church (1798, reconstructed in 1920 and 1991, RCC).
Notable residents
- Casimir Zeglen (1869–1910), Polish Catholic priest who invented a silk bulletproof vest in the late 19th century
The composer, conductor, and public figure Ostap Nyzhankivskyi served as the village's parish priest; in 1898 and 1913 Ivan Franko visited the village.
References
- ^ "Підволочиська територіальна громада". Децентралізація.
- ^ (in Ukrainian) Петраш Б., Уніят В., Качанівка // Ternopil region. History of cities and villages: in 3 v. / Ternopil: "Terno-graph", 2014, V. 3: М—Ш, S. 116—1117. — ISBN 978-966-457-246-7.
- ^ Постанова Верховної Ради України від 17 липня 2020 року № 807-IX "Про утворення та ліквідацію районів"
Sources
- (in Ukrainian) Гаврилюк О., о. Шаварин М., Качанівка // Ternopil Encyclopedic Dictionary: in 4 v. / editorial board: H. Yavorskyi and other, Ternopil: "Zbruch", 2008, V. 3: П—Я, S. 56. — ISBN 978-966-528-279-2.
- "Kaczanówka, pow. skałacki". Geographical Dictionary of the Kingdom of Poland (in Polish). 3. Warszawa: Kasa im. Józefa Mianowskiego. 1882. p. 653.
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