Strusiv () is a small village located in
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 ...
of
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 western Ukraine.
History
Strusiv was founded in 1434. In the first half of the 17th century, the village was owned by the Strus family of the
Korczak coat of arms, including
Mikołaj Struś
Mikołaj Struś (1577–1627) (Korczak coat of arms) was a Colonel of the Polish Army, a starosta and commandant of the Polish garrison in the occupied Moscow Kremlin. He was the last known member of the Strus family of Komarow-Osada. His father w ...
, commander of the Polish troops in the
Moscow Kremlin
The Moscow Kremlin (also the Kremlin) is a fortified complex in Moscow, Russia. Located in the centre of the country's capital city, the Moscow Kremlin comprises five palaces, four cathedrals, and the enclosing Kremlin Wall along with the K ...
.
During the Second Republic of Poland, Strusiv was the seat of the rural commune of Strusów in the Trembowelski poviat in the
Tarnopol Voivodeship
Tarnopol Voivodeship (; ) was an administrative region of Second Polish Republic, interwar Poland (1918–1939), created on 23 December 1920, with an area of 16,500 km2 and provincial capital in Tarnopol (now ''Ternopil'', Ukraine). The Voi ...
. In 1921, it had 2,412 inhabitants.
[Wg publikacji: ''Skorowidz miejscowości Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej - Tom XV - Województwo Tarnopolskie'', Główny Urząd Statystyczny Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej, Warszawa 1923]
In the village there is a monument to
Stepan Bandera
Stepan Andriyovych Bandera (, ; ; 1 January 1909 – 15 October 1959) was a Ukrainian far-right leader of the radical militant wing of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists, the OUN-B.
Bandera was born in Austria-Hungary, in Galicia (Eas ...
, built in 2009 at the initiative of Ukrainian local authorities.
Until 18 July 2020, Strusiv belonged to
Terebovlia Raion. The raion was abolished in July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions in Ternopil Oblast to three. The area of Terebovlia Raion was merged into Ternopil Raion.
Monuments
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Strusiv Castle
References
External links
{{Mykulyntsi settlement hromada
Mykulyntsi settlement hromada
Villages in Ternopil Raion