Denysiv () is a

village A village is a human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand. Although villages are often located in rural areas, the term urban v ...

in Kupchyntsi rural hromada,

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 ...

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 ...

Ukraine Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the List of European countries by area, second-largest country in Europe after Russia, which Russia–Ukraine border, borders it to the east and northeast. Ukraine also borders Belarus to the nor ...

History

The first mention of the village was recorded in the second half of the XVI century. After the liquidation of the

Kozova Raion Kozova Raion () was a raion (district) of Ternopil Oblast in western Ukraine. The administrative center was the town of Kozova. Its area was . The raion was abolished on 18 July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced ...

on 19 July 2020, the village became part of the Ternopil Raion.

Religion

* Saint Nicholas Church (1887; architect Rotter, painted in 1889-1890 by

Kornylo Ustiyanovych Kornylo Mykolaiovych Ustyianovych (Ukrainian: Корни́ло Микола́йович Устияно́вич; 22 September 1839, Vovkiv, Lviv Raion — 22 July 1903, , Drohobych Raion) was a Ukrainian painter, writer and folklorist. His paint ...

; restored in 1990)

Notable residents

Ivanna Blazhkevych Ivanna Omelyanivna Blazhkevych (9 October 1886 — 2 March 1977) was a Ukrainian children's writer, public figure, and educator. Early life and education Ivanna Blazhkevych, maiden surname Borodievych, was born on 9 October 1886 in the village ...

(1886–1977), Ukrainian writer, educator, publicist, ethnographer, folklorist, and public figure *

Anthony Hlynka Anthony Hlynka (May 28, 1907 – April 25, 1957) was a Canadian journalist, publisher, immigration activist and politician of Ukrainian descent. He represented Vegreville in the House of Commons of Canada from 1940 to 1949 as a member of the Soc ...

(1907–1957), Canadian journalist, publisher, immigration activist and politician of Ukrainian descend * Isydore Hlynka (1909–1983), Canadian biochemist, and Ukrainian Canadian community leader * Illia Kuziv (1874–1916), Ukrainian Greek Catholic priest, writer, translator, publicist, and folkloristКузів Ілля Степанович
Б. М. Савак, Енциклопедія Сучасної України �лектронний ресурс Редкол.: І. М. Дзюба, А. І. Жуковський, М. Г. Железняк �а ін.; НАН України, НТШ, К. : Інститут енциклопедичних досліджень НАН України, 2014. * Volodymyr Khoma (1930–2005), Ukrainian educator, local historian, literary critic, folklorist, writer * Bohdan Savak (born 1948), Ukrainian local historian, literary critic, and public figure The village was home to the conductor Fr. Yosyp Vitoshynskyi, and was also home to writers Tymotei Borduliak,

Iryna Vilde Daryna Polotniuk (née Makohon; ; 5 May 1907 – 30 October 1982), better known by her pen name Iryna Vilde (), was a Ukrainian and Soviet writer and correspondent. Vilde's works are now considered classics of Ukrainian literature. Childhood ...

, Volodymyr Hzhytskyi,

Volodymyr Hnatiuk Volodymyr Mykhailovych Hnatiuk (; 9 May 1871 – 6 October 1926) was a writer, literary scholar, translator, journalist, and one of the most influential and notable Ukrainian ethnographers. He was a close companion of Mykhailo Hrushevsky and Ivan ...

, Olha Duchymynska,

Bohdan Lepky Bohdan Teodor Nestor Sylvestrovych Lepky, (, 9 November 1872 – 21 July 1941) was a Ukrainian writer, poet, scholar, public figure, and artist. He was born on 9 November 1872, in the village of Kryvenke, in the same house where the Polish ...

Osyp Makovei Osyp Makovei (; 23 August 1867 – 21 August 1925) was a Ukrainian writer, critic, literary historian, publicist, translator, and educator. Biography Osyp Makovei was born on 23 August 1867 in Yavoriv, now in the Lviv Oblast of Ukraine. In 1887 ...

, Mykhailo Pavlyk,

Vasyl Stefanyk Vasyl Semenovych Stefanyk (; May 14, 1871 – December 7, 1936) was an influential Ukrainian modernist writer and political activist. He was a member of the Austrian parliament from 1908 to 1918. Biography Early years Vasyl Stefanyk was ...

Ivan Franko Ivan Yakovych Franko (, ; 27 August 1856 – 28 May 1916) was a Ukrainian poet, writer, social and literary critic, journalist, translator, economist, political activist, doctor of philosophy, ethnographer, and the author of the first d ...

, Andrii Chaikovskyi, Czech ethnographer and folklorist František Řehoř (1897), and other famous figures.

References

Kupchyntsi rural hromada Villages in Ternopil Raion Denysiv {{TernopilRaion-geo-stub