Ternopil
Ternopil, known until 1944 mostly as Tarnopol, is a city in western Ukraine, located on the banks of the Seret River. Ternopil is one of the major cities of Western Ukraine and the historical regions of Galicia and Podolia. The population of Ternopil was estimated at The city is the administrative center of Ternopil Oblast (region), as well as of surrounding Ternopil Raion (district) within the oblast. It hosts the administration of Ternopil urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. History The city was founded in 1540 by Polish commander and Hetman Jan Amor Tarnowski. Its Polish name, ''Tarnopol'', means 'Tarnowski's city' and stems from a combination of the founder's family name and the Greek term ''polis''. The city served as a military stronghold and castle protecting the eastern borders of Polish Kingdom from Tatar raids. On 15 April 1540, the King of Poland, Sigismund I the Old, in Kraków gave Tarnowski permission to establish Tarnopol, near Sopilc ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Ternopil Oblast
Ternopil Oblast (), also referred to as Ternopilshchyna () or Ternopillia (), is an Oblasts of Ukraine, oblast (province) of Ukraine. Its Capital (political), administrative center is Ternopil, through which flows the Seret (river), Seret, a tributary of the Dniester. Population: One of the natural wonders of the region are its cave complexes.Tell about Ukraine. Ternopil Oblast . 24 Kanal (youtube). Although Ternopil Oblast is among the smallest regions in Ukraine, over 100 caves have been discovered there. Scientists believe these are only 20% of all possible caves in the region. The biggest cave is Optymistychna Cave. Measuring in total length, it is the longest cave in Eurasia and the list of longest caves, fifth-longest in the world. [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Ternopil Raion
Ternopil Raion () is a raion in Ternopil Oblast, western Ukraine. Its administrative center is Ternopil. It has a population of On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, the number of raions of Ternopil Oblast was reduced to three, and the area of Ternopil Raion was significantly expanded. Six abolished raions, Berezhany, Kozova, Pidhaitsi, Pidvolochysk, Terebovlia, and Zboriv Raions, a part of one more abolished raion, Zbarazh Raion, as well as Berezhany Municipality and the city of Ternopil, which was previously incorporated as a city of oblast significance and did not belong to the raion, were merged into Ternopil Raion. The January 2020 estimate of the raion population was Subdivisions Current After the reform in July 2020, the raion consisted of 25 hromadas: * Baikivtsi rural hromada with the administration in the selo of Baikivtsi, retained from Ternopil Raion; * Bila rural hromada with the administration in the selo of Bila, retained f ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Ternopil Urban Hromada
Ternopil urban hromada () is a hromada of Ukraine, in Ternopil Raion of Ternopil Oblast. Its Capital (political), administrative center is Ternopil. Population: History The amalgamated hromada was created 14 November 2018 by uniting 5 rural councils — Kobzarivka (villages Kobzarivka, Vertelka), Kurivtsi (village Kurivtsi), Malashivtsi (villages Malashivtsi, Ivankivtsi) and Chernykhiv (villages Chernykhiv, Hliadky, Pleskivtsi) of Zboriv Raion with Ternopil city council (city of regional significance). On 7 February 2020, by the decision of the session of the Ternopil City Council, another community of Zboriv Raion was added to the Ternopil Hromada — Horodyshche Rural Council (v. Horodyshche and Nosivtsi). Ternopil became first among all regional (oblast) administrative centers that created amalgamated hromada. Until 18 July 2020, Ternopil was designated as a City of regional significance (Ukraine), city of oblast significance. As part of the administrative reform of Ukrai ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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List Of Cities In Ukraine
