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 edit

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]

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Lived edit

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

References edit

  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.

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