Zelena, Buchach Raion

Zelena
Зелена
Coordinates: 49°07′17″N 25°23′46″E / 49.12139°N 25.39611°E / 49.12139; 25.39611Coordinates: 49°07′17″N 25°23′46″E / 49.12139°N 25.39611°E / 49.12139; 25.39611
Country  Ukraine
Oblast  Ternopil Oblast
Raion Buchach Raion
Area
 • Total 1.401 km2 (0.541 sq mi)
Population (2001 census)
 • Total 688
 • Density 491.08/km2 (1,271.9/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code 48476
Area code(s) +380 3544

Zelena (Ukrainian: Зелена, Polish: Browary) is a village in the Buchach Raion (district) of the Ternopil Oblast (province) in western Ukraine. Strypa River (left tributary of the Dniester river) flows near of the village.

History

First written mention comes from the early 18th 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 the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary (1882, reconcstr. 1990)
  • Chapel
  • Statue of the Holy Virgin Mary
  • Memory Cross after the abolition of serfdom
  • Monument to the fallen in the German-Soviet War soldiers villagers (1968)

People

  • pr. Vasyl (Limnychenko)
  • pr. Yuliian (Dobrylovs'kyi)
  • Petro Gadz, hero of Ukraine.

References

    Sources

    • (in Ukrainian) Н. Бойко, Г. Яворський, Зелена // Ternopil Encyclopedic Dictionary: in 4 v. / editorial board: H. Yavorskyi and other, Ternopil: "Zbruch", 2004, V. 1: А—Й, S. 646. — ISBN 966-528-197-6.
    • (in Polish) Zielona, 3, ws, pow. buczacki in the Geographical Dictionary of the Kingdom of Poland, volume XIV (Worowo — Żyżyn) 1895, S. 597. (in Polish)

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