Kolyndiany (, ) 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 ...

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Chortkiv Raion Chortkiv Raion () is a raion in Ternopil Oblast in western Ukraine. Its capital (political), administrative center is the city of Chortkiv. It has a population of History In the Second Polish Republic, the area belonged to the County of Kopczync ...

Kolyndiany rural hromada Kolyndiany rural territorial hromada () is a hromada in Ukraine, in Chortkiv Raion of Ternopil Oblast. The administrative center is the village of Kolyndiany. Its population is History It was formed on 29 July 2015 by merging Kolyndiany, Velyki ...

History

The first written mention of the village was in 1481. In the XV century, the Stamenski nobles built a

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, which was rebuilt into a palace in 1840. From 29 July 2015, it has been the center of the

.ВВРУ, 2019, № 1, s. 36.

Religion

* Saint Nicholas church (OCU, brick, 1889) * Saint Nicholas church (UGCC, 2009) * Church (RCC, early XX century)

Chapels

* one on the site of the house where Yosyf Yosafat Bilan lived and worked * two chapels in honor of the Independence of Ukraine (1994, brick)

People from Kolyndiany

* Yosyf Bilan, priest of the UGCC, a Basilian, and a long-term prisoner of communist camps

References

{{Authority control Kolyndiany rural hromada Villages in Chortkiv Raion