There are 463 populated places in Ukraine, populated places in Ukraine that have been officially granted city status () by the Verkhovna Rada, the country's parliament, as of 23 April 2025. Settlements with more than 10,000 people are eligible for city status although the status is typically also granted to settlements of historical or regional importance. Smaller settlements are Populated places in Ukraine#Rural settlements, rural settlements () and villages (). Historically, there were systems of city rights, granted by the territorial lords, which defined the status of a place as a ''misto'' or ''selo''. In the past, cities were self-governing and had several privileges. The list of cities is roughly ordered by population and the 2022 estimates are compared to the 2001 Ukrainian census, except for Chernobyl for which the population is an unofficial estimate. The City with special status, cities with special status are shown in ''italic''. The average population size is 62,000. ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Serhiy Nadal
Serhiy Vitaliiovych Nadal (; born 1 January 1975) is a Ukrainian politician. He is the mayor of Ternopil and head of Ternopil urban hromada in western Ukraine. A member of the Svoboda party, Nadal has been mayor since 2010. Nadal's 2010 election was the first mayoral election won by Svoboda. Biography Serhiy Nadal was born on January 1, 1975, in the city of Ternopil. In 1991, he graduated from Ternopil Secondary School No. 17. From 1991, he studied at the Ternopil Commercial Institute, graduating in 1995 with a degree in economics and production management. In 1994, while still a student, he began working at the local tax office. He started as a tax inspector and became the head of a department at the State Tax Administration, a position he held until 2005. He also led a division from 2005 to 2007. In 1997, he graduated from the Ternopil Academy of National Economy with a degree in accounting and auditing. In 2001, he completed his studies at the West Ukrainian National Un ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Ternopil Castle
The Ternopil Castle (, ) is a stronghold which gave birth to the city of Ternopil. It was built in the 16th century to protect the southern border of the Kingdom of Poland and the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. The castle originated as the residence of a Polish nobleman, Jan Amor Tarnowski, in 1540. Construction works (1540–1548) on the marshy bank of the Seret River were authorized by King Sigismund the Old. The castle, around which the modern town has developed, was encircled by a wooden fence and a deep moat. The latter was connected in 1548 to the castle pond (see Ternopil Pond). History Construction King Sigismund granted land ownership and rights erecting the castle to the great Polish Crown Hetman, Jan Tarnowski. Concurrently in the valley of Seret river a levee and dam with a bridge crossing were constructed, resulting in the stream pooling, thus filling a new lake. Out from the north the castle and the city was protected by the Rudka river harboring a bo ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Cathedral Of The Immaculate Conception Of The Blessed Virgin Mary, Ternopil
Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary, formerly Dominican Church, is a Ukrainian Greek Catholic Cathedral in Ternopil, Ukraine overseen by the Ternopil–Zboriv Archdiocese. Built in the middle of the 18th century in a Late-Baroque-style, the cathedral is one of the defining sights of the city of Ternopil. History The church was designed by August Moszyński (for a long time it was mistakenly imputed to Jan de Witte). The interior was painted by Stanisław Stroiński, while the fresco of sideload naves by Józef Chojnicki. Sculptures were completed by Sebastian Fesinger. The construction of the Roman Catholic Church started in 1749, on the place where an Old Ruthenian church once used to stand, and finished thirty years later. The first name held by the cathedral was Roman Catholic Church of St. Vincent Ferrer. As soon as the building was completed, then master of Ternopil, Polish magnate Józef Potocki handed the Church to the Dominican Order. Th ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Svoboda (political Party)
The All-Ukrainian Union "Freedom" (), commonly known as V.O. Svoboda or simply Svoboda, political party in Ukraine. It has been led by Oleh Tyahnybok since 2004. Its predecessor, the Social-National Party of Ukraine (SNPU) formed and officially registered as a political party in October 1995. The SNPU was characterized as a radical right-wing populist party that combined elements of ethnic ultranationalism and anti-communism. During the 1990s, it was accused of neo-Nazism due to the party's recruitment of skinheads and usage of neo-Nazi symbols.Andrusechko, P. Road of Tyahnybok towards Freedom'. "Ukrayinsky zhurnal". Poznan, May 2009 Tyahnybok was elected in 2004 as the president of the party and shortly after he made efforts to moderate the party's image by changing the party's name and symbols and expelling neo-Nazi and neofascist groups. Although Tyahnybok expelled neofascist groups, Svoboda never abandoned ethnic ultranationalist views and he reaffirmed the party's c ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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List Of Mayors Of Ternopil
