Bilokrynytsia () is a village in the Kremenets urban hromada of the

Kremenets Raion Kremenets Raion () is a raion (district) in Ternopil Oblast of western Ukraine. The administrative center is the city of Kremenets. Population: On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, the number of raions of Ternopil O ...

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 tribu ...

in Ukraine.

History

The first written mention of the village was in 1438.

Religion

* Saint John the Baptist church (1890, brick).

Monuments

* Bilokrynytsia Palace

Notable residents

The village was visited by

Taras Shevchenko Taras Hryhorovych Shevchenko (; ; 9 March 1814 – 10 March 1861) was a Ukrainian poet, writer, artist, public and political figure, folklorist, and ethnographer. He was a fellow of the Imperial Academy of Arts and a member of the Brotherhood o ...

Lesya Ukrainka Lesya Ukrainka (, ; born Larysa Petrivna Kosach, ; – ) was one of Ukrainian literature's foremost writers, best known for her poems and plays. She was also an active political, civil, and feminist activist. Among her best-known works are ...

, Tadeusz Stecki, and President of Ukraine

Leonid Kuchma Leonid Danylovych Kuchma (, ; born 9 August 1938) is a Ukrainian politician who was the second president of Ukraine, serving from 19 July 1994 to 23 January 2005. The only president of Ukraine to serve two terms, his presidency was marked by demo ...

. At the local cemetery, Ukrainian military journalist is buried.

References

Sources

* * Kremenets urban hromada Villages in Kremenets Raion {{Kremenets-geo-stub