Cherneliv-Ruskyi (Ukrainian: Чернелів-Руський) is a village in Baikivtsi rural hromada, Ternopil Raion, Ternopil Oblast, Ukraine.[1][2]

Cherneliv-Ruskyi
Чернелів-Руський
Flag of Cherneliv-Ruskyi
Coat of arms of Cherneliv-Ruskyi
Cherneliv-Ruskyi is located in Ternopil Oblast
Cherneliv-Ruskyi
Cherneliv-Ruskyi
Location in Ternopil Oblast
Coordinates: 49°32′53″N 25°45′26″E / 49.54806°N 25.75722°E / 49.54806; 25.75722
Country Ukraine
Oblast Ternopil Oblast
RaionTernopil Raion
HromadaBaikivtsi Hromada
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code
47712

History edit

Near the village, settlements of Trypillian, Early Iron Age, Chernyakhovska and Kievan Rus' cultures were discovered. Excavations of Bronze Age and Pomeranian burials, as well as an ancient grave field of Kievan Rus', have been carried out. The most famous archaeological site is the grave field of Chernyakhov culture, which was studied by Ternopil archaeologist Ihor Gereta for almost a quarter of a century.[3]

The first written mention of the is on 10 March 1410.[3]

Religion edit

The village has a church, the Church of the Intercession, built out of brick in 1912 by architect O. Lushpynskyi.[3]

The village has a monument to Friar Mykola Mykhalevych, built in 2001 and sculpted by Vasyl Sadovnyk.[3]

Notable residents edit

  • Hanna Makukh (b. 1958), Ukrainian journalist, editor.[3]
  • Bohdan Strotsen (b. 1959), Ukrainian historian, archaeologist, public figure.[3]
  • Mykola Mykhalevych (1843–1922), Ukrainian Greek Catholic priest, beekeeping popularizer, public figure.[3]

The archaeological research was carried out by Adam Kirkor, Ihor Gereta, and Bohdan Strotsen.[3]

In literature edit

In 2011, B. Strotsen, Z. Ivakhiv, H. Makukh, and I. Humenna published the book Cherneliv-Ruskyi: istorychnyi narys.[3]

References edit

  1. ^ Байковецька територіальна громада, Децентралізація
  2. ^ "Map of Cherneliv-Ruskyi, Ternopilskyi raion". te.2ua.org. Retrieved 2023-11-16.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i (in Ukrainian) Строцень Б., Уніят-Карпович, В., Чернелів Руський // Ternopil region. History of cities and villages: in 3 v. / Ternopil: "Terno-graph", 2014, V. 3: М—Ш, S. 427–429. — ISBN 978-966-457-246-7.