Ulashkivtsi Explained

Ulashkivtsi (Ukrainian: Улашківці; Polish: Ułaszkowce; Yiddish: לאַשקעוויץ|Lashkevitz; Hebrew: אולאשקובצה|'Ulashkovtse) is a village located at the Seret River in Chortkiv Raion (district) of Ternopil Oblast (province in western Ukraine. It belongs to Nahirianka rural hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.^[1] Pop. 1,145.

Names

Ulashkivtsi is also known as Ulaszkowce, Ulashkovtse, Ulashkovtsy, Ułaszkowce, and Ulaskowce. Its Austrian-Polish name was Leszkowitz (pronounced Leshkovitz).

History

First mentioned in 1464^[2] the village belonged to the Kamieniec (Kamyanets-Podilskyi) county (powiat) in 16th century and was famous for the trade fairs being held there.

The Basilian Uniate monastery of John the Baptist was built there in early-18th century (sources give 1724^[3] and 1738^[4] as the foundation year.) The monastery holds two thaumaturgic icons: of the Most Holy Virgin and of John the Baptist.

There is also a unique geological monument of nature, archeology and history of the left bank of Middle Transnistria grotto of Saint Onuphrius.^[5]

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Notes and References

Web site: Нагирянская громада . Портал об'єднаних громад України . Russian.
Історія міст і сіл УРСР : Тернопільська область. – К. : ГРУРЕ, 1973 р. – 640 с.
Грушевський М.С. Історія України-Руси. – К. : 1994 р., т. 6, с. 268
- Volodymyr Kubiyovych
Zenon Kuzelia, Енциклопедія українознавства (Encyclopedia of Ukrainian studies), 3-volumes, Kiev, 1994,, Article Ulashkivtsi
Book: Dobrianskyi, V. . Про археологічно-спелеологічне обстеження в с. Улашківцях на Чортківщині // Матеріали XIV Подільської історико-краєзнавчої конференції (14-15 листопада 2014 року) . ФОП Сисин О.В. "Абетка" . 2014 . Kamianets-Podilsk . 93-100 . uk . On the archaeological and speleological survey in the village of Ulashkivtsia in Chortkiv region // Proceedings of the 14th Podilian historical and local history conference (November 14-15, 2014).