Velesniv

Velesniv () is a village in Ukraine, Ternopil Oblast, Chortkiv Raion, Monastyryska urban hromada.

History

The first written mention is from 1454.

Religion

• Saint Nicholas church (1864; brick, restored 1992; renovated 1999, artist M. Dovhan, extension 2003)
• Roman Catholic chapel (1928)

People

• Volodymyr Hnatiuk (1871–1926), writer, literary scholar, translator, and journalist, and was one of the most influential and notable Ukrainian ethnographers

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