Dovzhanka, Ternopil Oblast Explained

Official Name:	Dovzhanka
Native Name:	Довжанка
Pushpin Map:	Ukraine Ternopil Oblast
Pushpin Map Caption:	Location in Ternopil Oblast
Subdivision Type:	Country
Subdivision Type1:	Oblast
Subdivision Name1:	Ternopil Oblast
Subdivision Type2:	Raion
Subdivision Name2:	Ternopil Raion
Subdivision Type3:	Hromada
Subdivision Name3:	Pidhorodne rural hromada
Timezone:	EET
Utc Offset:	+2
Timezone Dst:	EEST
Utc Offset Dst:	+3
Coordinates:	49.5653°N 25.4708°W
Postal Code Type:	Postal code
Postal Code:	47708

Dovzhanka (Ukrainian: Довжанка) is a village in Pidhorodne rural hromada, Ternopil Raion, Ternopil Oblast, Ukraine.^[1]

History

The first written mention of the village was in 1464.

Religion

• St. John the Baptist church (1795, brick, restored in 1996).

Notable residents

• Sofia Okunevska (1865–1926), Ukrainian physician, educator, feminist, and scholar. She the first female Doctor of Medicine and the first female physician in Austria-Hungary.

In the village, Petro Bilynskyi (1893–1896) and Ostap Nyzhankivskyi (1896–1897) pastored.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Підгороднянська територіальна громада . Децентралізація.