The following is a list of mayors of the city of Ternopil, Ukraine. It includes positions equivalent to mayor, such as chairperson of the city council's executive committee. Mayors Austrian Partition * Mikołaj Kniaziołucki, 1816–1826) * , 1827-1844 * Antoni Dziamski, 1845-1849 * Sylwester Drzemalik, 1850-1853 * Waldemar Mandl, 1855-1868 * Raymond Schmidt, 1868-1972 * Leon Kozminski, 1872-1892 * Bolesław Studziński, 1892-1894 * , 1894-1896 * , 1896-1903 * , 1903-1909 * Stanisław Mandl, 1909–1910, 1912–1915, 1917–1918 * Czesław Trembałowicz, 1910-1912 * , 1915-1917 West Ukrainian People's Republic * , 1918-1919 Second Republic * , 1920-1926 * , 1926-1927 * , 1928 * Kazimierz Choliński, 1929 * , 1929 * Włodzimierz Lenkiewicz, 1929-1934 * , 1934-1939 Ukraine * , 1990-1998 * , 1998-2002 * Bohdan Levkiv, 2002-2006 * , 2006-2010 * Serhiy Nadal, 2010- See also * Ternopil history * History of Ternopil, in Ukrainian References {{DEFAULTSORT:Mayors of Ter ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Oblasts Of Ukraine
An oblast (, ; ), sometimes translated as region or province, is the main type of first-level administrative divisions of Ukraine, administrative division of Ukraine. The country's territory is divided into 24 oblasts, as well as one Autonomous republic of Ukraine, autonomous republic and two City with special status, cities with special status. As Ukraine is a unitary state, oblasts do not have much legal scope of competence other than that which is established in the Constitution of Ukraine, Ukrainian Constitution and devolved by law. Articles 140–146 of s:Constitution of Ukraine#Chapter IX: Territorial Structure of Ukraine, Chapter XI of the constitution deal directly with local authorities and their competence. Oblasts are divided into Raions of Ukraine, raions, with each oblast having between three and eight raions following the Raions of Ukraine#July 2020 reform, July 2020 reform. General characteristics In Ukraine, the term ''oblast'' denotes a primary administrative ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Western Ukraine
Western Ukraine or West Ukraine (, ) refers to the western territories of Ukraine. There is no universally accepted definition of the territory's boundaries, but the contemporary Ukrainian administrative regions ( oblasts) of Chernivtsi, Ivano-Frankivsk, Lviv, Ternopil and Zakarpattia (which were part of the former Austro-Hungarian Empire) are typically included. In addition, Volyn and Rivne oblasts (parts of the territory annexed from the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth during its Third Partition) are also usually included. In modern sources, Khmelnytskyi Oblast is often included because of its geographical, linguistic and cultural association with Western Ukraine, although this can not be confirmed from a historical and political point of view. It includes several historical regions such as Carpathian Ruthenia, Halychyna including Pokuttia (the eastern portion of Eastern Galicia), most of Volhynia, northern Bukovina and the Hertsa region, and Podolia. Western Ukraine ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Administrative Divisions Of Ukraine
The administrative divisions of Ukraine ( ) are under the jurisdiction of the Constitution of Ukraine, Ukrainian Constitution. Ukraine is a unitary state with three levels of administrative divisions: 27 regions (24 Oblasts of Ukraine, oblasts, two City with special status, cities with special status and one Autonomous Republic of Crimea, autonomous republic), 136 raions of Ukraine, raions (districts) and 1469 hromadas. The administrative reform of July 2020 merged most of the 490 legacy raions and 118 pre-2020 City of regional significance (Ukraine), cities of regional significance into 136 reorganized raions, or districts of Ukraine. The next level below raions are hromadas. Following the annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation, annexations of Crimea and Annexation of southeastern Ukraine by the Russian Federation, southeastern Ukraine by the Russian Federation, Autonomous Republic of Crimea and Sevastopol as well as portions of Donetsk Oblast, Donetsk, Kherson Oblast ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |