Zboriv (, ; ; ; ) is a small
city
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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 ...
,
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 ...
, western
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 ...
. It is located in the historical region of
Galicia. The local government is administered by Zboriv City Council. Zboriv hosts the administration of
Zboriv urban hromada, 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.
Population:
The town (located northwest of
Ternopil
Ternopil, known until 1944 mostly as Tarnopol, is a city in western Ukraine, located on the banks of the Seret River. Ternopil is one of the major cities of Western Ukraine and the historical regions of Galicia and Podolia. The populatio ...
, and southeast of
Lviv
Lviv ( or ; ; ; see #Names and symbols, below for other names) is the largest city in western Ukraine, as well as the List of cities in Ukraine, fifth-largest city in Ukraine, with a population of It serves as the administrative centre of ...
) lies on the
Strypa River ().
History
It was mentioned for the first time in a document from 1166. In 1241, during the
Mongol invasion of Europe
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, it was ransacked and destroyed. In 1639, Zboriv was granted city rights. Its present name comes from a noble Polish family of
Zborowscy. Ten years later, Zboriv was besieged by the Tartar-Cossack armies during the
Khmelnytsky Uprising
The Khmelnytsky Uprising, also known as the Cossack–Polish War, Khmelnytsky insurrection, or the National Liberation War, was a Cossack uprisings, Cossack rebellion that took place between 1648 and 1657 in the eastern territories of the Poli ...
.
In 1913, Zboriv had about 6000 inhabitants, including 2400 Ukrainians, 1300 Poles and 2300 Jews. During
World War I
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, the town's vicinity was the site of heavy fighting between the Czechoslovak legionnaires and the Austrian Army (June 1917,
Battle of Zborov). After the Polish-Ukrainian war 1918-1919, it became part of Poland and was the seat of a
of the
Tarnopol Voivodeship.
In 1941, during
World War II
World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ...
, Zboriv was the site of a mass murder conducted by Germans of the
Einsatzgruppen
(, ; also 'task forces') were (SS) paramilitary death squads of Nazi Germany that were responsible for mass murder, primarily by shooting, during World War II (1939–1945) in German-occupied Europe. The had an integral role in the imp ...
, along with local Ukrainians. Information about the Jewish community destroyed during the Holocaust can be found in a Yizko
bookpublished by Jews who fled Zborow and survived the Holocaust.
The town was completely destroyed in the summer of 1944 due to the Soviet offensive. Under Soviet rule (1944–1991), Zboriv was rebuilt and redeveloped. Construction plant and a small food processing factory were built in the 1960s. A significant part of the local budget relied on agriculture and governmental subsidies. The state farm in Zboriv was one of the best in the region. In the 1980s, the town became the object of serious governmental investments. Among these few new town improvements were built, like: cinema, agricultural market, new secondary school, waterbike lake station, football stadium, a city hall and a culture hall.
After the collapse of the Soviet Union, the local economy experienced a deep downturn. During the 1990s (until present time) as a result of economic decline many working-age people emigrated - mostly as a low-skilled labourers in Western Europe or Russia. Nowadays, in spite of the unfavorable conditions, the younger generation is less likely to quit and prefer to commute daily to work in the larger cities Ternopil and Lviv, which offer wider job opportunities.
Until 18 July 2020, Zboriv was the administrative center of
Zboriv Raion. 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 Zboriv Raion was merged into Ternopil Raion.
Gallery
File:Церква.Зборів1.jpg, Church of New Martyrs of Ukrainian People (Orthodox)
File:Прокатедра Зборів,.jpg, Transfiguration Church (Catholic)
File:Зборівський коледж.jpg, College
File:Пам'ятник Хмельницькому у Зборові.jpg, Bohdan Khmelnytskyi monument
File:Zborów.Monument Poległym za Ojczyzne.jpg, Polish-Soviet War monument
Notable people
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Raphael Zaborovsky (1677–1747), Russian Orthodox bishop
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Mykola Skorodynskyi (1751–1805), Ukrainian Greek Catholic hierarch
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Milena Rudnytska (1892–1976), Ukrainian educator, women's activist, politician and writer
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Roman Pokora (1948–2021), Ukrainian football player
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Volodymyr Shandra
Volodymyr Mykolajovych Shandra () is a Ukrainian politician and former Governor of Kyiv Oblast.[Kyiv Oblast
Kyiv Oblast (, ), also called Kyivshchyna (, ), is an Administrative divisions of Ukraine, oblast (province) in central and northern Ukraine. It surrounds, but does not include, the city of Kyiv, which is administered as a city with special sta ...]
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Ihor Kurylo
Ihor Mykhaylovych Kurylo (; born 3 May 1993) is a Ukrainian professional Association football, footballer who plays as a Defender (association football), defender for FC Metalist 1925 Kharkiv, Metalist 1925 Kharkiv.
Club career
He began playin ...
(born 1993), Ukrainian football player
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Sviatoslav Dziadykevych (born 1995), Ukrainian football player
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Ivan Kohut (born 1998), Ukrainian football player
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Mykola Kohut (born 1998), Ukrainian football player
See also
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Battle of Zboriv (1649)
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Treaty of Zboriv (1649)
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Battle of Zboriv (1917)
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Einsatzgruppen
(, ; also 'task forces') were (SS) paramilitary death squads of Nazi Germany that were responsible for mass murder, primarily by shooting, during World War II (1939–1945) in German-occupied Europe. The had an integral role in the imp ...
References
External links
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Zboriv urban hromada
Cities in Ternopil Oblast
Strypa
Holocaust locations in Ukraine