Losiach
Losiach (Ukrainian: Лосяч) is a village in Skala-Podilska settlement hromada, Chortkiv Raion, Ternopil Oblast, Ukraine.
History
Near the village, archaeological monuments of ancient Rus' culture were discovered, in particular, in 1877, archaeologist Adam Kirkor, who found a human skeleton with a bronze ring on his finger under a large stone slab.
The village has been known from 1540.
After the liquidation of the Borshchiv Raion on 19 July 2020, the village became part of the Chortkiv Raion.
Religion
- two stone churches of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross (1903, OCU; 2007, UGCC)
- St. Anthony's Church (1872, RCC)
References
- ^ Скала-Подільська територіальна громада, Децентралізація
- ^ (in Ukrainian) Мельничук Б., Мизак Н., Петраш Б., Івахів, Г., Лосяч // Ternopil region. History of cities and villages: in 3 v. / Ternopil: "Terno-graph", 2014, V. 1: А—В, S. 529—530. — ISBN 978-966-457-228-3.
- ^ Постанова Верховної Ради України від 17 липня 2020 року № 807-IX "Про утворення та ліквідацію районів"
Sources
- (in Ukrainian) Бігус М., Шишкевич, Г., Лосяч // Ternopil Encyclopedic Dictionary: in 4 v. / editorial board: H. Yavorskyi and other, Ternopil: "Zbruch", 2005, V. 2: К—О, S. 393. — ISBN 966-528-199-2.
- "Łosiacz, wś w pow. borszczowskim". Geographical Dictionary of the Kingdom of Poland (in Polish). 5. Warszawa: Kasa im. Józefa Mianowskiego. 1884. p. 731.
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