Bilyi Potik, Ternopil Oblast Explained

Official Name:	Bilyi Potik
Native Name:	Білий Потік
Pushpin Map:	Ukraine Ternopil Oblast
Pushpin Map Caption:	Location in Ternopil Oblast
Subdivision Type:	Country
Subdivision Type1:	Oblast
Subdivision Type2:	Raion
Subdivision Name2:	Chortkiv Raion
Subdivision Type3:	Hromada
Subdivision Name3:	Bilobozhnytsia Hromada
Population As Of:	2018
Population Total:	262^[1]
Timezone:	EET
Utc Offset:	+2
Timezone Dst:	EEST
Utc Offset Dst:	+3
Coordinates:	49.0767°N 25.6775°W
Postal Code Type:	Postal code
Postal Code:	48577

Bilyi Potik (Ukrainian: Білий Потік, Polish: Biały Potok) is a village in Ukraine, Ternopil Oblast, Chortkiv Raion, Bilobozhnytsia rural hromada.

History

The first written mention is from 1564.

Since 4 September 2015, they have belonged to the Bilobozhnytsia rural hromada.^[2]

Religion

• Church of the Intercession (1805, stone, OCU)
• Church of Our Lady of Czestochowa (1933, built of red stone, RCC)

People from Bilyi Potik

• Ivan Ziubrak (?—1923), Ukrainian public figure (Canada)
• Vasyl-Yakiv Kapustynskyi (1998—2023), Ukrainian soldier, actor, public figure, participant in the Russian-Ukrainian war
• Mykhailo Kotsulym (1886—1962), Ukrainian one of the first Ukrainian settlers in Canada, an educator

Notes and References

1. Web site: Відповідь Чортківської РДА на інформаційний запит №01-1026 від 9 липня 2018 року . 2019-01-04 . 2018-08-23 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180823210311/https://dostup.detector.media/request/36332/response/79562/attach/4/.docx .
2. ВВРУ, 2015, № 43, стор. 2202