Zarubyntsi (Ukrainian: ''Зарубинці'', Polish: ''Zarubińce'') is a small village in

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(formerly in

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), situated 6–7 km from

Zbarazh Zbarazh (, ; ; ) is a small city in Ternopil Raion, Ternopil Oblast, western Ukraine. It is located in the historic region of Galicia (Central Europe), Galicia. Zbarazh hosts the administration of Zbarazh urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukr ...

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 ...

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. Population 653, cens 2001. It is the constituent village of the

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parish of Zarubyntsi, in the deanery of

and it belongs to the

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parish of Opryłowce. Zarubyntsi belongs to

Zbarazh urban hromada Zbarazh urban territorial hromada () is a hromada in Ukraine, in Ternopil Raion of Ternopil Oblast. The administrative center is the city of Zbarazh. Its population is Settlements The hromada consists of 1 city (Zbarazh Zbarazh (, ; ; ) is a ...

, one of the

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s of Ukraine.

History

In 1890 its total area was 657 Wlóka (One Wloka being 30

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– which was generally considered enough for 1 family; 1 morg being approximately 1.422 acres) under cultivation, 63 meadows and gardens, 10 pastures, and 233 Morg of woodlands. In 1890 there were also 75 houses, with 485 residents in the township with another 28 houses, occupied by 77 people situated on the estate. Of these, 431 were Greek Catholic, 121 Roman Catholic, and 10

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. 431 villagers were

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, 121

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and 10 were

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. In 1929, there existed one major land owner, a distillery, a stone quarry, a cart/wheelwright, a blacksmith, a tailors, a mill, an oil merchant, and a cobbler. The distillery still exists; currently named “Zarubyntsi Spirits Distillery”. There were also a few cooperatives including “Kólko Rolnicze” from which people could hire agricultural machinery as well as Buducznist and Pomiczt. The nearest amenities including post office, railway, and medic were all situated in Zbaraż. Isaak Altstädter was the largest proprietor in the village owning the majority of the industry as well as the manorial estate. In 1944 after the redrawing of European boundaries, Zarubyntsi became part of the

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, and after the break-up of the Soviet Union part of the independent

. Until 18 July 2020, Zarubyntsi belonged to

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

. 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 Zbarazh Raion was split between

Kremenets Kremenets (, ; ; ) is a city in Ternopil Oblast, western Ukraine. It is the administrative center of the Kremenets Raion, and lies north-east of the Pochaiv Lavra. The city is situated in the historic region of Volhynia and features the 12th-c ...

and Ternopil Raions, with Zarubyntsi being transferred to Ternopil Raion.

References

Sources

* Slownik Geograficzny

* 1929 Polish business directory

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