Rosokhach, Ternopil Oblast Explained
| Rosokhach |
| Native Name: | Росохач |
| Native Name Lang: | uk |
| Settlement Type: | village |
| Pushpin Map: | Ukraine#Ukraine Ternopil Oblast |
| Pushpin Label Position: | inline,title |
| Coordinates: | 48.9536°N 25.8139°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Name2: | Chortkiv Raion |
| Established Title: | Established |
| Established Date: | 1785 |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Area Total Km2: | 3.263 |
| Elevation Footnotes: | /(average value of) |
| Elevation M: | 207 |
| Population Total: | 1947 |
| Population Density Km2: | 596.69 |
| Timezone: | EET |
| Utc Offset: | +2 |
| Timezone Dst: | EEST |
| Utc Offset Dst: | +3 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Postal Code: | 48560 |
| Area Code Type: | Area code |
| Area Code: | +380 3552 |
| Website: | село Росохач, райцентр Чортків (Ukrainian) |
Rosokhach (Ukrainian: Росо́хач) is a village situated in Chortkiv Raion (district) of Ternopil Oblast (province) in western Ukraine. It belongs to Chortkiv urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.[1] The village has 1947 inhabitants and local government is administered by Rosokhach village council.[2]
Geography
The village is located at an altitude of 207 meters above sea level [3] on the banks of the Seret River, and covers an area of 3,263 km2. That is located at a distance of 15km (09miles) from the district center of Chortkiv and 91km (57miles) from the regional center Ternopil.[4]
History
The first written mention of the village Rosokhach dates back to 1785. Near the village are the remains of a Trypillian culture settlement.[5] Fragments of ceramics and copper fragments were found, which are stored in the Lviv Historical Museum.[6]
Cult constructions and religion
In the village there are two religious communities and there are two churches:
- St. Nicholas Church OCU (1904)
- St. Nicholas Church UGCC (1995).
Roman Catholic Church is in the village, which was built in 1936. Today is not valid.
People from Rosokhach
- Petro Vynnychuk (born 1954), Ukrainian public and political figure, a member of the Rosokhach group
- Volodymyr Vitiv (1979—2023), Ukrainian soldier, a participant in the Russian-Ukrainian war
- Petro Vitiv (born 1956), member of the Rosokhakha national-patriotic underground organization
- Vasyl Hovika (1904—1993), Ukrainian lirnyk
- Denys Hromovyi (1987—2014), Ukrainian soldier, senior grenade launcher operator of the 3rd battalion of the 51st separate mechanized brigade (Volodymyr-Volynskyi), died in the ATO
- Andrii Kravets (1943—1996), member of the Rosokhach group
- Vasyl Lototskyi, member of the Rosokhakha national-patriotic underground organization
- Volodymyr Marmus (born 1949), Ukrainian public and political figure, writer, member of the Rosokhach group
- Mykola Marmus (born 1947), Ukrainian public and political figure, member of the Rosokhach group
- Stepan Sapeliak (1951—2012), Ukrainian writer, publicist, literary critic, public and political activist, long-term political prisoner of the pro-communist system, winner of the Taras Shevchenko State Prize of Ukraine (1993), member of the NUHRU and PEN International, honorary citizen of Ternopil
- Volodymyr Senkiv (born 1954) is a Ukrainian public and political figure, a member of the Rosokhach group
See also
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: Чертковская городская громада . Портал об'єднаних громад України . Russian.
- http://rada.info/rada/04393858/ Росохацька сільська рада
- http://drymba.net/uk/1017500-selo-rosokhach-ternopilska Село Росохач (Тернопільська обл.): карта вулиць
- http://della.com.ua/distance/?cities=6934,5571 DELLA
- Археологічні пам'ятки Української РСР. — К.: Наукова думка, 1966. — С. 313
- https://www.tripadvisor.com/Attraction_Review-g295377-d553979-Reviews-The_Lviv_Historical_Museum-Lviv_Lviv_Oblast.html The Lviv Historical Museum
