Cherkavshchyna

Cherkavshchyna () is a village located in the Nahirianka rural hromada of Chortkiv Raion, Ternopil Oblast, Ukraine.

History

The first written mention dates from 1453.

Religion

• Church of the Assumption (UGCC, 1732, wooden, moved in 1936 from Tudoriv, Chortkiv Raion)
• Roman Catholic church

People

• Yulian Nazarak (1893–1916), A Ukrainian poet, soldier, and a chorunzhy of the Legion of Ukrainian Sich Riflemen. On 24 August 2014, a monument to him was unveiled in the village (initiated by Mykhailo Skrypnyk, a native of the village).

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