Polivtsi, Ternopil Oblast Explained
| Official Name: | Polivtsi |
| Native Name: | Полівці |
| 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 |
| Timezone: | EET |
| Utc Offset: | +2 |
| Timezone Dst: | EEST |
| Utc Offset Dst: | +3 |
| Coordinates: | 49.005°N 25.58°W |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Postal Code: | 48531 |
Polivtsi (Ukrainian: Полівці) is a village in Ukraine, Ternopil Oblast, Chortkiv Raion, Bilobozhnytsia rural hromada.[1]
History
The first written mention dates from 1536.
Religion
- Saint Nicholas church (OCU, 1884)
- Saint Nicholas church (UGCC, converted from the RCC church in 2000)
People
- Myroslav Motiuk (born 1950), Ukrainian doctor, lawyer, businessman, public figure
- Isydor Nahaievskyi (1908-1989), participant of the national liberation struggle, leading specialist in the manufacture of missile weapons in the US Department of Defense, dean of New York University, author of scientific works
- Vasyl Pohoretskyi (born 1954), Ukrainian publicist, writer, Doctor of Theology and Candidate of Historical Sciences
- Volodymyr Pohoretskyi (born 1967), Ukrainian writer, editor, public figure
- Nestor Chyr (1938–2014), Ukrainian poet, publicist, oilman (resettled in 1945 with his family to Ternopil Oblast during the deportation of Ukrainians from Poland and Poles from Ukraine)
Notes and References
- https://decentralization.gov.ua/newgromada/4586 Білобожницька територіальна громада
