Bilyi Potik, Ternopil Oblast

Bilyi Potik (, ) is a village in Ukraine, Ternopil Oblast, Chortkiv Raion, Bilobozhnytsia rural hromada.

History

The first written mention is from 1564.

In 1925 a skeleton burial of 2nd millennium BC and remains of two Trypillian settlements were discovered in the vicinity of the village by Józef Kostrzewski, giving the name to the so-called "Bilyi Potik culture".

Since 4 September 2015, they have belonged to the Bilobozhnytsia rural hromada.

Religion

• Church of the Intercession (1805, stone, OCU)
• Church of Our Lady of Czestochowa (1933, built of red stone, RCC)

People from Bilyi Potik

• Ivan Ziubrak (?—1923), Ukrainian public figure (Canada).
• Vasyl-Yakiv Kapustynskyi (1998—2023), Ukrainian soldier, actor, public figure, participant in the Russian-Ukrainian war.
• Mykhailo Kotsulym (1886—1962), one of the first Ukrainian settlers in Canada, an educator.

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