Staryi Skalat (Ukrainian: Старий Скалат) is a village in Ukraine, Ternopil Oblast, Ternopil Raion, Skalat urban hromada.[1]

Staryi Skalat
Старий Скалат
Les Kurbas Memorial Museum-Estate
Les Kurbas Memorial Museum-Estate
Staryi Skalat is located in Ternopil Oblast
Staryi Skalat
Staryi Skalat
Location in Ternopil Oblast
Coordinates: 49°27′50″N 25°58′56″E / 49.46389°N 25.98222°E / 49.46389; 25.98222
Country Ukraine
Oblast Ternopil Oblast
RaionTernopil Raion
HromadaSkalat Hromada
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code
47845

History

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According to legend, the village, which was the predecessor of Skalat, was destroyed by the Tatars in the second half of the 15th century. Around 1545 a new village appeared on the site of the destroyed settlement, which was later called eventually became known as Staryi Skalat, unlike Skalat.[2]

In the middle of the 17th century, during the National Liberation Revolution led by Bohdan Khmelnytsky, Maksym Kryvonis' Cossack detachments were stationed in Staryi Skalat.[2]

Religion

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People

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Lived

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  • Les Kurbas (1887–1937), Ukrainian movie and theater director[2]

References

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  1. ^ Скалатська територіальна громада, Децентралізація
  2. ^ a b c d e (in Ukrainian) В. Уніят, Старий Скалат // Ternopil region. History of cities and villages: in 3 v. / Ternopil: "Terno-graph", 2014, V. 3: М—Ш, S. 145—146. — ISBN 978-966-457-246-7.

Sources

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  • (in Ukrainian) П. Гуцал, М. Ханас., Шляхтинці // Ternopil Encyclopedic Dictionary: in 4 v. / editorial board: H. Yavorskyi and other, Ternopil: "Zbruch", 2008, V. 3: П—Я, S. 645. — ISBN 978-966-528-279-2.
  • (in Ukrainian) , Шляхтинці // Ternopil region. History of cities and villages: in 3 v. / Ternopil: "Terno-graph", 2014, V. 3: М—Ш, 608 s. — ISBN 978-966-457-246-7.