The village above the river. Stupid on the highway Ternopil-Chernivtsi. Known since the 15th century. as a village of Chervonogradskiy povet, Podolsk Voivodeship. Named after the Galician boyar V. Tolstoy. In 1549 he received the Magdeburg Law and the status of a city, which remained until 1940. In the 16th century. the city belonged to Mikhail Khmel, the father of Bohdan Khmelnitsky. It is believed that the future hetman could have been born here. Since those times, two Cossack forts have survived, which have survived to this day in a greatly altered form. The founder of Hasidism, Baal Shem Tov, also served as a rabbi. The first Catholic church was built in the 16th century, and in the beginning. XX century. in its place was built a new church in honor of St. Anna. Those passing throug ...
Administrative status | urban village |
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Founded / first mentioned | 1414 |
Latitude | 48.84637 |
Longitude | 25.727297 |
Region | Ternopil |