Zalishchyky, Buchach Raion

Mali Zalishchyky Малі Заліщики
Coordinates: 48°59′22″N 25°26′39″E / 48.98944°N 25.44417°E / 48.98944; 25.44417Coordinates: 48°59′22″N 25°26′39″E / 48.98944°N 25.44417°E / 48.98944; 25.44417
Country	Ukraine
Oblast	Ternopil Oblast
Raion	Buchach Raion
Area
• Total	1.550 km2 (0.598 sq mi)
Population (2003)
• Total	473
• Density	305.16/km2 (790.4/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code	48467
Area code(s)	+380 3544

Mali Zalishchyky (Ukrainian: Малі Заліщики) is a village in the Buchach Raion (district) of the Ternopil Oblast (province) in western Ukraine. Small river Yazlovchyk (left tributary of the river Vilhovets) flows near of the village. In the village 473 inhabitants lived on 2003.

History

First written mention comes from the 15th century. Then belonged to the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, from 1772 until 1918 to Austrian (Habsburg Monarchy, Austrian Empire, Austria-Hungary) empires, in 1918-1919 to West Ukrainian People's Republic. From 1991 belonged to Ukraine.

Reading room of Ukrainian society Prosvita operated in the village.

Attractions

• Church of St. George
• Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary
• Chapel
• Monument to soldiers of Ukrainian Insurgent Army

People

• Bohdan Vandiak, Ukrainian artist, poet
• Antoni Prochaska, Polish historian of Czech ansestry.

References

Sources

• (in Ukrainian) Б. Таняк, М. Філаченкова, Малі Заліщики // Ternopil Encyclopedic Dictionary: in 4 v. / editorial board: H. Yavorskyi and other, Ternopil: "Zbruch", 2005, V. 2: К—О, S. 447. — ISBN 966-528-199-2.

External links

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• (in Ukrainian) Заліщики
• Zalishchyky, google maps
• (in Polish) Zaleszczyki (4) Małe, wś, pow. buczacki in the Geographical Dictionary of the Kingdom of Poland, volume XIV (Worowo — Żyżyn) 1895, S. 347. (in Polish)