Ulashkivtsi

Ulashkivtsi (Ukrainian: Улашківці; Polish: Ułaszkowce; Yiddish: לאַשקעוויץ‎, romanized: Lashkevitz; Hebrew: אולאשקובצה‎, romanized: 'Ulashkovtse) is a village located at the Seret River in the Chortkiv Raion (district) of the Ternopil Oblast (province in western Ukraine. Pop. 1,423.

Ternopil Oblast is located in Ukraine.

Names

Ulashkivtsi is also known as Ulaszkowce, Ulashkovtse, Ulashkovtsy, Ułaszkowce, and Ulaskowce. Its Austrian-Polish name was Leszkowitz (pronounced Leshkovitz).

History

First mentioned in 1464[1] 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[2] and 1738[3] as the foundation year.) The monastery holds two thaumaturgic icons: of the Most Holy Virgin and of John the Baptist.

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References
  1. Історія міст і сіл УРСР : Тернопільська область. – К. : ГРУРЕ, 1973 р. – 640 с.
  2. 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


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