Zbruch River
The Zbruch (; ) is a river in Western Ukraine, a left tributary of the Dniester.Збруч
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 ...
in western
Ukraine
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. It belongs to
Skoryky rural hromada
Skoryky rural territorial hromada () is a hromada in Ukraine, in Ternopil Raion of Ternopil Oblast. The administrative center is the village of Skoryky, Ternopil Oblast, Skoryky. It was established on 29 July 2015.
Settlements
The hromada consis ...
, one of the
hromada
In Ukraine, a hromada () is the main type of municipality and the third level Administrative divisions of Ukraine, local self-government in Ukraine. The current hromadas were established by the Cabinet of ministers of Ukraine, Government of Uk ...
s of Ukraine.
History
There are ruins that date back to the time of
Kievan Rus'
Kievan Rus', also known as Kyivan Rus,.
* was the first East Slavs, East Slavic state and later an amalgam of principalities in Eastern Europe from the late 9th to the mid-13th century.John Channon & Robert Hudson, ''Penguin Historical At ...
but the first written record of the village is not until 30 March 1430. The
castle
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was built in the late 16th century by Janusz Zbaraski (1553-1608),
voivode of Bracław
Voivode ( ), also spelled voivod, voievod or voevod and also known as vaivode ( ), voivoda, vojvoda, vaivada or wojewoda, is a title denoting a military leader or warlord in Central Europe, Central, Southeastern Europe, Southeastern and Easter ...
and according to legend
Jeremi Wiśniowiecki
Prince Jeremi Michał Korybut Wiśniowiecki, nicknamed ''Hammer on the Cossacks'' (), was a notable member of the aristocracy of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, Prince of Vyshnivets, Lubny and Khorol in the Crown of the Kingdom of Pola ...
, "Hammer of the Cossacks" spent his childhood there.
The river made a natural border between the Habsburg empire and Poland, the village began the 20th century under Habsburg control but then became part of Poland.
There was a Polish Catholic Church but it was demolished in Soviet times. The sizeable Jewish population was lost in the Holocaust.
Until 18 July 2020, Toky belonged to
Pidvolochysk Raion
Pidvolochysk Raion () was a raion (district) in Ternopil Oblast in western Ukraine. Its capital (political), administrative center was the urban-type settlement of Pidvolochysk. The raion was abolished on 18 July 2020 as part of the administrative ...
. The raion was abolished in July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Ternopil Oblast to three. The area of Pidvolochysk Raion was merged into Ternopil Raion.
Notable people
* (1935–1988), Ukrainian ceramic artist, painter, graphic artist
* Antin Maliutsa (1908–1970), Ukrainian graphic artist, painter, art historian, bandura player
*
Władysław Rubin
Władysław Rubin (20 September 1917 – 28 November 1990) was a Polish cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church who served as Prefect of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches from 1980 to 1985, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1979. ...
(1917–1990), Roman Catholic cardinal was born and spent his childhood in the village