Butsniv

Butsniv () is a village in Velyka Berezovytsia settlement hromada, Ternopil Raion, Ternopil Oblast, Ukraine.

History

The first written mention is from 1464.

Religion

• Immaculate Conception Church (UGCC; 1744, brick, painted by Kornylo Ustiianovych in the 1880s; architectural monument of national importance), the church houses the miraculous (18th century, restored in 2005)
• Saints Peter and Paul Church (OCU, former church, 1888, brick, architect Julian Zachariewicz)

Monuments

• Butsniv Castle

Notable residents

• Oleksandr Lushpynskyi (1878–1943), Ukrainian architect, painter
• Bohdan Novosiadlyi (born 1956), Ukrainian journalist, publicist, local historian, editor

The village was visited by writer, teacher, and folklorist Ivanna Blazhkevych, astronomer Ivan Klymyshyn, UGCC Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky, and others.

In literature

Bohdan Novosyadlyi published two books: Butsniv – selo nad Seretom (1998) and Butsniv. Ekskurs u mynule na khvyliakh liubovi (2006).

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