Nahirianka

This article is about the village in Chortkiv Raion. For the former village in Buchach Raion, now part of the city of Buchach, see Buchach.
Nahirianka
Нагірянка
Village
Nahirianka is located in Ukraine
Nahirianka
Nahirianka
Nahirianka is located in Ternopil Oblast
Nahirianka
Nahirianka
Coordinates: 48°55′51″N 25°44′03″E / 48.93083°N 25.73417°E / 48.93083; 25.73417
Country Ukraine
ProvinceTernopil Oblast Ternopil Oblast
Districtsize Chortkiv Raion
Area
1,480 km2 (570 sq mi)
Elevation
318 m (1,043 ft)
Population
1,785
 • Density1.2/km2 (3.1/sq mi)
Websiteселище Нагірянка райцентр Чортків (Ukrainian)

Nahirianka (Ukrainian: Нагі́рянка) is a village or rural settlements (Ukrainian: селище, selysche) located in the Chortkiv Raion (district) of the Ternopil Oblast (province of Western Ukraine). It hosts the administration of Nahirianka rural hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.[1] The area of the village totals is 14,80 km2 and the population of the village is about 2122 people.[2] Local government is administered by Nahirianska village council.[3]

Geography

The village is located on the banks of the Cherkaska River (right tributary of Seret River, Dniester River basin). That is along the Highway M19 (Ukraine) ( M 19) at a distance of 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) from the district center of Chortkiv, 92 kilometres (57 mi) from the regional center Ternopil and 34 kilometres (21 mi) from the town of Zalishchyky.[citation needed]

The village is joined by the khutory of Hai Nahoryanski and Marylivka.[4]

History and Attractions

The village is known from the 16th century, although the official founding date of village is 1785. Initially the village it was known as the suburbs of the village Yahilnytsya. But archeological sights and remains of settlements of Trypillian culture (3rd millennium BC) and Culture of ancient Rus (11th-13th centuries) it was found near the village Nahirianka.[5]
Nahirianka village contains one of the most powerful castles hetman S. Lyantskoronsky – Yahilnytsia Castle, 1630.[6] There are an architectural monuments of local importance of the Ternopil region, Chortkiv district in the village. It is a wooden Church of St. Michael 1672–1782 years (N-691/1) and wooden bell tower 18th century (N-481/2).[7]

People

  • Oleh Barna (1967–2023), Ukrainian public and political figure, Member of Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, participant of the Russian-Ukrainian war[4]
  • Stepan Barna (born 1979), Ukrainian political activist and former member of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine[4]
  • Volodymyr Dobrianskyi (born 1966), Ukrainian scientist, archaeologist, historian, speleologist, and researcher of antiquities, fortifications and toponymy[8]
  • Roman Varkhol (born 1957), Ukrainian poet, teacher[4]
  • Taras Vashchuk (born 1947), Ukrainian artist[4]
  • Volodymyr Prokopyk, Ukrainian composer, arranger, former leader of the Smerichka vocal group[4]
  • Mariia Protseviat (born 1936), Ukrainian singer, conductor, teacher, public figure[4]
  • Uliana Shkromiuk (born 1952), Ukrainian master, ceramist[4]

President of Ukraine Leonid Kuchma and public and political activist Viacheslav Chornovil visited Nahirianka.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Нагирянская громада" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.
  2. ^ Селище Нагірянка: карта вулиць (in Ukrainian)
  3. ^ Nahirianska village council
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i (in Ukrainian) В. Уніят, М. Федечко, Нагірянка // Ternopil region. History of cities and villages: in 3 v. / Ternopil: "Terno-graph", 2014, V. 3: М—Ш, S. 444—445. — ISBN 978-966-457-246-7.
  5. ^ АРХЕОЛОГІЧНІ ПАМ'ЯТКИ ТРИПІЛЬСЬКОЇ КУЛЬТУРИ НА ТЕРИТОРІЇ УКРАЇНИ. (N – 114) (in Ukrainian)
  6. ^ Ягільницький замок – Замок Лянцкоронських (in Ukrainian)
  7. ^ Пам'ятки архітектури місцевого значення. Тернопільська область. (in Ukrainian)
  8. ^ Погорецький, В. Безробітний археолог, Вільне життя плюс, 31.08.2012, № 67, s. 5, (Ізгої на рідній землі?).