Ulashkivtsi (Ukrainian: Улашківці; Polish: Ułaszkowce; Yiddish: לאַשקעוויץ, romanized: Lashkevitz; Hebrew: אולאשקובצה, romanized: 'Ulashkovtse) is a village located at the Seret River in Chortkiv Raion (district) of Ternopil Oblast (province in western Ukraine. It belongs to Nahirianka rural hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.[1] Pop. 1,423.
Names edit
Ulashkivtsi is also known as Ulaszkowce, Ulashkovtse, Ulashkovtsy, Ułaszkowce, and Ulaskowce. Its Austrian-Polish name was Leszkowitz (pronounced Leshkovitz).
History edit
First mentioned in 1464[2] the village belonged to the Kamieniec (Kamyanets-Podilskyi) county (powiat) in 16th century and was famous for the trade fairs being held there.
The Basilian Uniate monastery of John the Baptist was built there in early-18th century (sources give 1724[3] and 1738[4] as the foundation year.) The monastery holds two thaumaturgic icons: of the Most Holy Virgin and of John the Baptist.
There is also a unique geological monument of nature, archeology and history of the left bank of Middle Transnistria grotto of Saint Onuphrius.[5]
References edit
- ^ "Нагирянская громада" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.
- ^ Історія міст і сіл УРСР : Тернопільська область. – К. : ГРУРЕ, 1973 р. – 640 с.
- ^ Грушевський М.С. Історія України-Руси. – К. : 1994 р., т. 6, с. 268
- ^ *Volodymyr Kubiyovych; Zenon Kuzelia, Енциклопедія українознавства (Encyclopedia of Ukrainian studies), 3-volumes, Kiev, 1994, ISBN 5-7702-0554-7, Article Ulashkivtsi
- ^ Dobrianskyi, V. (2014). Про археологічно-спелеологічне обстеження в с. Улашківцях на Чортківщині // Матеріали XIV Подільської історико-краєзнавчої конференції (14-15 листопада 2014 року) [On the archaeological and speleological survey in the village of Ulashkivtsia in Chortkiv region // Proceedings of the 14th Podilian historical and local history conference (November 14-15, 2014)] (in Ukrainian). Kamianets-Podilsk: ФОП Сисин О.В. "Абетка". pp. 93–100.