Butsniv Explained

Official Name:	Butsniv
Native Name:	Буцнів
Pushpin Map:	Ukraine Ternopil Oblast
Pushpin Map Caption:	Location in Ternopil Oblast
Subdivision Type:	Country
Subdivision Type1:	Oblast
Subdivision Type2:	Raion
Subdivision Name2:	Ternopil Raion
Subdivision Type3:	Hromada
Subdivision Name3:	Velyka Berezovytsia Hromada
Coordinates:	49.4783°N 25.5661°W
Postal Code Type:	Postal code
Postal Code:	47730

Butsniv (Ukrainian: Буцнів) is a village in Velyka Berezovytsia settlement hromada, Ternopil Raion, Ternopil Oblast, Ukraine.^[1]

History

The first written mention is from 1464.

Religion

• Church of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary (UGCC; 1744, brick, painted by K. Ustianovych in the 1880s; architectural monument of national importance), the church houses the miraculous Butsniv Icon of the Blessed Virgin Mary (18th century, restored in 2005)
• Church of Saints Peter and Paul (OCU, former church, 1888, brick, architect Julian Zakharevych)

Notable residents

• Bohdan Novosiadlyi (born 1956), Ukrainian journalist, publicist, local historian, editor

The village was visited by writer, teacher, and folklorist Ivanna Blazhkevych, astronomer Ivan Klymyshyn, UGCC Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky, and others.

In literature

Bohdan Novosyadlyi published two books: Butsniv – selo nad Seretom (1998) and Butsniv. Ekskurs u mynule na khvyliakh liubovi (2006).

Notes and References

1. https://decentralization.gov.ua/newgromada/4592/composition Великоберезовицька територіальна громада